Our reliance on technology only continues to grow. Our phones wake us up in the mornings. Alexa lets us know about the weather. Roombas clean our floors, and smartwatches tell us how many steps we take in a day. Hue Park and Will Aronson’s musical, “Maybe Happy Ending,” imagines how technology might regard us.
The award-winning musical is making its English language premiere on the Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theatre on Jan. 29 and will run through Feb. 16.
“Maybe Happy Ending” tells the story of a not-too-distant future in Seoul, Korea, where two robots figure out the meaning of life in a post-technological world. “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes spoke with co-writers of the book, Hue Park and Will Aronson, about the musical.
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