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On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by emotionally charged music.

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Performances ended on Jan. 4, 2015.

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About Once on Broadway

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Previews: Feb 28, 2012 • Opening: Mar 18, 2012 • Closing: Jan 4, 2015
Broadway Musicals Last Chance Drama 2012 Tony Winners
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Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
242 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
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Orchestra section and Main Level are fully accessible.
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Story

What Is the story of Once?
Guy is an Irish singer and songwriter who spends his days fixing vacuums in the Dublin shop he runs with his father, and his nights playing his music in local pubs. He is on the verge of giving up music altogether when a Czech immigrant, “Girl,” walks into the bar, hears him play and refuses to let him abandon his guitar. As it turns out, she has a broken vacuum cleaner, Guty repairs it, and she pays him in music on a piano she plays in a record shop. Over the course of a week, Girl convinces Guy to believe in the power of his music and his love for the woman who inspired his songs. They scrape together money to record a demo album with a motley crew of bar friends, and their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful—but very complicated—love story.  

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A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources.
The Hollywood Reporter

"Once is a small-scale but warmly affecting show, crafted with profound respect for the power of music. For anyone who feels that Broadway has become the domain of bloated spectacles and cynically overworked brands, this will be a refreshing artisanal tonic."

The Hollywood Reporter

David Rooney

New York Post

"The show wins its standing ovations the old-fashioned way: with a love story, great songs, compelling characters and inventive stagecraft. "

New York Post

Elisabeth Vincentelli

The New York Times

"What was always wonderful about Once, its songs and its staging, has been magnified. In the meantime its appealing stars, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, have only grown in presence and dimensionality. Who would have thought that this soft-spoken little musical would have found itself by raising its voice? "

The New York Times

Ben Brantley

Cast & Creative

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Creative

Book
Enda Walsh
Music and Lyrics
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Director
John Tiffany
Based on the motion picture written and directed by
John Carney
Movement
Steven Hoggett
Scenic and Costume Design
Bob Crowley
Music Supervisor and Orchestrations
Martin Lowe
Lighting Design
Natasha Katz
Sound Design
Clive Goodwin
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