Once is the acclaimed new musical based on the Academy Award-winning film. Authentic, funny and refreshingly unique, Once tells the story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful but complicated romance, heightened by the raw emotion of the songs they create together. Featuring an ensemble cast of gifted actor/musicians, helmed by the creators of the theatrical sensation Black Watch and fashioned by a team of Tony-winning designers, Once is a musical celebration of life and love: thrilling in its originality, daring in its honesty... and unforgettable in every way.
But the musical, with its beguiling book by Enda Walsh, also has the team's new songs, equally strong, with hypnotic rhythms, gorgeous harmonic blends and insinuating melodies that make unexpected interval leaps seem natural and easygoing. Guy is still played with endearing slacker sweetness by Steve Kazee. Cristin Milioti remains pert and odd, with a forthrightness it would be wrong to mistake for pat adorableness.
Once stays homey, charming, and inviting; on a smaller scale than usual for a Broadway musical, which turns out to be a good thing. It is also slow moving and slight. It requires patience, or at least the right mind-set, to fall for this show (Falling slowly, indeed.) The musical is an hour longer than the movie. But even with John Carney’s movie script adapted by a first-rate playwright, Enda Walsh (whose most recent play produced in New York was the eerie Misterman), the story in Once the musical is only a bit less sketchy than the film.
2011 | Off-Broadway |
New York Theatre Workshop Production Off-Broadway |
2012 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2013 | West End |
West End Original Production West End |
2013 | West End |
West End Original Production West End |
2013 | US Tour |
US National Tour US Tour |
2016 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Tiffany |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Glen Hansard and Marketa lrqlova |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Marketa Irglova |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Glen Hansard |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | 0 |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Martin Lowe |
2012 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Clive Goodwin |
2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Steve Kazee |
2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Cristin Milioti |
2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Musical | 0 |
2012 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Markéta Irglová |
2012 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Glen Hansard |
2012 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Enda Walsh |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Steve Kazee |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Cristin Milioti |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | 0 |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | Steven Hoggett |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Tiffany |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | 0 |
2012 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) | Bob Crowley |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Choreographer | Steven Hoggett |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Director | John Tiffany |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lead Actress | Cristin Milioti |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lighting Design | Natasha Katz |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Musical | 0 |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Scenic Design | Bob Crowley |
2012 | The Lortels | Outstanding Sound Design | Clive Goodwin |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Enda Walsh |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Steven Hoggett |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | John Tiffany |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Orin Wolf |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Michael G. Wilson |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Brian Carmody |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Frederick Zollo |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Patrick Milling Smith |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | John N. Hart, Jr. |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Barbara Broccoli |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Shubert Organization |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Robert Cole |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Once |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | New York Theatre Workshop |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Martin Lowe |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Steve Kazee |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Elizabeth A. Davis |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Cristin Milioti |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Bob Crowley |
2012 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Clive Goodwin |
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