Miravel Reviews
Los Angeles Times- Somewhat Recommended
"..."Miravel" won't be for all tastes, but it's no mere work-in-progress, either, and this singular, bluesy chamber work scores in haunting intensity."
LA Weekly- Somewhat Recommended
"...Whenever the book takes over the heavy lifting, however, Miravel's flames - along with much of its romance - are all but smothered. Director Shaunessy Quinn doesn't help matters by directing key courtship scenes with Chumrau sidelined in the shadows. But the more fundamental trouble is that Broder retains Cyrano's outlandishly contrived artifices but substitutes the warmth and buoyancy Rostand used to sell them with Hesse's heavy cerebral solemnity and characters that are curiously charmless and unlovable."
Broadway World- Somewhat Recommended
"...It's a story that takes too long to tell but the jazz sizzles and MIRAVEL definitely has potential. Billed as a jazz musical by Jake Broder, co-author of the hit musical Louis and Keely, Live at the Sahara, it really falls under the 'play with songs' category, currently more talk than music. Broder's compositions are expertly written, easily capturing the improvisational style of Monk and the sophistication of Ellington. They are, at the moment, one of the few places where passion authentically ignites in this spin on the Cyrano tale."
Stage Scene LA- Somewhat Recommended
"...Cyrano de Bergerac gets a jazz-infused contemporary update in Jake Broder's play with music Miravel, a Sacred Fools World Premiere that scores high marks for performance, both vocal and instrumental, but could use some tweaking and tightening, particularly in its overlong first act."
Examiner- Recommended
"...With Broder's music setting the evening's tone, Quinn' s production is moody, hip, wistfully romantic and, yep, plenty complicated."