Happiness review – Schitt’s Creek meets Glee in charming Kiwi musical comedy

Rebecca Gibney and Harry McNaughton lead an ensemble cast in a scrappy, joyful comedy about amateur musical theatre

It’s slightly misleading for Happiness – billed as New Zealand’s first musical television series – to start with something as daggy as an airport flashmob set to the Backstreet Boys.

Not only is this six-episode comedy much sharper than its dated intro to Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) suggests, it’s not a jukebox musical, either.

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