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‘Fallen Angels’ Revival Opens on Broadway With Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara

A brisk 90-minute rework with Claudia Shear’s additions draws praise for Art Deco design alongside the leads’ physical comedy.

Overview

  • Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival, which opened Sunday at the Todd Haimes Theatre, runs through June 7 in a limited engagement.
  • Rose Byrne and Tony winner Kelli O’Hara headline Scott Ellis’s staging, compressed into 90 minutes without intermission with additional material by Claudia Shear.
  • Early reviews praise the duo’s pratfalls and boozy dinner hijinks, with several critics also calling out rushed pacing and thin dramatic stakes.
  • Mark Consuelos makes a late-arriving Broadway debut in the brief role of Maurice, the former lover who sets the plot in motion.
  • Noël Coward’s 1925 comedy, once eyed by censors for frank talk of premarital sex and infidelity, returns to Broadway for the first time in 70 years.