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from the original cast recording, and two featuring Josh Groban and a 25 piece orchestra. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume 2, Part 5 of Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace, focusing on Natasha's affair with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. After its original run at the Ars Nova in 2012, a staging in both the Meatpacking
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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume 2, Part 5 of Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace, focusing on Natasha's affair with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. After its original run at the Ars Nova in 2012, a staging in both the Meatpacking District and the Theater District of Manhattan in 2013, a 2014 Spanish-language staging in Quito,
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from the original cast recording, and two featuring Josh Groban and a 25 piece orchestra. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy and directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume 2, Part 5 of Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace, focusing on Natasha's affair with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. After its original run at the Ars Nova in 2012, a staging in both the Meatpacking
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Brittain Ashford Brittain Ashford is an American actress and musician best known for portraying Sonya Rostova in the 2016 Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812." As a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, she is best known for fronting the band Prairie Empire. Born in Seattle, Washington, Ashford attended Roosevelt High School. She attended college at the University of Washington, Seattle. Ashford's first theatrical performance was as Sonya Rostova in the 2012 Ars Nova production of close friend Dave Malloy's "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812." Ashford continued to perform with the show in all future incarnations
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"Napoleon's Comet") and the War of 1812, among other events. In the widely acclaimed musical "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812," Pierre witnesses the comet. When asked why the comet made it into the title of the show, the composer Dave Malloy responded "for cosmic epicness." The year 1811 turned out to be particularly fine for wine production, and merchants marketed "Comet Wine" at high prices for many years afterwards. The film "Year of the Comet", a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film, is based on this premise and tells the story of the pursuit of a contemporarily discovered
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Workshop in December 2010 to January 2011. She won the 2010 Obie Award, Obie Special Citation for "Three Pianos". She directed Dave Malloy's "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", which ran Off-Broadway in 2013-2014. "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" received the 2013 Obie Award, Special Citation. Under her direction, the musical opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on November 14, 2016. At the 71st Tony Awards, the musical received twelve nominations, the highest number for the 2016-17 season, including a nomination for Chavkin for Best Director of a Musical. She directed "The Royale" by
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from 2004 to 2008. Soo graduated from The Juilliard School's acting program in 2012. After graduating from Juilliard in 2012, Soo was cast as Natasha Rostova in the Ars Nova production of Dave Malloy's "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", based on Leo Tolstoy's "War & Peace"; the show went on to transfer from Ars Nova to another Off-Broadway space: Kazino, a tent custom built for the show. After seeing her performance in "Great Comet", director Thomas Kail and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda asked her to take part in an early 2014 reading of the musical ""Hamilton", where she
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as an immersive production, with action happening around and among the audience. The set designed by Mimi Lien and lights by Bradley King transformed Ars Nova into a Russian supper club. The creative team was completed by Paloma Young as costume designer, Matt Hubbs as sound designer, and Dave Malloy as musical director. The cast included Malloy as Pierre, Phillipa Soo as Natasha, Lucas Steele as Anatole, Amber Gray as Hélène, Brittain Ashford as Sonya, Nick Choksi as Dolokhov, Gelsey Bell as Mary, Blake DeLong as Andrey/Prince Bolkonsky, Amelia Workman as Marya D. and Paul Pinto (who also served as
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October 18, 2016, Groban performed on Broadway as Pierre Bezukhov in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", an electropop opera by composer Dave Malloy based on "War and Peace". For his performance as Pierre, Groban was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His final performance as Pierre was on July 2, 2017. Groban also performed the song "Evermore" during the end credits of the 2017 Disney film "Beauty and the Beast". On March 11, 2018, tour dates were announced for Groban's Bridges Tour with special guest Idina Menzel. The US leg of
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Ecuador, and a remounting at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2015, the musical premiered on Broadway in November 2016 at the Imperial Theatre. The original Off-Broadway production of the show had Dave Malloy playing Pierre Bezukhov, the lead. Once the show was taken to Broadway, Josh Groban made his Broadway debut as he took over the role of Pierre. The musical received positive reviews, particularly for Phillipa Soo, Denée Benton, and Josh Groban's leading performances, as well as for the production's score, direction, and scenic design. The show was nominated for 12 awards—the highest number of nominations
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Sonya (War and Peace) Sofya Alexandrovna "Sonya" (; ) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace", and in Sergey Prokofiev's 1955 opera "War and Peace" and Dave Malloy's 2012 musical "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" based on it. She is the orphaned niece of Count and Countess Rostov. Although sometimes called "Sonya Rostova", it is not clear if that is her surname or not; the novel does not tell. "Alexandrovna" is a patronymic. At the start of the novel, 15-year-old Sonya is in love with her cousin, Nikolai Rostov, who initially reciprocates her
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Dave Malloy Dave Malloy (born January 4, 1976) is an American composer, who has created several theatre works, often based on classic works of literature. They include his award winning electropop opera "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", his chamber musical "Ghost Quartet" and his musical fantasia "Preludes". Malloy is a three-time Tony Award nominee. Malloy grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland and began making theater in San Francisco in 2000. Early work included pieces with Banana Bag & Bodice, for whom has been the composer since 2002. In 2008 he composed music for "Beowulf
