Musical version of Cyrano melds old and new harmoniously

The story of Cyrano de Bergerac, originally told via Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play, is one of those unique tales that can be told and retold in multiple different ways. Just in the past few years it’s been adapted into not one but two Netflix movies aimed at teenagers, including 2020’s delightful The Half of It. The new film Cyrano is both a return to the original text and something completely new. Based on the 2019…