- Cyrano: The Musical
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For the 1973 musical adaptation, see Cyrano (musical) and Cyrano (disambiguation).
Cyrano The Musical 
Original Broadway PlaybillMusic Ad van Dijk Lyrics Koen van Dijk
Peter Reeves
Sheldon HarnickBook Koen van Dijk Basis Edmond Rostand's classic Cyrano de Bergerac Productions 1992 Amsterdam
1993 BroadwayCyrano: The Musical is a musical with music by Ad van Dijk, an original book and lyrics (in Dutch) by Koen van Dijk. For the Broadway production, English lyrics were provided by Peter Reeves, with additional lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
Produced by Joop van den Ende, the original Dutch production Cyrano de Musical premiered in 1992 at the Stadsschouwburg (City Theatre) in Amsterdam. It is based on Edmond Rostand's classic 1897 play of the same name focusing on a love triangle involving the large-nosed poetic Cyrano de Bergerac, his beautiful cousin Roxane, and his classically handsome but inarticulate friend Christian de Neuvillette who, unaware of Cyrano's unrequited passion for Roxane, imposes upon him to provide the romantic words he can use to woo her successfully in mid-17th century Paris. Its style is closer to that of the pop operas Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera than a traditional Broadway book musical.
After 38 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Eddy Habbema, opened on November 21, 1993 at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 137 performances. The cast included Bill van Dijk as Cyrano, Anne Runolfsson as Roxane, and Paul Anthony Stewart as Christian, with James Barbour and Jeff Gardner in supporting roles.
The production garnered Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design, and Runolfsson won the Drama League Award for her performance.
In addition to the Netherlands and the United States, the musical has been produced in Belgium, Germany, and Japan.
In September 1994, an abridged version of the musical made its West Coast review at The Newport Arts Center in Orange County, California. Directed by Kent Johnson, and starring well known regional actor John Huntington as Cyrano and film actress Deirdre McGill (" A Thing Called Love " ," Dead Hollywood Blondes") as Roxanne. One of the best-known numbers " You have Made me Love" was recently released on a rare Broadway standards album sung by Deirdre McGill and is available on a CD titled " Pandora's Box" thru Amazon.com (2009).
Song list
Act I
- Prologue
- Opera, Opera
- Aria
- One Fragment of a Moment
- Confrontation
- The Duel
- Where's All This Anger Coming From
- Loving Her
- A Message from Roxane
- Ragueneau's Patisserie
- Roxane's Confession
- What a Reward
- Hate Me
- Courage Makes a Man
- Cyrano's Story
- A Letter for Roxane
- I Have No Words
- Two Musketeers
- An Evening Made for Lovers
- Balcony Scene
- Poetry
- Moonsong
- Stay With Me!
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- Act II
- Every Day, Every Night
- A White Sash
- When I Write
- Two Musketeers (Reprise)
- Rhyming Menu
- Even Then
- Tell Her Now
- The Evening
- Even Then (Reprise)
- The Battle
- Everything You Wrote
- He Loves To Make Us Laugh
- A Visit from DeGuiche
- Opera, Opera (Reprise)
- An Old Wound/The Letter/Moonsong
External links
http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/newport-theatre-arts-center September 1994
Categories:- 1992 musicals
- Broadway musicals
- Musicals based on plays
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