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Dave Malloy Dave Malloy (born January 4, 1976) is an American composer, who has created several theatre works, often based on classic works of literature. They include his award winning electropop opera "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", his chamber musical "Ghost Quartet" and his musical fantasia "Preludes". Malloy is a three-time Tony Award nominee. Malloy grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland and began making theater in San Francisco in 2000. Early work included pieces with Banana Bag & Bodice, for whom has been the composer since 2002. In 2008 he composed music for "Beowulf
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over the US. Bell was praised by critics for her "astonishing vocal versatility," and was referred to as the "standout vocal performance." A new run of "Ghost Quartet" will re-open "Next Door at NYTW", a black box theatre component of New York Theatre Workshop, in October 2017. In 2012, Bell first became involved with "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812", an electro-pop opera based on War and Peace. She never auditioned for her role, and was instead asked by composer Dave Malloy to come in for its initial workshops, as he had written a part with her in
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cultivating a hive of creative activity, both on stage—through developmental programs and performances—and off—through the support and cultivation of a thriving artist community. Since Ars Nova's founding, they’ve launched the careers of luminaries like Lin-Manuel Miranda (Pulitzer-winning playwright/composer of "Hamilton" & "In The Heights"), Liz Meriwether (Emmy-nominated creator of television’s New Girl), Beau Willimon (Emmy-winning creator of Netflix’s House of Cards), Amy Herzog (OBIE Award-winning playwright of "4000 Miles"), Dave Malloy (Richard Rogers Award for Musical Theatre winner for "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812"), Annie Baker (Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "The Flick" & "Circle Mirror Transformation"), Thomas
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ARCCF celebrated Leo Tolstoy's extensive correspondence with Americans, among whom were such notable innovators and activists as Thomas Edison, Clara Barton, Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington, and William Jennings Bryan. The gala, titled "America and Tolstoy: A Dialogue from Quill to Tweet" featured an excerpt from Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (performed by composer Dave Malloy), a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra's Last Stand Quartet, speeches by Tolstoy experts Andrew D. Kaufman, Vadim Polonski, and Galina Alexeyeva, an interactive reading of the letters exchanged with Tolstoy (played by actor Steven Carpenter), and pianist Yury
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Pierre visits Natasha ("Pierre & Natasha") and he comforts the distraught girl, giving her hope. After their meeting, Pierre experiences a moment of enlightenment himself while seeing The Great Comet of 1812 in the night sky (“The Great Comet of 1812”). Malloy's original score (orchestrated by the composer) merges Russian folk and classical music with indie rock and EDM influences. The piece is described by the composer as an "electropop opera" and is through-composed, with just one line of spoken dialogue, in Pierre and Natasha's only scene together. On stage, nearly all of the actors play musical instruments augmenting the
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in the Las Vegas production of the 2012 Beach Boys musical "Surf" at Planet Hollywood, directed by Kristin Hanggi. After appearing Off-Broadway in "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812", understudying the roles of Natasha and Sonya, she made her Broadway debut in 2014 in "Rock of Ages" as a replacement in the leading role of Sherrie Christian. In the fall of 2016, she joined the original Broadway cast of "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812", understudying Natasha. She then went on to originate the role of Kathryn Merteuil in “Cruel Intentions: The 90s musical experience” Off-Broadway.
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nominees included "Anastasia" – 13; "Hello, Dolly!" — 10; "The Band's Visit" and "Come from Away" — 7; "Groundhog Day" — 5; "A Bronx Tale" — 4; "Falsettos", "Holiday Inn", and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" — 3; and "Miss Saigon", "Sunset Boulevard" — 1. Multiple winners: "Come from Away" and "Hello, Dolly!" – 4; "The Band's Visit" and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" – 2. The Outstanding New Broadway Musical was "Come from Away", and the Outstanding New Broadway Play was "Oslo"; Outstanding Revival of a Play was "Jitney" and Outstanding Revival of
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up the character Pierre, an old, bitter, wealthy aristocrat, who is having an existential crisis, living a slothful life of wine, philosophy, and inaction ("Pierre"). He is best friends with Prince Andrey Bolkonsky (also sometimes spelt as Andrei), who has left to go to war. Andrey has recently become engaged to the young, beautiful countess Natasha Rostova. Natasha and her cousin Sonya arrive in Moscow to stay the winter with Natasha's godmother, Marya D., while Natasha waits for Andrey to return from the war. Marya D. is an old friend of Pierre's ("Moscow"). Marya D. advises Natasha that she must
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released a two-disc original cast album of the entire score. Later, another disc containing highlights from the show was released. The original Broadway cast recording was released on May 19, 2017. On November 22, 2016 the book "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812: The Journey of a New Musical to Broadway" was released. The book, edited and compiled by Steven Suskin, includes interviews with many of the original cast members, as well as the annotated script and photos of both the Kazino and Broadway casts. The book also includes a CD with five songs from the show: three
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object of Anatole's conquest is Natasha. Marya D. finds out that Anatole is married and tells a grief-stricken Natasha. Pierre, outraged, searches for Anatole ("Find Anatole"). When Pierre finds Anatole, he comes close to attacking him in rage, but instead gives him money and orders him to leave Moscow (”Pierre & Anatole”). Natasha poisons herself with arsenic ("Natasha Very Ill") but lives. The next day Andrey returns. Pierre explains the scandal to him and asks him to be compassionate, but Andrey is unable to forgive Natasha and will not ask for her hand in marriage again ("Pierre & Andrey"). Finally,
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Citation Obie Award, and had runs at New York Theatre Workshop and American Repertory Theatre. His next work was "Beardo," a Russian indie rock musical based on the life of Rasputin, which Malloy wrote with "Beowulf" collaborator Jason Craig. It played in 2011 in San Francisco and had its New York premiere in February 2017 in a production by Pipeline Theater Company. For "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", Malloy was the composer, lyricist, orchestrator, music director and performer in the role of Pierre Bezukhov. "Comet" was commissioned by Ars Nova and premiered there in October 2012, directed
