Company:Cyrano
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ABOUT THE MUSICAL The new musical Cyrano is of course based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand In while working as an actor at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-On-The-Lake Ontario Michael Fox or Michael Fawkes as he was known performed in a production of the play He was not the first to feel what a perfect musical this would make In fact there have been other musical versions notably a Broadway production in the s starring Christopher Plummer in the title role Fast forward about years to find Michael performing in the Toronto production of Phantom Of The Opera with his brother Rick conducting After toying with the idea of turning Cyrano into an opera he instead decided to attempt a musical adaptation After a period spent translating the original French and drafting a libretto brother Rick came on board as composer With the help of Brent
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