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I'll get back to theme days once I find a groove of posting regularly. In the meantime, most of my posts are about some variation of books, bikes, buses, or Broadway. Plus bits about writing, nonprofits, and grief from time to time.

This blog is mostly lighthearted and pretty silly. It's not about the terrible things happening in the world, but please know that I'm not ignoring those things. I just generally don't write about them here.

04 April 2016

C is for Cyrano

Source: Wikipedia
Cyrano de Bergerac

Premiered in 1897 in Paris. The English-language version opened on Broadway in 1923.

Currently: In the U.S., the play is in the public domain. Check a theatre near you.

Book: Edmond Rostand

Everybody knows about: Cyrano had a huge nose.

I have thoughts: I saw a friend in this show a little over a year ago, and there was one moment that I thought was incredibly sad and was getting all misty. Meanwhile, the rest of the audience was laughing, and I still don't know what funny thing was happening then. When I asked my friend about it later, he said there's never any telling how an audience will react to anything. Anyway, for a sad show it's quite delightful.

Have you seen Cyrano?

4 comments:

Crystal Collier said...

I love that one! Although, admittedly, I've only seen filmed versions of the show. I agree, it is rather sad, and humorous at the same time. I think often we wrap the tragedies of life comedy to make them sting a little less.

C is for Cheese

Su said...

I've never seen any of the film versions! I seem to be in the minority among my friends when it comes to seeing all the versions of Cyrano.

Unknown said...

I've never seen the stage version.But I do love Roxanne with Steve Martin!

Su said...

I'd forgotten about that movie!