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Sonya ("The Opera"). There she meets Prince Anatole Kuragin, a young and handsome man, who turns out to be a notorious rogue. He comes to visit Natasha's box and leaves her with feelings she has never experienced before ("Natasha & Anatole"). Anatole comes home after the opera and he, his friend Dolokhov, and Pierre go out drinking; they are met by Pierre's unpleasant wife, Hélène (Anatole's sister), who taunts Pierre and flirts with Dolokhov. Anatole plots with Dolokhov and Hélène to have the young woman he just met, although he is already married. Dolokhov taunts Pierre, toasting to the wives
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of society and their lovers. Pierre finds his wife's familiarity with Dolokhov offensive and drunkenly challenges him to a duel, accidentally wounding Dolokhov. When it is Dolokhov's turn to shoot, Pierre stands openly in front of the bullet, but Dolokhov miraculously misses him ("The Duel"). Before they all leave, Anatole asks Hélène to convince Natasha to come to the costume ball that she is hosting that evening. She agrees and they leave Pierre. Alone, Pierre reflects on his near-death experience and realizes that despite wasting his life, he wishes to live ("Dust and Ashes"). Natasha and her family go to
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success. Balaga, their trusted troika driver ("Balaga"), soon arrives to take them to Natasha's house and a wild party ensues as Anatole bids farewell to his friends. However, they are thwarted at the last moment by Marya D. ("The Abduction"). Marya D. scolds Natasha but then tries to comfort her with Sonya's help. Natasha screams at them, breaks down and waits for Anatole to come back for her all night ("In My House"). Marya D. calls on Pierre in the middle of the night ("A Call to Pierre"), begging him to handle the crisis, and Pierre finally learns that the
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banquette and dining tables added. Scott Stangland took over the role of Pierre, Denée Benton starred as Natasha, Lilli Cooper as Hélène, Nicholas Belton as Andrey/Prince Bolkonsky and the rest of the cast reprised their roles. The Broadway production at the Imperial Theatre began previews on October 18, 2016 and opened on November 14, 2016, starring Josh Groban as Pierre and Denée Benton as Natasha, both making their Broadway debuts, with choreography by Sam Pinkleton, sets by Mimi Lien, costumes by Paloma Young, lights by Bradley King, sound by Nicholas Pope and music direction by Or Matias. With sets similar
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make plans to elope—she still does not know that he is married—and Natasha tearfully breaks off her engagement with Andrey, while Pierre writes to him of his belief that Napoleon is the biblical Beast of Revelation, and that he is destined to be Napoleon's assassin ("Letters"). Sonya finds out about the plan and realizes it will mean Natasha's ruin ("Sonya & Natasha"); Sonya determines to save Natasha from herself even if it means she will lose her closest friend ("Sonya Alone"). That evening Anatole and Dolokhov plan for the elopement ("Preparations"), and Dolokhov tries to change Anatole's mind with no
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Amber Gray Amber Gray (born April 2, 1981) is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Hélène Kuragina in the 2016 Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812." Gray also played Persephone in the 2016 Off-Broadway musical "Hadestown," which received favorable reviews. Gray spent her early childhood in Europe, in four different cities within Germany, London, and Amsterdam. She was raised in Massachusetts, and attended Wayland High School. She attended Tisch School of the Arts within New York University, and graduated in 2010. In 2012, Gray first became involved with "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great
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visit her future in-laws, the demented old Prince Bolkonsky and his pitiable spinster daughter Mary ("The Private and Intimate Life of the House"), to win their affection in advance of the marriage, which is critical to the status and fortune of the Rostov family. However, Natasha's visit with Mary and Bolkonsky ends in disaster ("Natasha & Bolkonskys"), as Mary finds Natasha vain, Natasha finds Mary cold, and Bolkonsky behaves bizarrely. Natasha leaves their home missing Andrey more than ever ("No One Else"). The next night Natasha is introduced to decadent Moscow society and watches an amazing performance with Marya and
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church the next morning. She is confused about her interaction with Anatole the night before, and questions if she is spoiled of Andrey's love ("Sunday Morning"). Hélène does as her brother asks and visits Natasha. She invites her to the ball that she is hosting that night, and eventually Natasha agrees to come ("Charming"). That night, Natasha meets Anatole, and they dance. Anatole tells Natasha that he loves her, but she protests, reminding Anatole that she is betrothed to Andrey. Ignoring this, Anatole kisses her, leading her to fall in love with him in return ("The Ball"). Anatole and Natasha
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Comet". Gray was praised by critics, who were impressed by her "vocal dexterity," "charisma," and "powerhouse voice". She reprised this role in both the Edmonton Citadel Theatre and London National Theatre productions. Amber Gray Amber Gray (born April 2, 1981) is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Hélène Kuragina in the 2016 Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812." Gray also played Persephone in the 2016 Off-Broadway musical "Hadestown," which received favorable reviews. Gray spent her early childhood in Europe, in four different cities within Germany, London, and Amsterdam. She was raised in Massachusetts,
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show's orchestra. Groban plays the accordion briefly, and plays large sections of the score on the orchestra's piano. The libretto contains many passages taken word-for-word from Aylmer and Louise Maude's 1922 translation of Tolstoy's novel. Act I Act II "Note:" An aria for Natasha, "Natasha Lost", was cut from the Broadway production but is included on the original cast recording between number 8 ("Natasha & Anatole") and number 9 ("The Duel"). In addition, "Dust and Ashes" was added for the Broadway production. The musical premiered on October 16, 2012, at Ars Nova. Directed by Rachel Chavkin the show was staged
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October 2015 to February 2016, is set during the Japanese American internment of World War II (with a framing story set in the present day), and was inspired by the personal experiences of George Takei, who stars in the musical along with Lea Salonga. Phillipa Soo starred as Natasha Rostova in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" in the Off-Broadway productions, and as Elizabeth Schuyler in the original Broadway cast of "Hamilton", winning a cast Grammy Award for musical theater album. Kimiko Glenn starred as Dawn in the original Broadway cast of "Waitress", the musical adaption of the
