The New Group's production of Cyrano, a new musical adaptation written and directed by Erica Schmidt, opened November 7 at the Daryl Roth Theatre. He loves Roxanne (Jasmine Cephas Jones), a childhood friend, but she loves Christian (Blake Jenner), a hunky recruit who can barely master subject-verb agreement. Jasmine Cephas Jones originated the dual roles of Peggy and Maria Reynolds in Hamilton at The Public and subsequently on Broadway, earning widespread recognition and acclaim along with her castmates, and a Grammy Award for the cast recording. READ: New Group Taps New Works by Duncan Sheik, Donja R. Love, Erica Schmidt, and Thomas Bradshaw for 2019–2020 Season. Sign up for exclusive discounts and save up to 50% on tickets! A large-scale 1973 musical, choreographed and directed by Michael Kidd with a book by Anthony Burgess, earned Christopher Plummer a Tony but was short-lived. A chat with Cyrano cast member Jasmine Cephas Jones - YouTube On June 11th, acclaimed and well-loved alt-rock band, The National, are playing a concert in Joe’s Field at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA that will benefit the museum and the Hawthorne Valley Association in New York’s Hudson River Valley. A raw and transporting new version of the classic tale of unrequited love and ghostwritten letters, Cyrano tells the story of a proud man who, believing himself unlovable, agrees to woo the woman he loves for another. Cyrano – The Musical Posted on December 20, 2019 by Alix Cohen in Playing Around Like Romeo and Juliet , Edmund Rostand’s enduring 1897 story of Cyrano de Begerac (loosely inspired by playwright/novelist Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac) is an oft repeated/reinterpreted tale. Nehal Joshi, Scott Stangland, Peter Dinklage, and Jasmine Cephas Jones in Cyrano Monique Carboni The New Group's production of Cyrano, a … Nehal Joshi, Scott Stangland, Peter Dinklage, and Jasmine Cephas Jones in "Cyrano", Bard SummerScape 2012 - "The Imaginary Invalid", Daniel J. Watts In "TINA: The Tina Turner Musical", Aaron Dessner On The National's Concert At MASS MoCA And Day Of The Dead, Lin-Manuel Miranda on Working at the Pleasure of the "President" - and the First Treasury Secretary. Jasmine Cephas Jones is starring opposite Peter Dinklage in The New Group’s “Cyrano” which is running at the Daryl Roth Theatre in New York City through December 22. Mary Testa and Wesley Taylor star in a world premiere. Photo: Monique Carboni. I was blown away, the set was minimal but effective, the music new and dire. In the new musical version of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” the 1897 play-in-verse by Edmond Rostand, Dinklage plays the brilliantly eloquent and love-struck cadet Cyrano, pining after Cephas Jones’ beautiful and willful Roxanne - who in turn loves the handsome and witless Christian. (For the record, there have been previous musical versions of “Cyrano,” including at least two forgettable Broadway productions.) The New Group's production of Cyrano, a new musical adaptation written and directed by Erica Schmidt, opens November 7 at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Based on Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, the new production stars Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage in the title role and Hamilton's Jasmine Cephas Jones as Roxanne. Currently playing the Daryl Roth Theatre in New York City. Copyright 1991-2020 © Playbill Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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