Kelli O’Hara Celebrates ‘Fallen Angels’ Opening Night — and Her Comedic Side

It’s the first show after opening night for “Fallen Angels,” and the celebration is still in bloom for Broadway star Kelli O’Hara. “I did walk in here today and all the flowers are still in here — there’s streamers,” she says from her dressing room at the Todd Haimes Theatre before the evening performance. Earlier that morning, she received a Critics Circle nomination for outstanding lead performer in a play. “There’s an exhaustion that comes with the relief of this hard work,” she adds. “You feel relief when things seem to be positive. Where you go, ‘Oh, OK, now I can relax.’” O’Hara leads the Broadway revival of the 1925 comedic play alongside Rose Byrne. The women star as Julia and Jane, two married friends who reconnect with a mutual former flame while both of their husbands are away. For opening night, O’Hara paid homage to the onstage friendship by wearing a dress that combined the characters’ two signature colors.  “ Rose wears an emerald green dress and I wear a lavender pink dress [onstage],” O’Hara says. “When I put it on, it just felt like I was gonna arrive at the party not just for me, but for the two of us.” Rose Byrne

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