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Korea are currently under discussion, with additional interest in China and the Philippines. The Brazilian production opened in August 2018, with Bruna Guerin as Natasha and André Frateschi as Pierre, and closed on November of the same year. Although the Brazilian production was on for only 4 months it won the Prêmio Reverência popular vote Award for "Best Musical", winning over "The Phantom Of The Opera", "Peter Pan", and other big productions. In lieu of a national tour, producers are looking to stage various small sit-down productions in cities across the United States starting in 2019. The piece was very
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to the A.R.T. remounting, the production took the proscenium stage, but removed almost 200 seats from the audience to accommodate the design. Again, the options of stage seats, in banquettes or dining tables is available. The Broadway production cost about $14 million to stage. The Broadway production played its final performance on September 3, 2017, having played 32 previews and 336 performances. A Japanese production, helmed by the entertainment company Toho, will open at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in January 2019 with Nogizaka46's Erika Ikuta as Natasha and Yoshio Inoue as Pierre. Variety also reports that productions in London and
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Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812," which received numerous Tony nominations in 2017. In 2016 BBC One's six-part drama based on the novel cast the 25-year-old English actress Lily James as Natasha Rostova, best known for her roles in "Downton Abbey" and Disney's live action "Cinderella". The "Encyclopedia of Literature" remarks that Natasha "is undoubtedly Tolstoy's ideal woman," while the "Academic American Encyclopedia" describes her as "the embodiment of impulsiveness and spontaneity...". On the other hand, the transformation of her character towards the end of the novel from a joyous, spirited 'waif-like' beauty into a plump, rather slatternly woman,
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replace Okieriete Onaodowan as Pierre for three weeks. A number of fans and actors were angered by this casting decision, as Patinkin was a white actor whose casting would have forced Onaodowan, a black actor to cut his run shorter; a Twitter campaign was begun by actor/activist Rafael Casal, a friend of Onaodowan who coined the hashtag #makeroomforoak. The controversy led to Patinkin withdrawing from the show two days later. The show closed a little over a month later, with this controversy being cited as a main reason. Sources: TheaterMania Internet Off-Broadway Database"Village Voice" On December 10, 2013 Ghostlight Records
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The Bette Midler-led revival of "Hello, Dolly!" won four awards, and "The Great Comet" won two. The productions of plays "The Little Foxes", "Indecent", and "Oslo" each won two awards. The ceremony received mixed reviews. Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2016–2017 season before April 27, 2017 were eligible for consideration. Notes The Tony Award nominations were announced on May 2, 2017, by Jane Krakowski and Christopher Jackson. The musical "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" garnered 12 nominations, becoming the most-nominated show of the season. The revival of "Hello, Dolly!" earned 10 nominations, the musical "Dear
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Phillipa Soo Phillipa Soo (; born May 31, 1990) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in the Broadway musical "Hamilton", a performance for which she was nominated for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her additional stage credits include the role of Natasha Rostova, which Soo originated in a number of New York productions of "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" in 2012 and 2013, and the title role in "Amélie", which Soo originated on Broadway in 2017. Most recently, Soo appeared
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Zakrin also appears regularly on the YouTube sketch comedy series "The Kloons." Zakrin most recently was an ensemble member in the NBC performance of "Jesus Christ Superstar Live!". Lauren Zakrin Lauren Ashley Zakrin is an American musical theatre actress. She was a finalist on MTV's "", coming in fourth place overall. She has appeared on Broadway, in US National Tours and regional theatre. On Broadway, she has performed the roles of Sherrie in "Rock of Ages" and as an understudy for the character Natasha in "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812". Zakrin was born in Rochester Hills, Michigan
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Lauren Zakrin Lauren Ashley Zakrin is an American musical theatre actress. She was a finalist on MTV's "", coming in fourth place overall. She has appeared on Broadway, in US National Tours and regional theatre. On Broadway, she has performed the roles of Sherrie in "Rock of Ages" and as an understudy for the character Natasha in "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812". Zakrin was born in Rochester Hills, Michigan and earned a bachelor's degree in theatre performance at Western Michigan University. She was first known as a finalist on MTV's 2008 reality TV show "". She then
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Denée Benton Denée Benton (born December 31, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Benton is best known for her Tony-nominated performance as Natasha Rostova in the 2016 musical "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812" on Broadway. Benton assumed the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Broadway production of "Hamilton", beginning performances on October 30, 2018. Benton attended Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida, before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014. Her first break was being cast as Nabulungi in the West End and U.S. national tour of "The Book of Mormon". Later she was cast
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Denée Benton Denée Benton (born December 31, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Benton is best known for her Tony-nominated performance as Natasha Rostova in the 2016 musical "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812" on Broadway. Benton assumed the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Broadway production of "Hamilton", beginning performances on October 30, 2018. Benton attended Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida, before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014. Her first break was being cast as Nabulungi in the West End and U.S. national tour of "The Book of Mormon". Later she was cast
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in the titular role of Natasha in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" with the American Repertory Theatre; she made her Broadway debut when that show opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 14, 2016. She appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on December 12, 2016 to discuss the role. On television she is best known for her featured role on the second season of the Lifetime series, "UnREAL". On October 17, 2018, it was announced that Benton would assume the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Broadway production of "Hamilton", beginning performances on October 30.
