FALLEN ANGELS Reviews
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#2
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:28pm
Sara Holdren is positive and so is Jason Zinoman in the Times
https://www.vulture.com/article/theater-review-fallen-angels-noel-coward-kelli-ohara-rose-byrne-broadway.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/theater/fallen-angels-review-byrne-kelli-ohara-broadway.html
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#3
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:31pm
Vulture: Holdren is positive. Praise for the stars.
Fallen Angels Makes a Great Case for Irrelevance
Two hours off from the world as Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne get sloshed on Champagne and trade Noël Coward barbs.
"Fallen Angels itself — about a pair of witty, worldly besties who get blitzed on champagne while considering cheating on their husbands with a mutual old flame — landed its author in trouble with the censors in London. We’ve still got puritanism and fascism, so thank goodness we have farce, too. And if — to borrow from Oscar Wilde — the measure of a farce isn’t whether it’s good or bad, but whether it’s charming or tedious, then Fallen Angels is still more than capable of seducing us out of seriousness."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#4
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:33pm
NYT Critic's Pick
Review: They May Be ‘Fallen Angels,’ but This Comic Duo Is Heavenly
Lust is the comic engine driving the action of a riotous revival of one of Noël Coward’s early plays, with Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, at Todd Haimes Theater.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/theater/fallen-angels-review-byrne-kelli-ohara-broadway.html
"“Fallen Angels,” which hasn’t been on Broadway for 70 years, has long been considered one of Coward’s second-tier efforts, a better vehicle for stars than the actual play. Scott Ellis’s assured production makes a persuasive case for it, but make no mistake: The dynamite performances of Byrne and O’Hara are the main event."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#5
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:35pm
Deadline
‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne & Kelli O’Hara Are Absolutely Fabulous In Sparkling Noël Coward Comedy
https://deadline.com/2026/04/fallen-angels-broadway-review-rose-byrne-kelli-ohara-mark-consuelos-1236864235/
"Under the sure direction of Scott Ellis and given a lush, gorgeous staging by Roundabout and some of Broadway’s best designers – David Rockwell, sets, sumptuous; Jeff Mahshie, costumes, deep oppulance; Kenneth Posner, ever-so-flattering lighting – Fallen Angels is a most welcome springtime treat, a smart, breezy entry in Broadway’s chaotically busy pre-Tony season."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#6
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:37pm
AMNY
Review | ‘Fallen Angels’ with Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne sparkles briefly, then fizzles
https://www.amny.com/entertainment/review-fallen-angels-kelli-ohara-rose-byrne/
"Director Scott Ellis, however, compresses the action into a brisk, intermission-less 90 minutes, pushing the material at such speed that its rhythms collapse entirely. Lines that should land with epigrammatic precision, such as Julia’s distinction between loving one’s husband and being “in love” with him, are rushed past or swallowed. Instead of savoring Coward’s wit, the production hurries to the punchlines, often leaving them blurred or inaudible."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#7
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:38pm
The Guardian: five stars
Fallen Angels review – Rose Byrne is utterly delightful in Noël Coward comedy revival
Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara are comic gems in a pitch-perfect revival that sparkles like champagne.
"99 years later the play remains hilariously horny and startlingly modern, and Scott Ellis’s champagne cocktail of a revival has the exact right ingredients: complete faith in the material, drop-dead deluxe design, and the sugar-and-bubbles combination of Oscar-nominated actor Rose Byrne and stage veteran Kelli O’Hara."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#8
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:39pm
NY Stage Review
Fallen Angels: Here’s to Women Behaving Badly
By Melissa Rose Bernardo
★★★★☆ Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are riotously funny in Noël Coward’s 101-year-old buddy comedy
https://nystagereview.com/2026/04/19/fallen-angels-heres-to-women-behaving-badly/
Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing
By Michael Sommers
★★★☆☆ Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara take summer stock of Noel Coward’s vintage comedy at Roundabout
https://nystagereview.com/2026/04/19/fallen-angels-merely-amusing/
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#9
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:40pm
Variety
‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Sparkle in Lackluster Noël Coward Revival
"the two stars, who at first seem to be playing in different registers with O’Hara launching her punchlines towards the balcony and Byrne aiming for the second row, harmonize to deliver a master class in physical comedy. It’s demented, hilarious fun to see Byrne kick off her heels and rappel down her chair or witness O’Hara dipping her after-dinner strawberries into her Cordial Medoc as though dunking shrimp into cocktail sauce. The two are so silly, so loopily in synch, that the scene, which occurs halfway through the second act, lifts the entire show, giving it a buoyancy that has been lacking during its exposition-heavy beginning."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#10
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:42pm
The Wrap: Hofler is mostly negative
‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Do Their Lucy & Ethel Best to Dust Off an Antique
Noel Coward would not recognize his 1925 flop about two married women who consider revisiting past affairs with the same lover
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/theater/fallen-angels-broadway-review-rose-byrne-kelli-ohara/
"Even at the very un-Coward-like length of 90 minutes, this production of “Fallen Angels” under the direction of Scott Ellis takes about half an hour to light any real comic fire in what was once the play’s first act. When it finally does ignite, Rose Byrne’s Jane and Kelli O’Hara’s Julia don’t delight by what they say. Instead, they have to get sh*t-faced drunk."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#11
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:45pm
WSJ:
‘Fallen Angels’ Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara in a Bubbly Broadway Revival
The two actresses make for a smashing comic duo in this production of the Noël Coward play about two women eager to rekindle a romance with the same French lothario.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fallen-angels-review-rose-byrne-and-kelli-ohara-in-a-bubbly-broadway-revival-2321558a
"Yet even when their characters are at their cattiest, Ms. Byrne and Ms. O’Hara are clearly having a grand time depicting these genteel women dropping their grandeur under the influence of heightened emotion and high alcohol consumption. And they see to it that, even without the benefit of a flute or 12 of champagne, the audience has a grand time too."
