The reviews are rolling in for Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, which officially opened at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway April 19 after beginning previews March 27. The limited engagement will continue through June 7.
Fallen Angels follows two wealthy married women who, with husbands away, toast their pre-wedding loves—who happen to be the same man, who’s on his way to visit. The work premiered in London in 1925, coming to Broadway in 1927. Early productions attracted the ire of censors, who objected to its shocking depiction of women acknowledging premarital sex.
Starring Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) as Jane Banbury and Tony winner Kelli O’Hara (The King and I) as Julia Sterroll, the leading pair are joined by Tracee Chimo (Noises Off) as Saunders, Mark Conseulos (Orphans) as Maurice Duclos, Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress) as Willy Banbury, and Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) as Fred Sterroll. Casting is by Carrie Gardner, Stephen Kopel, and Jim Carnahan.
Read the reviews below.
1 Minute Critic (Matthew Wexler)
The Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)*
New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
The New York Times (Jason Zinoman)*
TheaterMania (Kenji Fujishima)
The Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)*
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Understudies for the production include Tina Benko, Christopher Innvar, Max Gordon Moore, and Laura Shoop.
Scott Ellis (Art) is directing the new staging, with scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Jeff Mahshie, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, and sound design by John Gromada. Hair and wig design for the production is by David Brian Brown and Victoria Tinsman.
Mary-Mitchell Campbell is the production’s music consultant, Kate Wilson is the voice coach, and additional material has been provided by Claudia Shear. Larry Smiglewski is the production stage manager, with production management by Aurora Productions. Denise Cooper is the general manager.