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in the ensemble and as an understudy for Glinda. Zakrin also closed the Broadway company of Rock of Ages as Sherrie Christian. Zakrin was in the ensemble and an understudy for Natasha in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway, and was with the show in its two previous iterations Off-Broadway. She originated the role of Kathryn Merteuil in . She most recently was in the ensemble of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Natalie Lander has since moved on to video game voice acting and film roles. Cassie Silva originated the role of Mrs. Wormwood on
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Scott Wasserman Scott Wasserman (born September 27, 1988) is an American musician, composer, orchestrator, musical director, and electronic music programmer who has worked on many shows both on and off Broadway. He originated the technical role of Ableton Programmer for "Hamilton", and has reprised that role for "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812". Wasserman was born in East Hampton, Connecticut. He attended East Hampton High School, and then Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music, where he earned a BFA in Music Composition. Wasserman worked as Music Production Assistant on the Broadway musical "Leap of
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the duo compose a song about a "random topic" (using Wikipedia's function) in a "random music genre". Scott Wasserman Scott Wasserman (born September 27, 1988) is an American musician, composer, orchestrator, musical director, and electronic music programmer who has worked on many shows both on and off Broadway. He originated the technical role of Ableton Programmer for "Hamilton", and has reprised that role for "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812". Wasserman was born in East Hampton, Connecticut. He attended East Hampton High School, and then Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music, where he earned
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run at the Imperial Theatre, starting in November 2016. He is one of only two actors who have stayed with the production since its debut at Ars Nova in 2012. In spring 2014, Steele booked the role of Luca Bavarra in the ABC pilot "Dangerous Liaisons". Later that year, he shot the short film "Photo Op". Lucas Steele Lucas Steele is an American stage actor best known for his role as Anatole in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812." Lucas Steele was raised in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. He began learning piano by ear at age 3, and violin at
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Kail (Director of In The Heights and Hamilton), Alex Timbers (two-time tony nominated writer and director, recently directed "Rocky", and "Peter and the Starcatcher"), Billy Eichner (creator of Funny or Die's "Billy on the Street"), Bridget Everett (comedian and cabaret performer), and Isaac Oliver (performer in "Showgasm"), among others. "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812", produced by Ars Nova in 2012, officially transferred to Broadway in 2016 with Josh Groban playing the role of Pierre. Ars Nova was founded by Jon and Jenny Steingart in 2002 in memory of Gabe Wiener to provide a welcome home for young
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of us." Patinkin was announced as playing the role of Pierre in the hit Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" starting August 15, 2017. He would have a limited run through September 3, replacing former "Hamilton" star Okieriete Onaodowan. The role was originated by Josh Groban. Patinkin later dropped out of the role. In 2018, Patinkin returned to recorded music with the album "Diary: January 27, 2018" which was produced by pianist Thomas Bartlett. On June 15, 1980, Patinkin married actress and writer Kathryn Grody. They have two sons named Isaac and Gideon. Gideon joined his
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cast album of "Hamilton". Beginning July 11, 2017, he took on the role of Pierre in the musical "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812", replacing the outgoing Josh Groban. Onaodowan was originally supposed to take over the role on July 3. He is now playing the role of firefighter Dean Miller in the "Grey's Anatomy" spin-off "Station 19". Onaodowan was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list in 2016 for his acting in "Hamilton". Okieriete Onaodowan Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan (, born August 16, 1987) is an American actor, known for originating the roles of
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in the 2016–2017 season—for the 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical for Benton, Best Actor in a Musical for Groban, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Lucas Steele, and Best Direction of a Musical for Chavkin. It won two awards: Best Scenic Design for Mimi Lien and Best Lighting Design in a Musical for Bradley King. The story is set in Moscow, 1812, just before Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the burning of the city. The story begins by introducing the characters ("Prologue"), and then sets
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and really don't care." "Time Out New York" gave the piece five out of five stars, and also included it on both critics' Best of lists, stating "this is theater like no other in New York. It grounds you and transports you at once, and leaves you beaming with pleasure.” Okieriete Onaodowan and Ingrid Michaelson assumed the roles of Pierre and Sonya respectively on July 11 through August 13; Onaodowan was originally supposed to begin performances on July 3. On July 26th, 2017, the website Broadway Black broke the news that TV and Broadway actor Mandy Patinkin was set to
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Market and Grand Auction raised over one million dollars, $1,023,309 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Flea Market took place in Shubert Alley and West 44th and 45th Streets west of Times Square in Manhattan. Shows raising the most money were Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen. Celebrities who attended include Christy Altomare, Reed Birney, Stephanie J. Block, Laura Dreyfuss, Kimiko Glenn, Ann Harada, Rachel Bay Jones, Derek Klena], Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Lindsay Mendez, Javier Munoz, Laura Osnes, Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Will Roland, and Betsy Wolfe. This yearly event is an intimate one-night
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associate music director) as Balaga. The show was the first production of Ars Nova to ever transfer to Broadway. In May 16, 2013, the show opened in the Meatpacking District at Kazino, a temporary structure designed as an opulent Russian club, where the immersive production was staged, again by the same creative team. The cast reprised their roles, except Choksi, now replaced by Ian Lassiter, and Workman, replaced by Grace McLean. David Abeles took over the role of Pierre on July 9, 2013. The show closed on September 1, 2013. The show opened for a 14-week limited engagement in September
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Hélène Kuragina Princess Yelena "Hélène" Vasilyevna Kuragina () is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" and its various cinematic adaptations. She is played by Anita Ekberg in the 1956 film, by Amber Gray in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", and by Tuppence Middleton in the 2016 BBC miniseries. Hélène is described as being in her early to mid-twenties, and is considered a great beauty. Within Petersburg society, she is considered very cultured and intelligent on account of her social graces, despite actually being quite vapid. Early in the novel, it is rumoured and
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future adaptations of "Moby Dick" and Shakespeare's Henriad. He is the winner of two OBIE Awards, a Richard Rodgers Award, Glickman Award, ASCAP New Horizons Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, and New Music USA Grant, a recipient of the 2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Theatre Directors and Designers, and the 2011 Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova. In 2017, Malloy was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award for History. Malloy is featured on the cast recordings for multiple shows, including "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812," "Ghost Quartet," "Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage", and "Clown Bible".
