BroadwayHD will present a livestreamed performance of Roundabout Theatre Company’s “Fallen Angels” this June. The comedy will be streamed to BroadwayHD subscribers on June 5 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Roundabout to bring this stellar production of Noël Coward's comedy to BroadwayHD, so audiences around the world can watch it from the comfort of their homes ahead of this year’s Tony Awards,” said BroadwayHD co-founders Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley in a joint statement. “The incredible cast are sure to make you laugh all night long!"
BroadwayHD hosts numerous captures of theatrical productions from Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End and more. In 2016, the platform featured a livestreamed performance of Roundabout’s revival of the musical comedy “She Loves Me.”
The platform’s livestream of “Fallen Angels” will be directed by Annette Jolles, director of numerous filmed versions of live events, including the 68th annual New York Emmy Awards, nine episodes of “Live from Lincoln Center” and an episode of PBS’ “Great Performances” (featuring David Henry Hwang’s “Yellow Face”).
The Broadway production of “Fallen Angels” recently reopened the Todd Haimes Theatre (formerly the American Airlines Theatre) after extensive renovations. It stars Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Rose Byrne alongside Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara, both of whom are nominated for Tonys for their performances in “Fallen Angels.” Tracee Chimo, Mark Consuelos, Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald and Aasif Mandvi complete the company.
“Fallen Angels” centers on two high-society women who, while their husbands are away on a golfing trip, abruptly discover that their former lover has returned to London. Fearing their own lack of impulse control, the women lock themselves away, drink to excess and bicker among themselves until he actually shows up. The comedy debuted on the London stage in 1925. It first came to Broadway later that same year; the current Roundabout production is the play’s second Main Stem revival, and the first since 1956.
