Cyrano
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Running Time: 60 Minutes Venue: Thu, 06/03/2010 - 08:30 Sun, 06/06/2010 - 05:00 Mon, 06/07/2010 - 07:00 Thu, 06/10/2010 - 09:00 Fri, 06/11/2010 - 09:45 |
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Rostand's classic reinvented by three actors & a musician.
From Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Show Description: Thrill as Cyrano slays 100 men! Chortle as Christian can't woo to save his life!! Weep as Roxane makes one sad mistake after another!!! A dynamic, hilarious, inspiring, tragic, moving, epic reinvention of the tale of everyone's favorite large-nosed lover and poet with a script by Belgian avant-garde playwright Jo Roets in a production that has been evolving across the country from Seattle to Hawaii to Alaska to Cincinnati.
Most Fringy Thing: Three actors and a drummer re-invent Rostand's classic in a comic frenzy, whipping up dozens of locations and characters our of garbage and sound, including an onstage massacre of 100 men.
Artist/Company Bio: Director Mark Lutwak is director of education for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; actors Tim Abrahamsen, Kelly Pekar and Jonathan Self are members of the Playhouse's 2009-10 Bruce E. Coyle intern company. Percussionist Grant Cambridge has been wokring as a composer, drummmer & music producer in Cincinnati forever.
Hails from: Cincinnati, OH
Previous Fringes: Fringe virgin
Photo: Kelly Pekar, Tim Abrahamsen, Jonathan Self & Grant Cambridge in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s production of Cyrano.
Critics' Reviews
Reviews
Cyrano a la Fringe
rating systems:
1=Disappointed 2=Enjoyed 3=Recommend 4=Encore
Fringe rating
FRINGY=what you only expect to see at a Fringe festival
FRINGIER=even at a Fringe festival you think- wow, that
was different
FRINGIEST=pushes the boundaries of what you ever see anywhere
CYRANO Randy 3.5 * Suzana 3 * Klara 3 * Tom 3 *
* FRINGIER *
Classical theater pieces at the Fringe is a stretch, but this fits in perfectly.
They pull me in with Ha, Ha, Ha and end up delivering the full tragic impact.
Wow. It is full on physical theater, letting us imagine the scenes and props,
but tying it all together with a drummer and live (not pre-recorded) sound
effects. The energy is fast and full on, but the delivery of lines sounds
solid as well. I know the play, but not well, so I was pleased that a light
comic romp could carry me the great distance to a true tragic ending.
Thank you.
CityBeat Review
by Mark Sterner
Critic's Pick
Our first impression is that of a makeshift performance. A black curtain is strung between aluminum poles, actors are rifling through a large plastic box of props, as well as putting on various costume pieces. When one actor complains about some sweat pants, another one says: “But they look good on you.”
We'll soon learn, appearances to the contrary, that this is a razor sharp group of young acting interns from the Cincinnati Playhouse, whose timing and communication skills are as good as any professional baseball team, and probably better than some.
Read the rest of the review here
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Full article here
by Mark Sterner
The acting interns at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park have cooked up a theater piece for our delectation, a new version of the classic French play Cyrano de Bergerac.
Our hero Cyrano was blessed with a monstrous nose, which makes it ever so hard to woo the ladies. All is not well when he enlists the help of Christian to woo his beloved Roxanne by proxy. Mishaps begin to pile up, and when one folds in swashbuckling action and an original soundscape the result promises to be a gastronomic delight for the theatergoer’s palate.