Shows · Once
Once
Opened 2012
1,168 performances
Musical, Modern
Tony Award for Best Musical, 2012
On the streets of Dublin, a brokenhearted Irish street musician meets a Czech immigrant piano player in a vacuum repair shop. Over the course of one fateful week, they collaborate on recording an album of his songs, their shared music drawing them into an intense but complicated romance. Though their connection is undeniable, real-world obligations force them to make painful choices about love and art.
- Music
- Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
- Lyrics
- Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
- Book
- Enda Walsh
Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Songs5 songs
Falling Slowly, Gold, If You Want Me, Say It to Me Now, Leave
Recordings 15 recordings
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Once matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
Once is a musical based on the 2007 film of the same name by John Carney. Like the film, music and lyrics were by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, including the Academy Award-winning "Falling Slowly". The book for the musical was written by Enda Walsh. The musical premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2011, before transferring to Broadway in 2012. The production received eleven 2012 Tony Award nominations, and won eight including Best Musical, Best Actor and Best Book. The musical also won the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical and the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. It has since spawned a London production, with a North American Tour which started on 1…
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