Once

Synopsis/Company

Once is Broadway's 2012 Tony Award-winning best musical. Based on the Academy Award-winning film, it tells the story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of a week, their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful but complicated romance, heightened by the raw emotion of the songs they create together.


Performers Declan Bennett (Guy), Zrinka Cvitesic (Girl), Valda Aviks (Baruska), Ryan Fletcher (Svec), Aidan Kelly (Billy), Gareth O'Connor (Eamon), Michael O'Connor (Da), Miria Parvin (Ex Girlfriend), Jos Slovick (Andre), Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Reza), Jez Unwin (Bank Manager), Gabriel Vick (Emcee), Poppy-Lily Baker, Mia-Jai Bryan, Pacha Anna Green, Nancy Ann Jeans. Music Glen Hansard. Music Marketa Irglova. Lyrics Glen Hansard. Lyrics Marketa Irglova. Book by Enda Walsh (based on the motion picture written by John Carney). Producer Barbara Broccoli. Producer John N. Hart Jr.. Producer Patrick Milling Smith. Producer Frederick Zollo. Producer Brian Carmody. Producer Michael G. Wilson. Producer Orin Wolf. Producer Michael Rose Limited (in association with New York Theatre Workshop). Director John Tiffany. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Natasha Katz. Choreographer Steven Hoggett. Costume Bob Crowley. Sound Clive Goodwin. Orchestration Martin Lowe.