Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Shine in 'Fallen Angels' Revival
Noël Coward's 1925 comedy 'Fallen Angels,' starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, continues to receive Broadway reviews, with critics noting the actresses' sparkling performances despite some finding the overall revival lackluster.
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Fallen Angels review – Rose Byrne is utterly delightful in Noël Coward comedy revival
Todd Haimes Theatre, New York Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are comic gems in a pitch-perfect revival that sparkles like champagne Fallen Angels has appeared only twice on Broadway since its stateside premiere in 1927, two years after the lustful comedy’s London premiere cemented Noël Coward as England’s drawing room enfant terrible. A sort of proto-Godot where two society women drink themselves into a stupor waiting for an old lover to arrive while their husbands are away, it was nearly censor...
By Juan A Ramírez
Read full article →‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Sparkle in Lackluster Noël Coward Revival
There’s a bit of acting advice that’s often ascribed to Noël Coward: “Speak clearly and don’t bump into the furniture.” But if you’re Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne, by all means, slide down the staircase, nosedive over the settee and slur your words while tossing back two strong martinis and a case of Dom Pérignon. […]
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Read full article →‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne & Kelli O’Hara Are Absolutely Fabulous In Sparkling Noël Coward Comedy
Noël Coward’s delightful, rarely produced 1925 comedy Fallen Angels is the sort of Broadway fare that gives critics ample reason to use descriptors like “fizzy” and “intoxicating” and “dizzying,” all apt in capturing the pleasures of its airy sophistication and raucous, gutbucket smart, rich-ladies-get-drunk laughs. What was true in the Jazz Age remains so, as […]
By Greg Evans
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