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- Maybe Happy Ending
Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award, Maybe Happy Ending is the offbeat and captivating story of two outcasts near the end of their warranty who discover that even robots can be swept off their feet. Helmed by visionary director and Tony Award® winner Michael Arden (Parade, Once on This Island), with a dazzling scenic design by Dane Laffrey (A Christmas Carol) and book, music, and lyrics by the internationally acclaimed duo Will Aronson and Hue Park, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING is ...
The Belasco Theatre was opened by David Belasco on October 16, 1907 as the Stuyvesant Theatre. He had already bestowed his name on his 42nd Street playhouse (currently known as the New Victory), but when he resigned from that theatre in 1910, he renamed the Stuyvesant the Belasco. Belasco envisioned the auditorium as a living room because he believed that the dramatic experience depended partly on how close the audience was to the actors. George Keister was hired to design the theatre, and Everett Shinn was hired to create murals and the interior decoration. To supplement Belasco’s intimate “living room” vision, Keister chose a neo-Georgian style. The Belasco set the technological standard for theatre design with its freight elevator connecting the stage with its basement shops. The Belasco’s first production was A Grand Army Man in 1907 with Antoinette Perry. The Belasco was renovated in 2010.