What Did The Critics Think Of Cyrano?
Now showing at the Daryl Roth Theater until December 22, 2019
Scene-stealing Emmy winner Peter Dinklage returns to the stage to star as the titular Cyrano De Bergerac once more, but what did the critics think?
The New York Times praised Peter Dinklage in saying "The man who won four Emmy Awards playing Tyrion, I hasten to announce, is by no means a disappointment as the witty, wily and dangerously underestimated title character of 'Cyrano'" but also went on to point out "The entire show feels woefully static, with performers (dresses in ahistorical costumes by Tom Broecker) lined up across the narrow stage like participants in a high-school pageant."
TimeOut was also applauding Dinklage's performance, more than the production itself. Saying "It's hard to fall in love with this confounding production...Yet Dinklage makes you care." Following on with "you feel his elation give way to despair. It pierces your heart as the rest of the production rarely manages to do".
The ovation for Dinklage continues, with Vulture saying "Dinklage is the right man for the job...Rueful and comic when he needs to be; he's a swashbuckling soul in pain for the rest." Rounding the review off with, "So although the whole becomes repetitive, you'll find much delight in at Cyrano."
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WHAT IS Cyrano ABOUT?
The ultimate ode to unrequited love, Cyrano De Begerac is a famed and talented solider in the French Army who moonlights as a passionate poet. In love with the intellectual beauty Roxanne, he agrees to write to her as another - Christian her beloved. As time goes on the task proves too much for the entranced Cyrano, taxing him to find his courage and confess to being the author of the letters that have bewitched her. Romantic, expressive and a pean to bravery and self-confidence, don't miss the chance to let classic woo you all over again.
Now showing at the Daryl Roth Theater until December 22, 2019