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#12
Posted: 4/19/26 at 8:46pm
Theatermania
Review: Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne Are a Great Slapstick Duo in Fallen Angels
https://www.theatermania.com/news/review-kelli-ohara-and-rose-byrne-are-a-great-slapstick-duo-in-fallen-angels_1833432/
"But Byrne and O’Hara are the main reasons to see this excellent revival. In O’Hara’s case, one could even call this production revelatory, given not only how unexpected it is to see her tap into her inner farceur but how stellar she turns out to be at it."
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#14
Posted: 4/19/26 at 10:07pm
DTLI Consensus: Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne ham it up in an intoxicating revival of a forgotten Coward farce.
8 positive (including the NYT), 6 mixed.
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/fallen-angels/
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#15
Posted: 4/19/26 at 10:37pm
BWW - 75.3 % FALLEN ANGELS reviews
BWW review analysis percentages:
NEW MUSICAL - 6 : Titanique (74.4), Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (73.5), The Queen of Versailles (40.0).
MUSICAL REVIVAL - 5 : Cats - The Jellicle Ball (90.6), Ragtime (82.4), Mamma Mia! (68.0), Chess (62..
NEW PLAY - 8 : Little Bear Ridge Road (90.0), Liberation (89.3), Giant (77.2), Punch (71.9), Call Me Izzy (65.0), Fear of 13 (58.4), Dog Day Afternoon (51.3).
REVIVAL OF A PLAY - 11 : Marjorie Prime (84.7), Becky Shaw (84.4), Oedipus (84.3), Death Of A Salesman (84.1), Bug (80.6), Every Brilliant Thing (79.1), Fallen Angels (75.3), Proof (71.3), Art (69.0), Waiting For Godot (67.4).
* UPCOMING OPENINGS * - 6
Schmigadoon!, The Balusters, Beaches, The Rocky Horror Show, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Lost Boys (with the most combined rehearsal/tech/preview time) .
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#16
Posted: 4/20/26 at 8:26am
Broadway Scorecard has this at 78 - Recommended
Critics find this fizzy Coward revival a delightful diversion, with Byrne and O'Hara's boozy chemistry earning raves. While some note the play's thinness, most praise the slapstick performances and breakneck comic timing.
https://broadwayscorecard.com/show/fallen-angels
FALLEN ANGELS Review - 1 Minute Critic#17
Posted: 4/20/26 at 8:56am
1 Minute Critic - 4 out of 5 stars
Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara make irresistible boozy besties in ‘Fallen Angels’
At an intermissionless 90 minutes, Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Noeël Coward's drawing room comedy takes a bottle of champagne for the play to really kick into gear, but once it does, there's no turning back. Read full review.
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#18
Posted: 4/21/26 at 8:10am
In my latest piece for Gold Derby, I dig into how Rose Byrne could become the 17th actress in history to have earned Oscar and Tony nominations in the same calendar year.
https://www.goldderby.com/theater/2026/rose-byrne-nominated-oscar-tony-same-year/
Stand-by Joined: 12/5/07
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#19
Posted: 4/23/26 at 11:38am
I saw it last night after it got mostly glowing reviews and was horrified at what I saw! I had seen the earlier production at the Menier Chocolate Factor with the delightful Janie Dee. This full length three act play got cut to 90 minutes. Granted there's moments in the 2nd act where things felt redundant so cuts were understandable. But it made me wonder if Scott Ellis even know who Noel Coward was. The beauty of Coward, even in his farces, is the smartness of his characters and their sophistication. The digs and insult carry weight because of it. In this production, that sharpness gets thrown out the window for cheap laughs and lots of slapstick. As for the part of Saunders, in London, not only does make all these claims to have served under a duke or worked somewhere else, but in between acts where she sets and clears the dinning room, she showcases these talents with legitimacy. Her dancing was great and a lovely singing voice. At the Roundabout, she's just another clown. Maybe the actors know better and Ellis wanted a different show. I don't know. But anyone who appreciates the genius of Coward will leave with the utmost disappointment like I did. That's my review, your mileage may vary.
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#20
Posted: 4/23/26 at 8:24pm
I saw it yesterday and had a great time. I think they probably could have shaved off ten minutes. I was in the first row of the Balcony and had difficulty understanding Rose at first. The set is beautiful and this makes me so happy especially after seeing the beautiful set at The Balusters last week. Maybe it'll become vogue again to have gorgeous sets.
I would love Kelli to win a Tony for this incredible work that she is doing in this. Believably drunk for 40-some odd minutes is no minor feat. I found the physical comedy hilarious. They both nail it, but Kelli does a lot more of it. She has this staircase routine that, well I won't spoil it, but it was a hoot. Kelli looks outrageous in every single outfit. That burgundy hoodie dress completely surprised me. How can a dress with a hood work? It really does.
Yes, to more comedy on Broadway.
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#21
Posted: 4/26/26 at 2:11pm
I saw this last night and absolutely adored it. I haven’t seen any other version of the play and went in pretty blind but there were times I was crying I was laughing so hard. I’m someone who, when I find something hilarious, I will chuckle but I was full belly laughing during most of this and I let out more than a snort or two.
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#22
Posted: 5/3/26 at 12:29pm
Any chance this production extends? Especially if it picks up a slew of Tony Noms on Tues? It doesn’t look like the Haimes has an immediate tenant…?
FALLEN ANGELS Reviews#23
Posted: 5/6/26 at 1:11am
I heard there is no more in person rush, anyone here tried lately?
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