▁Rost and ▁play ▁for ▁the ▁Gut hr ie ▁in ▁Min ne apolis , ▁and ▁director ▁Michael ▁Lang ham ▁suggested ▁he ▁adapt ▁it ▁for ▁a ▁musical ▁version . ▁Burg ess ▁joined ▁forces ▁with ▁film ▁composer ▁Lewis , ▁replacing ▁dialog ue ▁in ▁his ▁play ▁with ▁musical ▁numbers , ▁and ▁the ▁completed ▁work ▁was ▁st aged ▁at ▁the ▁Gut hr ie , ▁again ▁with ▁Lang ham ▁at ▁the ▁hel m . ▁ ▁Following ▁a ▁try out ▁in ▁Boston ' s ▁Col onial ▁Theatre ▁and ▁five ▁pre views , ▁the ▁Broadway ▁production , ▁directed ▁and ▁ch ore ograph ed ▁by ▁Michael ▁K idd , ▁opened ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁at ▁the ▁Palace ▁Theatre , ▁where ▁it ▁ran ▁for ▁ 4 9 ▁performances . ▁The ▁cast ▁included ▁Christopher ▁Pl um mer ▁as ▁Cy rano , ▁Le igh ▁Be ery ▁as ▁Ro x ana , ▁and ▁Mark ▁Lam os ▁as ▁Christian , ▁with ▁T ov ah ▁Feld sh uh ▁making ▁her ▁Broadway ▁debut ▁in ▁two ▁small ▁supporting ▁roles . ▁ ▁Pl um mer ▁won ▁the ▁Tony ▁for ▁Best ▁A ctor ▁in ▁a ▁Musical ▁and ▁D rama ▁Des k ▁Award ▁for ▁Out standing ▁Performance , ▁and ▁Be ery ▁was ▁Tony - n omin ated ▁for ▁Best ▁Fe ature d ▁Act ress ▁in ▁a ▁Musical . ▁ ▁An ▁original ▁cast ▁recording ▁LP ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁A & M ▁Records ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁An ▁original ▁cast ▁recording ▁CD ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁De cca ▁Records ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 .