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is Hélène from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. The term has been used in connection with highly publicised criminal trials, such as the trials of Jodi Arias and Amanda Knox. Femme fatale A femme fatale ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater, is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural; hence,
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(1980), "Rent" (1996), "Spring Awakening" (2006), and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" (2012) employ various operatic conventions, such as through composition, recitative instead of dialogue, and leitmotifs. A subtle type of sound electronic reinforcement called acoustic enhancement is used in some modern concert halls and theatres where operas are performed. Although none of the major opera houses "...use traditional, Broadway-style sound reinforcement, in which most if not all singers are equipped with radio microphones mixed to a series of unsightly loudspeakers scattered throughout the theatre", many use a sound reinforcement system for acoustic enhancement and for subtle
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have described Groban's voice in different ways, with some referring to him as a tenor and others as a baritone. In performance, Groban's music goes as low as G (as in the songs "To Where You Are" and "Higher Window") and extends up to at least B (as heard in "The Duel" from "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"). This places his voice lower than the tenor range on the low end, and just short of tenor C, and therefore above the baritone range, on the high end. There is no authoritative system of voice classification in non-classical
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Gelsey Bell Gelsey Bell is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, best known for her experimental music and her portrayal of Princess Mary Bolkonskaya in the 2016 Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812." Bell was raised in northern California. Her father is a philosopher and her mother is a musician. Bell's sister, Biba Bell, is a choreographer and dancer, and the sisters created a collaborative performance for the first time in 2016. Bell attended Lehigh University and received a BA with a double-major in music and theatre and a minor in philosophy in 2004. She went
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Lucas Steele Lucas Steele is an American stage actor best known for his role as Anatole in "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812." Lucas Steele was raised in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. He began learning piano by ear at age 3, and violin at age 11. Steele made his Broadway debut in the 2006 revival of "The Threepenny Opera," playing the ensemble roles of Harry and Velma while understudying the role of Lucy Brown. In the fall of 2006, Steele was signed to a four-year development deal for a commercial music project. For the next for years he focused on
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York exhibition. as Gelsey Bell With Joseph White With John King With thingNY Gelsey Bell Gelsey Bell is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, best known for her experimental music and her portrayal of Princess Mary Bolkonskaya in the 2016 Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812." Bell was raised in northern California. Her father is a philosopher and her mother is a musician. Bell's sister, Biba Bell, is a choreographer and dancer, and the sisters created a collaborative performance for the first time in 2016. Bell attended Lehigh University and received a BA with a double-major
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and Pulitzer Prize winners. They’ve won Whiting Awards, Drama Desk Awards, OBIE Awards, Paula Vogel Playwriting Awards, New York Times Outstanding Playwright Awards, and Helen Merrill Awards, Lily Awards, and Lucille Lortel Awards. In 2008, the Village Voice awarded Ars Nova its "Best Theater Concessions" honor, commenting that "Ars Nova satisfies those few disconsolate [theater concession consumers] among us: In addition to reasonably priced cocktails, it features snacks thematically linked with the play on offer." Ars Nova's commissioned production of "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" won several awards and nominations, including the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical
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"tactile" effect. She has said that costume is one of the most relatable elements of a production and that it helps make a strong connection with audiences. At the 66th Tony Awards, she won a Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play for her work on "Peter and the Starcatcher". She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical for her work on "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812" in 2017. Paloma Young Paloma Young (born 1979) is an American costume designer. A native of California, Young received a bachelor's
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(2011). These musicals involved songwriters with little theatrical experience, and the expensive productions generally lost money. Conversely, "The Drowsy Chaperone", "Avenue Q", "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", "Xanadu" and "Fun Home", among others, have been presented in smaller-scale productions, mostly uninterrupted by an intermission, with short running times, and enjoyed financial success. In 2013, "Time" magazine reported that a trend Off-Broadway has been "immersive" theatre, citing shows such as "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" (2012) and "Here Lies Love" (2013) in which the staging takes place around and within the audience. The shows set a
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71st Tony Awards The 71st Annual Tony Awards were held on June 11, 2017, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2016–17 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was broadcast live by CBS. Kevin Spacey served as host. The musical "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" led the nominations with 12, while the play with the most nominations was "A Doll's House, Part 2", with eight. At the ceremony, "Dear Evan Hansen" won six awards, including Best Musical, becoming the production with the most wins of the season.
