Broadway’s best musical winner had to delay its opening last fall and was selling poorly. But strong word-of-mouth and reviews helped this quirky show triumph.

Cue the fireflies. After netting ten Tony nominations, “Maybe Happy Ending” walked away from this year’s awards ceremony with six trophies including Best Musical and Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Darren Criss.

The biggest? Best Actress in a Musical ladies Nicole Scherzinger in “Sunset Blvd.” vs. Audra McDonald in “Gypsy,” and the biggest diva showdown in recent memory ended up in victory for the former Pussycat Doll frontwoman, denying McDonald a seventh Tony for acting, which would have increased her own existing record.

Maybe Happy Ending, the futuristic South Korean musical by Will Aronson and Hue Park starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen, has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical. The show came into the evening with 10 nominations and walked away with six wins.

Maybe Happy Ending,” a rom-com musical about androids that crackles with humanity, had a definite happy ending at Sunday’s Tony Awards. It won best new musical.

Attendees, including Ben Stiller, Lizzy McAlpine, Milo Manheim, Christian Siriano and Daniel Dae Kim, danced to a funk band underneath an oversize disco ball.

Maybe Happy Ending was the big winner at the Tony Awards gala in New York Sunday, earning the accolades for Best Musical, Book of a Musical, Original Score, Scenic Design for a Musical and Actor in a Musical for Darren Criss.