‘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 the Roundabout Theatre Company production starring the terrific Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, opening tonight, so bountifully proves.
A showcase for the even-then legendary Tallulah Bankhead back in the day, Fallen Angels, once controversial for its casual depictions of female libido and not-so-wifely infidelity, has been produced on Broadway only twice before – 1927 and 1956 – and a TV movie adaptation starring Joan Collins and Susannah York aired in 1974.
Related Stories
News