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weren’t part of before. It’s really liberating. I had the best time ever on the last record. It was just really wonderful to be able to share the success with other people." She has also appeared on "The Nerdist Podcast" with Chris Hardwick. Michaelson played the role of Sonya Rostova temporarily in the Broadway musical, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 from July 3 to August 13, 2017, while actress Brittain Ashford was on leave. Michaelson made her film debut in the comedy film Humor Me, which was released January 12, 2018. Michaelson married fellow musician Greg Laswell
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Rachel Chavkin Rachel Chavkin is an American stage director, best known for directing the musical "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812," for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Chavkin has a BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts (2008). She has directed and created many works for The TEAM, including award-winning and internationally touring plays, such as "Roosevelvis", "Mission Drift" and "Architecting". She directed "Three Pianos" which ran Off-Off-Broadway at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater in March 2010 and then at the New York Theatre
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Ableton Programmer on the Broadway production of "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", and as Rehearsal Pianist for the La Jolla Playhouse production of the Jimmy Buffett musical "Escape to Margaritaville". In addition to his work on stage productions, Wasserman has also contributed to productions on TV and radio. He was a musician and co-orchestrator on "21 Chump Street", a musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda for "This American Life". He was also a musician and orchestrator for The CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend". Since 2016, Wasserman has co-hosted a weekly podcast, "Song Salad", with writing partner Shannon Deep, in which
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2013 at the Kazino and moved to the Theater District, with the final cast of the previous production: Choksi reprised the role of Dolokhov, Bell was replaced by Shaina Taub, and Pinto was replaced by Ashkon Davaran. On December 10, 2013, the two-disc cast recording was released. The show was extended and ran until March 2, 2014. The team behind the original production remounted the show at the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with performances beginning December 1, 2015 to January 2016. Now expanded to a proscenium stage, the set put audience onstage, with unique seating options, with
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well received by the New York press. Charles Isherwood in "The New York Times" called it "a vibrant, transporting new musical," and both "Times" theater critics included the show on their Best of the Year lists. The Times' classical critic, Anthony Tommasini, called it "a breathless, roughish and ravishing quasi-opera. This is a pastiche score of a cavalier sort. Mr. Malloy lifts styles with such abandon, making willful shifts – from punk riffs to agitated Broadway ballads, mock-pompous recitative to gritty Russian folk songs or drinking choruses with klezmer clarinets – that you lose track of what is being appropriated
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"Onegin" fails to “come to life”. Furthermore, several critics have pointed out similarities to the smash hit "Hamilton" and especially to "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812", a sung-through musical likewise inspired by a classic of Russian literature (in this case, a sliver of Leo Tolstoy’s "War and Peace"), usually to "Onegin"’s disadvantage. In 2017, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a five-part adaptation by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Abigail le Fleming, as part of their "15-Minute Drama" series, with Geoffrey Streatfeild as Pushkin, David Dawson as Onegin, Zoë Tapper as Natalya, Alix Wilton Regan as Tatyana, Joshua McGuire as
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season also included "By The Water", a co-production with Manhattan Theatre Club. Other past Ars Nova productions include "Game Play","Eager to Lose","Core Values," "The Netflix Plays,""Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812", "The Urban Dictionary Plays,""The Lapsburgh Layover, Be a Good LIttle Widow, The Wii Plays, Now Circa Then, Bloodsong of Love, Missed Connections NYC, Sax & Dixon: We Thee Wed, Mel & El: Show & Tell, Two Girls for Five Bucks and the Ten Dollar Heartbreakers, Playlist, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, Boom, From up Here, Dixie's Tupperware Party, At Least It's Pink, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, Holy
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a suicide attempt and is left seriously ill. Pierre is initially horrified by Natasha's behavior, but realizes he has fallen in love with her. As the Great Comet of 1811–12 streaks the sky, life appears to begin anew for Pierre. Prince Andrei coldly accepts Natasha's breaking of the engagement. He tells Pierre that his pride will not allow him to renew his proposal. With the help of her family, and the stirrings of religious faith, Natasha manages to persevere in Moscow through this dark period. Meanwhile, the whole of Russia is affected by the coming confrontation between Napoleon's army and
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Natasha develops an infatuation with the libertine Prince Anatole Kuragin. She breaks off the engagement with Andrei and plans to elope with Kuragin. Natasha is stopped by her cousin Sonya and Marya Dmitrievna, who suspect Anatole's intentions. They later find out from Pierre Bezukhov that Anatole is already secretly married to a Polish woman. Andrei wants to take revenge on Kuragin, who flees after Pierre warns him. Not having found Kuragin and in the light of Napoleon's 1812 invasion, he decides to join the army again. When Kutuzov is appointed commander-in-chief, he offers Andrei a position in his personal staff.
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At a ball in St Petersburg attended by the Tsar, Pierre encourages Andrei, who is attracted to Natasha, to ask her to dance. Anatole, also attracted to her, asks Hélène to arrange an introduction. "Scene 3: Town house of Prince Nikolai, February 1812" Count Rostov and Natasha visit Prince Nikolai's home. He is the father of Andrei, to whom she is engaged. Andrei has been abroad for a year. Princess Marya indicates that her father will not see them, and Count Rostov departs. However, the Prince, dressed eccentrically and behaving boorishly, does appear, and Natasha realises that he does not
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real life inspiration for the fictional Anatole Kuragin. Esther Polianowsky Salaman writes that what "is so interesting about Anatole Kuragin are the many characteristics Tolstoy gives us about him all at once: something he seldom does". Anatole is played in the 1956 American film by Vittorio Gassman; in the 1966-67 Soviet film by Vasili Lanovoy; In the 1972-73 BBC miniseries he is portrayed by Colin Baker. In the 2007 version he is portrayed by German actor Ken Duken, and in 2016 by Callum Turner. He was also portrayed by Lucas Steele in the musical "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet
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Decker, who was a member of the Belgian academy, wrote several historical and other works of value, of which the most notable are: Pierre de Decker Pierre (Pieter) Jacques François de Decker (25 January 1812 – 4 January 1891) was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician, statesman and author. He was educated at a Jesuit school, studied law at Paris, and became a journalist on the staff of the "Revue de Bruxelles". In 1839 he was elected to the Belgian lower chamber, where he gained a great reputation for oratory. He was a member of parliament from 1839 to 1866. As
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through a comet seeker. By September, in Ursa Major, it was becoming a conspicuous object in the evening sky as it approached perihelion: William Herschel noted that a tail 25° long had developed by October 6. By January 1812, the comet's brightness had faded. Several astronomers continued to obtain telescopic observations for some months, the last being Vincent Wisniewski at Novocherkassk, who noted it as barely reaching an apparent magnitude of 11 by August 12. The Great Comet of 1811 was thought to have had an exceptionally large coma, perhaps reaching over 1 million miles across—fifty percent larger than the
