lin - manuel miranda was an outstanding composer of the ars nova.
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after dave malloy first performed on the ars nova stage in 2010, artistic director jason eagan, was blown away by his originality, range, and rigor, which led to a curiosity of what else was swirling around his head. malloy became ars nova's 2012 composer in residence, giving malloy access to all of ars nova's resources for one year- time, space, money, writing retreats, and a commission to create a new music-driven work to be produced at ars nova. when dave proposed a musical based on tolstoy's "war and peace" jason knew it was beyond ars nova's typical resources, but the project was too good to pass up. jason knew that ars nova could push dave farther than he had ever been before, and dave could push ars nova farther than they had been before. october 2011 commenced the first weeklong workshop used to further develop the characters, story, music, and explore the idea of mixing a concert party and theater into one event. as the workshop ended jason knew that this production would take more resources than they typically put into each production, and would take ars nova's entire production budget, a budget usually reserved for two productions, to accomplish this lofty goal. in april 2012, the production went through its second workshop to explore how the piece would live on its feet in the space.at the conclusion of the second workshop designer, mimi lien was brought on and made the decision to elevate the performers on runways that would swirl around the audience, allowing the performers to move through the space in full view. august 27, 2012, marked the date for the first rehearsal at ars nova. it was a month of creatively fueled blood, sweat and tears by a tremendous group of artists giving their all. the show officially opened at ars nova on october 16, 2012, and by the end of that week, the entire run was sold out. the extension sold out within one hour.
ars nova (theater)