Darren Criss became a fan favorite on the hit TV series 'Glee,' and won an Emmy for 'American Crime Story.' Now he's starring in the acclaimed musical 'Maybe Happy Ending.' He talks about his road to Broadway, and his credo that 'Life is a cabaret.'
Thirty-seven-year-old Darren Criss is a star on Broadway, and a regular at piano bars. 'Keep the music going, you know?' he said. 'I think the expression goes, 'Life is a cabaret!''When he's in Los Angeles, it's Tramp Stamp Granny's, where he and his wife, Mia, are the owners. 'It's kind of a beautiful little Hollywood tale,' he said. 'She slings the drinks, and I sling the tunes.'One rule in a piano bar? Play the hits.
'Criss said, 'This show begins with a song which is the question the show posits: Why love? Why do we do it? If we know that loving something enters you in a contract that has an inexorable back end – which is the loss of something – why do we do that, if we know that that's gonna happen?'According to Criss, this show came along at the perfect time. He and his wife, Mia, have a two-and-a-half year-old daughter, and earlier this year they welcomed a baby son.
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