Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James star in a searing new musical about a couple falling in love in 1950s New York and struggling against themselves to build their family. The New York Times calls Days of Wine and Roses “a jazzy, aching new musical with wells of compassion!” (Critic’s Pick) and The Washington Post raves, “Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James soar! One of the best new musicals this year.”
Adapted from JP Miller’s 1962 film and original 1958 teleplay, composer & lyricist Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins) and playwright Craig Lucas (An American in Paris) reunite in their first collaboration since their acclaimed The Light in the Piazza. Directed by Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen).
Most important, Greif obtains truly awesome performances from O’Hara and d’Arcy James. Even if you removed the two actors’ vocals, which are phenomenal, the performances stand on their own — especially the motel room scene where Joe finds Kirsten on an extended bender. O’Hara and d’Arcy James are musical theater stars, but with “Days of Wine and Roses,” we can only mourn all those great “straight” performances they never delivered. Who knows? This gig could open up a whole other door for them in the theater.
Even then, at the very least, you will be unbearably grateful to have heard the clarion, celestial voices of the wonderful Kelli O’Hara, in her finest stage performance to date as the naïve secretary Kirsten Arnesen, and the sublime Brian D’Arcy James as the more worldly PR man Joe Clay, who fall in love with each other and the bottle.
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2023 | Off-Broadway |
Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway Premiere Production Off-Broadway |
2024 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Brian d’Arcy James |
2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Kelli O’Hara |
2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Kelli O’Hara |
2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Michael Greif |
2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Kelli O'Hara |
2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Brian d'Arcy James |
2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Days of Wine and Roses |
2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Adam Guettel |
2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Adam Guettel |
2024 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Adam Guettel |
2024 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Brian d'Arcy James |
2024 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Kelli O'Hara |
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