After the recasting of Maybe Happy Ending ‘s leading man with a non-Asian actor, Darren Criss is returning to the Broadway musical.
On Wednesday, the Will Aronson / Hue Park show announced the 2x Tony-winning actor is reprising his robotic role as Oliver on Nov. 5, following backlash around the casting of Andrew Barth Feldman , the first actor not of Asian descent to step into the character.
“This Model 3 is anything but retired,” the musical posted on Instagram . “Darren Criss returns to Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway as Oliver beginning November 5th.”
BD Wong previously penned an open letter calling the response “a real, eternal outcry about race and representation, not an irrational rant about robots,” which has garnered more than 2,400 signatures from Conrad R