"Fallen Angels has the setup, but not quite the execution. The play arrives on Broadway with an intriguing pedigree: a rarely revived early comedy by Coward, a glamorous pairing of Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara and screen star Rose Byrne."
"Written in 1925, when Coward was just 24, Fallen Angels was once daring enough to draw the ire of the Lord Chamberlain's Office for its frank discussion of women's sexual pasts."
"Coward structures the play in three acts, morning, evening, and the following morning, charting a careful escalation from composure to hysteria."
Noel Coward's 'Fallen Angels' features a glamorous cast and a polished production but lacks the execution to match its intriguing premise. The play, written in 1925, explores the rivalry between two friends, Julia and Jane, upon the return of a former lover. While the Art Deco setting promises an entertaining experience, the play's once-scandalous themes now feel thin. Without a strong directorial vision, the production risks appearing more decorative than dramatic, failing to fully engage the audience as Coward's more renowned works do.
Read at www.amny.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]