"For years I've wanted to direct a production [of Cyrano de Bergerac] that captured its wit, poetry and passion. When I read the adaptation by Barry Kornhauser, I knew I had finally found an English version in verse that retained the rich humor and beauty of Rostand's play... Tremendously literate, tremendously clever... this adaptation has the modernity that you want in a new translation and yet doesn't sacrifice the classicism of the ability to enter into another era."

Michael Kahn, The Shakespeare Theatre

"Written entirely in verse, Barry Kornhauser's modern translation whips airy comedy with heartbreaking romance... Breathtaking... beautifully realized... sheer heart-stopping poignancy... Panache!"

Margaret Lawrence, American Theatre Critics Association

"Absolutely charming... A standing ovation waiting to happen."

Intelligencer Journal

"A frothy Cyrano invigorated by... the irreverence of a zinger-packed adaptation that displays as much affinity for the wit and wisdom of Milton Berle as for that of Edmond Rostand... A rhyming version that performs a kind of teasing gavotte on the ears... Pack[s] surprising punch."

The Washington Post

"It's as if someone pumped nitrous oxide into the theater, so giggly and woozy are the goings-on... Kornhauser's free new English adaptation [is] a crazy quilt of rhyme schemes... an intensely moving treatise on not only the alchemic powers of love but also the beauty found in sacrifice."

The Washington Times

"A remarkable version of... one of the greatest romances of all time... Daft English poetry coupled with luxuriously lyrical rhyming schemes... Masterful writing and witty wordplay... and the reward... is one riveting adaptation that is not to be missed."

 Metro Weekly