Once is a musical based on the 2007 movie of the same name by John Carney. Like film, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and MarkÃÆ'Â © ta IrglovÃÆ'¡, including Academy Award winning "Falling Slowly". The book for this musical was written by Enda Walsh. The show premiered at the New York Theater Workshop in 2011, before moving to Broadway in 2012. The production received eleven nominations for the Tony Award 2012, and won eight including Best Musical, Best Actor, and Best Book. The musical also won the 2012 Drama Award for Extraordinary Music and the Grammy Awards 2013 for Best Music Theater Album. It has since given birth to London production, with a North American Tour starting on October 1, 2013.
In the musical, the player also functions as an orchestra. A minimalist set is used, including a center-center bar with chairs lining the left and right platforms. Exit the cast just step into the side of the stage and sit down. They function as an orchestra of these chairs. The bar is used before the show and at rest as a work bar for theater customers.
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Productions
Off-Broadway (2011-12)
Once inaugurated at a workshop at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, in April 2011, before his transfer to the New York Theater Workshop where he made his Off-Broadway debut on December 6, 2011, after a preview of November 15 , on January 15, 2012. Under the direction of John Tiffany, the original cast was led by Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti as Guy and Girl, respectively. The production is nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Choreographer, Outstanding Scenic Design (Bob Crowley), Exceptional Light Design (Natasha Katz), Exceptional Sound Design (Clive Goodwin), and Top Achieving Actress. Production won the New York Drama Criticism Drama Award for Best Musical. Broadway (2012-2015)
Musical then started a preview on Broadway at Bernard B. Jacobs Theater starting February 28, 2012 and officially opened on March 18th. Kazee and Milioti repeated their performances from Off-Broadway players. Production received eleven Tony Award nominations, winning eight, including Best Musical. It also won the Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical for 2011-12. On October 7, 2014, it was announced that the musical would be closed on January 4, 2015. Production played 1,167 regular shows and 22 previews with closing time. Dublin City/West End (2013-2015)
Dublin/West End (2013-2015)
Following a limited engagement at Dublin's Gaiety Theater from February 22 to March 9, 2013, starring Declan Bennett (Guy) and Zrinka Cvite? I? (Girl), the show made West End debut at the Phoenix Theater, London. Preview begins March 16, followed by the opening of the night of 9 April. Bennett and Cvite? I? repeating their role from the Dublin run. Bennett and Cvite? I? made an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on television for May 31, 2013. Before the interview, they performed "Falling Slowly". On January 15, 2014, the show was extended to July 4, 2015. Arthur Darvill replaced Bennett as Guy on March 17, 2014 and continues to play until May 10, 2014. Cvite? I? also abandoned his role as a Girl on May 10th. David Hunter and Jill Winternitz then played Guy and Girl respectively. Ronan Keating took over the lead role from November 17, 2014 to March 21, 2015, when production was closed.
North America's North America (North America) Tournament (North America) 2013-2015; 2016-17)
On October 1, 2013, the first North American national tour was launched in Providence, Rhode Island at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Stuart Ward and Dani de Waal played Guy and Girl, respectively. The tour lasts until December 2015. The second North American national tour begins in January 2016 in Utica, New York and is scheduled to run until April 2017, starring Sam Cieri and Mackenzie Lesser-Roy.
Melbourne/Australia (2014-2015)
The first Australian production aired at the Princess Theater in Melbourne on September 26, 2014, and lasts until February 1, 2015. Tom Parsons and Madeleine Jones play Guy and Girl. It was presented in association with the Melbourne Theater Company.
Seoul/South Korea (2014-2015)
The first non-English production by Seensee Company, aired on December 14, 2014, is scheduled to run until March 29, 2015. Do-hyun Yoon and Chang-hee Lee play Guy, Mi-do Jeon and Ji-yeon Park playing Girl.
Toronto Toronto (2015)
A Canadian company opened February 10 and played until June 28, 2015 at the Ed Mirvish Theater. The productions starred Ian Lake as Guy and Trish LindstrÃÆ'¶m as Girl. It garnered seven Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations at the Musical Theater Division and won three, for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Performance - Female for LindstrÃÆ'¶m. Dublin City (2015-2017)
In March 2015, it was announced that Once would return to Dublin. It is scheduled to play a limited run from 4 July to 22 August at the Olympia Theater. The players include Tom Parsons as Guy and Megan Riordan as Girls. On July 28, it was announced that After was extended and will run until 12 September. On December 4, 2015 it was announced that After will return to Dublin and will play at the Olympia Theater from July 2nd to August 27th, 2016. In 2017, the musical returns to Olympia Theater from June 30th to August 26th.
Seoul (2015)
Following the success of previous Korean productions, the cast members consisted of Dublin, London, Australia and Canada Once/I> companies playing at The Charlotte Theater from September 22 to November 1.
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Plot
- Act Me
A thirty-year-old Dublin traveler (identified only as "Guy") sang an unrequited love ballad song in a local bar, accompanying himself with a guitar ("Leave"). He then puts his guitar into his box and turns to leave without it; but a young Czech lady (identified only as "Girl"), who had listened to her singing, approached. He asks many personal questions about his songs; he replied that he wrote most of them to the girlfriend who broke up with him and moved to New York City. He succumbed to his music because the memory of his dead relationship was too painful; he is now working as a vacuum cleaner repairman at his father's shop. The girl replies that she has a "no sucking" vacuum, and asks her to fix it. He offers to pay for repairs by playing the piano for him. Upon protest, he grabbed the sheet of music for a new song from his jacket. Reluctantly, Guy picked up his guitar and they played the song together ("Falling Slowly"). Girl suggested that she could win back her old boyfriend by singing the song. Guy brushed this off, but Girl reminded him that he now owed him a vacuum repair, so they headed to his father's shop ("The North Strand").
