Fallen Angels has returned to Broadway a century after its first showing on the Great White Way! The new production features Tony winner Kelli O'Hara (The King and I, Days of Wine and Roses) and Emmy nominee Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids, Damages) directed by Roundabout Theatre's Scott Ellis.

What is the plot?

While their husbands are out for the day, two high-society women raise their glasses to their past romances... which happen to have been for the same man. With rumors that he may be traveling from France to see them, long-buried rivalries and old secrets return in this spirited and witty comedy from a master of the genre.

Broadway's latest show has opened to overwhelming positive reviews from critics. Take a read below to find out why the critics loved Fallen Angels.

The Reviews

The New York Times

"It wasn't that long ago that comedy seemed like an endangered species on Broadway... But if you're looking for pure escapist fun to provide some immediate relief, "Fallen Angels" can't be beat." 

Theatremania 

"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." 

Deadline 

"Fallen Angels is a most welcome springtime treat, a smart, breezy entry in Broadway's chaotically busy pre-Tony season." 

The Guardian 

"Rose Byrne and stage veteran Kelli O'Hara... The two are stars of elastic, compulsively watchable talent, and the unexpectedness of their pairing only serves their dynamic in this expert staging of Coward's play, as their characters goad each other's worst impulses on until they come into conflict with their own. Their performances work brilliantly in the converse, with Byrne's knack for bawdiness and O'Hara's born gentility swirling around to intoxicating effect."New York Daily News"The Broadway stars Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne are offering quite the masterclass in faux inebriation in Nol Coward's Fallen Angels." 

New York Theatre Guide

"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." 

New York Stage Review 

"Even a single drunk scene can grow tiresome quickly, so an entire play built around an extended display of upper-middle-class BFFs behaving badly could easily become extremely irritating. Thankfully, O'Hara and Byrne are so wonderfuland so wonderfully matchedthat there's no getting annoyed with either of them. They can take out the audience with one look, the flick of a cigarette lighter, or the toss of a scarf (Byrne using her napkin as a neckerchief to accessorize Jeff Mahshie's stunning green dinner dress, a wonderful nod to Keira Knightley's Atonement gown, is a stroke of genius). And there's a hysterical bit involving O'Hara, the telephone, an armchair, and a very slow head-first dive that must be seen to be believed." 

New York Theatre 

"The main draw of this production are the two poised and celebrated actresses, and the main pleasure is watching them dive ass-first into the slapstick."