She provides the desperate impetus that sets the plot of ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ into gloriously romantic motion, bringing Darren Criss’s Oliver to life in a way no robot thought possible. She is Helen J. Shen, currently starring in the rapturous new musical ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ currently playing at the Belasco Theatre. Thanks to her winning turn, Shen earns her first Dazzler of the Day crowning for a stunning Broadway debut. It’s a performance that wins over the loudest laughs of the show, and some of the most moving moments as well, all as her battery is slowly draining away. She embodies the survival of the human spirit, and the insanely insatiable search for love in all of its absurd poignance.
