WESTWOOD, Calif. -
Dec. 5, 2014 -
PRLog -- For over a century this soaring story of passion, honor, romance and the heartbreak of unrequited love has celebrated the optimism and resilience of the human spirit like no other.
Hamish Linklater (
The Newsroom) stars as Cyrano, France's greatest swordsman and a distinguished poet whose many talents and whimsical aptitude for the spoken word are overshadowed by an attribute that is iconic, outrageous and gigantic — his nose. How can the curiously snouted Cyrano ever hope to win the affections of the beautiful Roxane? ? Also featuring
Caroline Aaron,
Hugo Armstrong,
Lynn Collins (
Wolverine),
Kalen Harriman,
Gregory Itzin (
Covert Affairs),
Anna Mathias,
Morgan Ritchie,
Jason Ritter (
Gravity Falls, Parenthood)
, André Sogliuzzo and
Matthew Wolf. Adapted for radio and directed by
Barry Creyton, all performances will be recorded live in front of an audience (without sets or costumes) to air on LATW’s syndicated radio theater series, broadcasting weekly on public radio stations nationwide (locally, in Southern California, on
KPFK 90.7 FM) and available for streaming on demand at
www.latw.org. Dec. 11-14; James Bridges Theater at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, 235 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095; $15-$60; 310.827.0889;
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