A. It's too bad that WEST SIDE STORY, CYRANO and IN THE HEIGHTS underperfmed. All are entertaining.
B. As I wrote above, CYRANO doesn't rely on the musical aspect as much as a 'traditional' musical. There are only a couple of 'numbers' with elaborate staging. Most are just the characters...
I certainly don't hide it in my review. What I will say is that it's not a traditional musical. The songs compliment the screenplay. The script is so strong you can easily trim them down and it wouldn't effect the overall effect very much.
The play's the thing, here. And, the players -...
Title: Cyrano
Tagline: Have you ever loved someone?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Dolan, Joshua James, Anjana Vasan, Ruth Sheen, Glen Hansard, Sam Amidon, Scott Folan...