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Attention Must Be Paid to HwaBoon

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A Broadway musical blooms with the help of a breakout plant star, as director Michael Arden digs into the show's greenery-driven staging.
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  • The musical's charming lead plant, HwaBoon, has its own dressing room and sometimes upstages the human performers
  • Arden incorporated real-time plant growth into the production, with HwaBoon flourishing over the course of each performance - a risky but rewarding creative choice
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Darren Criss, Helen J. Shen, Michael Arden, Broadway, 'Maybe Happy Ending'
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