5 stars from Winnipeg Free Press:

4 stars from SEE Magazine, Edmonton:

Cyranose is playing to sold-out houses, and for good reason. Richard Maritzer, Shelby Bond & Jonathon Graff of the L.A. "nouveau-vaudeville" troupe Sound & Fury provide a raucous good time with their part-parody, part-improv take on Edmond Rostand's classic tale of the lovestruck poet with an enormouse disfiguring nose. In this version, Cyranose (Maritzer) has a perfectly normal appearance, but delusionally believes himself to be hideous, while Graff plays a bearded, Miss Piggy-like Roxane. But this (somewhat) familiar plot is really just a backdrop for Sound of Music parodies, Dr. Suess-like rhymes delivered at breakneck speed, and love letters composed with the audience's participation. Everything comes up for mockery: the French language, the entire country of Canada, and, yes, even theatre reviewers—I'd take offence if their barbs weren't so consistantly, wildy funny. The only problem with this show is that the curtain falls too soon." --Naomi Lewis, SEE Magazine, Edmonton

4 stars from the CBC:

You can’t help but enjoy yourself at a Sound & Fury show. This Los Angeles-based troupe creates performances rife with bawdy jokes, audience interaction and general merriment. In fact, their shows are just how I imagine plays would have been like back in Shakespeare’s day, minus the rotten fruit.

Their latest offering, ‘Cyranose!’ is no different. Characters named Roxanne, Christian and de Guiche populate the stage but that’s where any semblance to the Edmund Rostand classic Cyrano de Bergerac ends.

For one thing, that fourth wall has been obliterated. Pre-selected audience members reading numbered cue cards present the prologue. The cast then establishes a few recurring jokes and they’re off, romping from scene to scene with comedic abandon. They achieve their humorous ends by any means necessary; pop culture references, improv, swordplay, song and dance, and rhyming quattrain are all part of their arsenal.

While the show is rough around the edges and occasionally juvenile, it’s never boring. All three actors have talent to spare. They just choose to skip the polish so they can play fast and loose. After all, this is comedy, and they wouldn’t want to be taken too seriously.

4 Stars from WinnipegOnline.com

Sound & Fury returns with all-new rhetoric -- though this year the Bard escapes their side-splitting cut-ups as they set their sights on the French play "Cyrano de Bergerac."

We follow our hero, "Cyranose de Bivouac" (Richard Maritzer), who encounters a host of other zany characters created by Shelby Bond, as he laments unrequited love for his cousin Roxanne (played by [Jonathon Graff] with full facial hair). As we've come to expect from these men, their cut-up of a classic gradually gets more insane -- and insanely funny -- as the plot progresses, with comedy in song, dance, verbal and physical styles.
There were a few opening-day technical glitches during the performance, but these gentlemen did just what professionals should do -- worked with them -- and the show became even funnier as a result.
In short, "Cyranose" is yet another raucous comedy in the Sound and Fury repertoire that's worth lining up for -- which you should plan on, because they WILL keep selling out. Four stars out of five!
John Chase
WinnipegOnstage.com