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Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 is one of the latest new musicals to hit Broadway, and it's been getting rave reviews from practically everyone. Time Out New York calls it "one of the decade's best musicals" while the New York Post praises it for being "inventive, ravishing and full-on romantic". It's the most Tony-nominated show of 2017 with twelve nominations, including Best Musical. Even before premiering at the Imperial Theatre in New York City, their Boston and off-Broadway showings were presented with numerous awards and honors. The music is a creative mix of classical Broadway, folk, rock, pop, electronic, and soul, and the entire cast is diversely talented, not only singing, dancing, and acting, but also playing multiple instruments while doing so.
I've recently sat down and listened to the Broadway soundtrack, and may I just say WOAH. What a treat this musical is! I've done a little bit of research, and while discovering interesting information about my favorite parts of the music, I've also found out other things about the musical.
Dave Mallory: Book, Music, Lyrics, and Orchestration
Mr. Mallory is to Comet what Lin-Manuel Miranda is to Hamilton. He wrote and orchestrated everything for this musical, and he even played Pierre while off-Broadway! The dude is majorly talented. He was inspired to create the show after reading War and Peace, much like Mr. Miranda decided to make a musical about a founding father after reading Ron Chernow's biography about Alexander Hamilton.
Apparently, the song "Pierre" was supposed to be the first song in Comet, and every program included a family tree of all the characters to help the audience keep up with who's who. That didn't seem to be working though, since after every workshop, Mr. Mallory kept on getting notes on how it was difficult to tell the difference between the characters. He basically wrote "Prologue" out of spite, and that honestly sounds like something I would do.
(The programs still do include the family tree, by the way.)
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Imperial Theatre: Interactive Performances
This is not your normal musical. You might have guessed that already, but seriously, it's not. They don't even have a normal stage.
This is the stage for Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at the Imperial Theatre:
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