About the Show

A scandalous toast to love, rivalry, and wit in a champagne-fresh comedy.

Noël Coward’s 1925 comedy Fallen Angels returns in a new production directed by Roundabout Interim Artistic Director Scott Ellis. Set in the glittering world of interwar London, the play follows two upper-class wives who, with their husbands away for the day, find themselves reminiscing over shared romantic histories — particularly with the same man, who may soon arrive from France.

As champagne flows and confessions mount, their polite civility begins to crack, revealing rivalries, desires, and the precarious balance of decorum and indulgence.

This revival stars Emmy® nominee Rose Byrne and Tony Award® winner and Emmy® nominee Kelli O’Hara, who bring Coward’s sparkling dialogue and sharp humor to life in this effervescent tale of manners and mischief.

Critic Reviews (12)

"If you're looking for pure escapist fun to provide some immediate relief, 'Fallen Angels' can't be beat."
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"All in all, the production, headed by director Scott Ellis, is a laugh-out-loud evening at the theatre. It’s good old-fashioned comedy at its best."
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"In a moment when sublime silliness can, in its very studied triviality, provide a spiritual antidote, they've been the best drunk slumber party companions a gal could wish for."
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"This is another very funny performance, filled with the joie de vivre of oneupmanship, or rather upwomanship. Coward understood the importance of little victories to get you through the day."
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"If only the 90 minutes that preceded that killer capper had more fizz to them. O'Hara and Byrne may be bleeding for every laugh, but you can't ignore the fact that 'Fallen Angels' is one of Coward's lesser works."
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"These guys sure make you need a drink. So, it’s a good thing that when Byrne and O’Hara pop the cork, they glug away Jane and Julia’s problems and, for at least half an hour, ours too."
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"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"
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"Even at one laugh per minute, you'll leave the theater with an infusion of 90 laughs to carry you home and hold you until the next day's news cycle kicks in."
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