When Guy fixes the void, Girl gets acquainted with her father, who seems to like her. After the vacuum was repaired, Guy impulsively invited the Girl into her bedroom, above the shop. They are clearly attracted to each other, but when she tries to kiss her, she stops him and goes ("The Moon"). The next day he apologized, and they wrote, practiced and recorded songs together. Girls introduce Guy to his family, including his young daughter, Ivanka ("Ej, Pada, Pada, Rosicka"). After Guy leaves, Girl plays one of her songs on the piano, replacing her own lyrics as she thinks about it ("If You Want Me").
The next morning Girl tells Guy that she has arranged a meeting with a banker ("Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy"). To persuade the bank manager to approve the loan - which allows Guy to bring his music to New York - Guy plays it a song ("Say It to Me Now"). The banker was impressed with his talent, approved the loan, and added that he can play the guitar as well. He plays a song for them ("Abandoned in Bandon"), and although he's not a very good singer, they invited him to play in the band. The next night at a nightclub, Guy tells the Girl that he has assured him that his music career is worth pursuing. Good, he replied, because it was an open mic night at the club, and he had signed him up to appear as "The Hoover Man". He was reluctant, but eventually took the stage. As she sings, it seems she is now singing for Girl, not her ex-girlfriend ("Gold").
- Act II
During the rehearsal of the band, one of the musicians argued with the bank manager; he opposed capitalism, he said, despite the fact that he owned the shop where they practiced. Guy and Girl retreat to a hill overlooking the city where the two share brief and gentle moments. Girl tells Guy, in Czech, that he loves her - but when she asks him to translate, she replies, "It looks like rain". Guy realizes that he has fallen in love with Girl, and wondered how he would live without him when he moved to New York ("Sleep").
The next day the band recorded a demo for a major record label ("When Your Mind's Made Up"). After receiving praise for their performance, the band members rested. The girl remains at the piano, and thinks she is alone, playing one of her own compositions that expresses the depth of her feelings for Guy ("The Hill"). Guy, who had listened, praised him on his song. He suggested that he and Ivanka move to New York with him, because they clearly have feelings for each other that they can not ignore. The girl replied angrily that she could not feel that way. Incredibly, Guy asks why; The girl replies that her husband - Ivanka's father - is trying to make peace with her, and for their daughter's sake, she should consider it ("Can not Be About That"). The next morning the band gathered on the hill to voice their hope for success with the upcoming album ("Gold (Acapella)"). Guy asks Girl to spend her last night in Dublin with her; he is embarrassing, because it will only produce "hanky-panky", which is a "bad idea"; but eventually he agreed to come to the vacuum shop.
Back in the shop, Guy plays a demo for his father. Impressed and moved, he gives Guy some money to help him settle in New York. Then Guy, who was encouraged by Girl, called his ex-girlfriend in New York, who was pleased with his impending arrival, and seemed willing to give their relationship another experiment. A few days later Girl came home to find the piano with a bright red bow on it - a gift from Guy. She shed tears, then sat down on the piano and sang; like Guy, in his New York apartment, singing the same song ("Falling Slowly (Reprise)").
Primary role and original cast
Famous Cast Broadway replacement
- Arthur Darvill - Guy
- Laura Dreyfuss, Joanna Christie - Girl
- Carlos Valdes - Andrej
- Adam Wesley Brown - Eamon
- Katrina Lenk - RÃÆ' Â © za
Famous West End player replacement
- Arthur Darvill, David Hunter, Ronan Keating - Guy
- Jill Winternitz - Girl
Music number
Unless indicated, all music numbers are written by Glen Hansard and MarkÃÆ'Â © ta IrglovÃÆ'¡.
"Once", the titular song of the film, is cut from the musical, but has been performed by the player during a special curtain call, such as when Marka © º IrglovÃÆ'¡ is visited.
Reception
Critical response
Ben Brantley, in his review of the production of the New York Theater Workshop at The New York Times, writes: "In translating After into three dimensions, playwright Enda Walsh and director John Tiffany have not distanced self from what might be an inevitable excess, the script is now full of wise and simple observations about committing to love and taking chances, most of which are greeted with solemn and thick accent by Girl (played by Cristin Milioti), the Czech, Guy , played by Steve Kazee, has changed from a nerd shaggy to a prominent male-headed figure, while Girl has turned into a full version of what he threatened to be in the movie: Kooky, the life-affirming Waif who is meant to become unbearable... But a compassionate reversal takes place when Once breaks into music, often. The characters become less adorable h-exaggerate and more completely conflict, with different personalities not the standard-issues. The songs (written by Mr. Hansard and Ms. Irglova) soared with the rugged, sweet and sad ambivalence rarely visited in American contemporary musicals. "
Brantley reviewed Broadway's production at The New York Times, writing: "When I first saw Musical Once in the New York Theater Workshop last December, it was listed as a bit too twee, too conventional sentiments, to the East Village.But on Broadway - at Bernard B. Jacobs Theater exactly, where Once opened on Sunday night - what basically the same production feels as important and surprising as the beginning the spring that has crawled up Manhattan And what is always beautiful about the song, the songs and the performances, has been enlarged, while the intriguing star Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti only grow in front of and dimensions. "
Accolades
Original Broadway production
London Production
Toronto Production
Production was nominated at the Music Theater Division of the Dora Mavor Moore Award
References
External links
- Official website
- Once on the Internet Broadway Database
- Once on the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Once in Playbill Vault
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