Cyrano at Folger Theatre

Cyrano

Folger Theatre
201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington

This romance of 17th-century swashbuckling France centers on a fascinating and poignant love triangle. Cyrano secretly adores Roxanne but fears she could never share the sentiment because of his legendary nose. Instead, he uses his gift for wit and wordplay to help his tongue-tied friend Christian woo her. Will she be won by Christian's appearance or Cyrano's soul?

Thru - Jun 12, 2011

Price: $30-$60

Show Type: Comedy

Running Time: 2 hrs, 35 minutes with 1 intermissi

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Average Rating based on 7 reviews

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Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

"...The Folger production emphasizes all the richness of "Cyrano": the double love stories; the tale of improbable friendship; the story of camaraderie of the "Gascony Guards." But it illuminates best the soul of the unique Cyrano, a man who would die rather than be a hypocrite, or miss an opportunity to celebrate the moon."

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- Barbara Mackay

WeLoveDC - Recommended

"...In the end, Cyrano may just be the old Beauty and the Beast scenario, but the yearning of unrequited love paired with the defiance of injustice make for a beautiful panache."

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- Jenn Larsen

Washington City Paper - Highly Recommended

"...By the power vested in him by nothing more than his wildly protruding ego, Cyrano de Bergerac runs a blowhard actor off the stage at rapier point. So begins the Folger Shakespeare Library’s sparkling and soulful new adaptation of the romantic classic, and of all the outlandish scenarios it demands that leading man Eric Hissom imagine, this might be the most farfetched: As Cyrano, the guardsman of uncommon cheek and uncanny beak, a genius almost as fast with a sword as he is with a quip, Hissom is so effortlessly charming and authoritative it seems impossible he could ever find himself staring down a hostile audience."

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- Chris Klimek

Washingtonian - Recommended

"...Hissom carries the show as Cyrano, combining forlorn tragedy and heartache with brazen panache, a quality the character prizes until the very end. Withers is charming and convincingly naive as Roxane, while Moreno is likable enough as the meatheaded Christian. But a character who’s “so much larger than life that he’s practically fictional” deserves better timing, especially because his own is so impeccable."

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- Sophie Gilbert

BrightestYoungThings - Highly Recommended

"...Cyrano de Bergerac is a memorable hero not in spite of his nose, but because of it. Sure, he’s capable of dashing swordplay and halting eloquence, but without the schnozz, he’d be just another romantic hero. Such a distinguishing feature gives an actor license to chew scenery without fear of losing the audience, and Hissom careens through varied emotions without a single misstep. The twenty-first century update of Hollinger and Posner emphasizes the character’s timelessness and finds a fresh way for us to share his triumphs and tragedies. I don’t care if it’s too on the nose: Cyrano is a thrilling night of theater that shouldn’t be missed."

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- Alan Zilberman

ShowBizRadio - Highly Recommended

"...Folger’s Cyrano is a splendid production that looks and sounds good and illuminates the play’s characters and feelings as no other production of the play I have encountered. Count it as a must-see in what remains of the spring theater season."

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- Bob Ashby

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

Cyrano is one of the great male leading roles. Yet the dominant character in the Folger Theatre production of Edmond Rostand’s classic tragic swashbuckler is not Cyrano De Bergerac, but the world premiere adaptation itself, translated by Michael Hollinger (Opus, Red Herring) and co-adapted by Hollinger and director Aaron Posner.

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- Steven McKnight

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Cyrano Reviews

Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

WeLoveDC - Recommended

Washington City Paper - Highly Recommended

Washingtonian - Recommended

BrightestYoungThings - Highly Recommended

ShowBizRadio - Highly Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

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