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Great Comet of 1812", a sung-through musical based on a portion of Leo Tolstoy's magnum opus, "War and Peace". He further developed the role in the show's premiere, and stayed with the production through its venues at Kazino, both downtown in the Meatpacking District and its transfer to midtown on 45th street. In 2015, Steele reprised the role of Anatole for the American Repertory Theatre production of "The Great Comet", securing an IRNE Awards nomination for Supporting Actor and an Elliot Norton Awards nomination for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor. He continued with "The Great Comet" during its Broadway
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Violin Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven) The Violin Sonata No. 10 of Ludwig van Beethoven in G major, his Opus 96, was written in 1812, published in 1816, and dedicated to Beethoven's pupil Archduke Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier of Austria, who gave its first performance, together with the violinist Pierre Rode. It has four movements: The final movement was written with Pierre Rode's style in mind. Shortly before completing the work, Beethoven wrote to the Archduke Rudolph “… I did not make great haste in the last movement for the sake of mere punctuality, the more because, in writing it, I
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by the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve as part of an underwater museum. Several other ships have borne the name "Comet" including the PS Comet (1814), and another that broke apart in 1812 after a few runs. Comet (steamboat) SS "Comet" was a steamship that operated on the Great Lakes. "Comet" was built in 1857 as a wooden-hulled propeller-driven cargo vessel that was soon adapted to carry passengers. She suffered a series of maritime accidents prior to her final sinking in 1875 causing the loss of ten lives. She became known as the only treasure ship of Lake Superior because she
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PS Comet The paddle steamer PS "Comet" was built for Henry Bell, hotel and baths owner in Helensburgh, and began a passenger service on 15 August 1812 on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock, the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe. Bell had become interested in steam propelled boats, corresponded with Robert Fulton and learnt from the "Charlotte Dundas". In late 1811 he got John and Charles Wood of John Wood and Company, shipbuilders of Port Glasgow, to build a paddle steamer which was named the "Comet" after the "Great Comet" of 1811. The 28 ton craft was
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USS Comet (1810) The first USS "Comet" was a United States Navy schooner in commission as a privateer from 1812 to 1813. "Comet" was built in 1810 at Baltimore, Maryland, and sold at Charleston, South Carolina in May 1814. She was commissioned on 10 July 1812 for service in the War of 1812 as a privateer with Thomas Boyle as her commanding officer. She conducted a cruise in the Caribbean Sea and South Atlantic Ocean between 25 July 1812 and 14 February 1813, after which she was blockaded in the Chesapeake Bay. Between April and September 1813, "Comet" was loaned
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of 1812". Anatole Kuragin Anatole Vasilyevich Kuragin () is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace", its various cinematic adaptations, and an operatic adaptation as well. Anatole is Hélène Kuragina's brother and a wild-living soldier. It is rumoured that he has had an incestuous affair with his sister, and he tries to elope with Natasha Rostova despite being secretly married. He loses his leg during the Napoleonic Wars. While developing the novel, Tolstoy sketched a character named "Petr", "who passed through a complex evolution" and "was a precursor of both Pierre and Anatole Kuragin". Anatoly Shostak served
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asked for prayers for deliverance from the Turks during a 1456 appearance of Halley's Comet. Platina's account does not accord with Church records, which do not mention the comet. Laplace is alleged to have embellished the story by claiming the Pope had "excommunicated" Halley's comet. What Laplace actually said, in "Exposition du système du monde" (1796), was that the Pope had ordered the comet to be "exorcised" ("conjuré"). It was Arago, in "Des Comètes en général" (1832), who first spoke of an excommunication. Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (; ; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a
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and on September 10 about .323 AU from Earth. On October 3 on its path away from the Sun, the comet came to within about .595 AU from Venus. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769, one week after Messier’s first sighting of the Great Comet of 1769. According to Käufl and Sterken: Messier self-published a booklet (memoir) near the end of his life, connecting the comet's discovery to the birth of Napoleon. According to Meyer: The Great Comet of 1811 was interpreted by many in 1812 and later as a portent of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and is
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in his "Cométographie" (1783) calls the Great comet of 1264 a "great and celebrated comet", calculated the comet's parabolic orbit, which he found bore great resemblance to that of the comet of 1556. The comet of 1264, says Pingré, "is very probably the same as that of 1556; its periodical revolution is about 292 years; and its return may consequently be expected about 1848." John Russell Hind in "On the expected return of the great comet of 1264 and 1556" says: However, in 1877, Amédée Guillemin wrote, in part quoting Babinet, Comets sometimes may disappear because of orbital derangement from
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will live. He falls asleep, and his heartbeat (conveyed by an offstage chorus) stops for ever. "Scene 13: November, 1812" On the road to Smolensk, the retreating French are escorting a group of prisoners through a snow-storm. Karataev cannot keep up and is shot, but Pierre and the others are rescued by the partisans. Denisov tells Pierre that Andrei is dead but that Natasha is alive and well. Kutuzov and his men rejoice in their victory, and celebrate the indomitable will of the Russian people. Broadly speaking, the music for Part 1 is lyrical and that for Part 2 is
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to marry her, but his father demands they wait. Andrei travels abroad, and Natasha desperately longs for him. But she then meets Anatol Kuragin and decides she prefers him over Andrei. At the last minute, she regrets her choice and abandons her plans to elope with Anatol. However, Andrei has heard of her plans and declares their betrothal is over. Pierre, trying to calm her down, suddenly announces he loves her. In 1812, Napoleon's Army invades Russia. General Kutuzov asks Andrei to join him as a staff officer, but he requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to
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C/1970 K1 are all members of a family known as the Kreutz Sungrazers, which are all descended from one comet. Current models do not support the frequent supposition in the prior literature that the famous comet of 372 BC is in fact the ultimate parent of the Sungrazers. The comet of 372 BC is often associated with Aristotle who, along with others from his time, described that comet in his writings. However, Aristotle was only twelve at the time of the comet's appearance and the historian, Callisthenes of Olynthus, who also wrote about it was born ten years after its
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in 1811, constructed the "Comet" steam-boat." In 1808, Bell moved to the modern town of Helensburgh, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, where his wife undertook the superintendence of the public baths, and at the same time kept the principal inn, whilst he continued to prosecute his favourite scheme, without much regard to the ordinary affairs of the world. In 1812 he and John Robertson built the steam-boat the "PS Comet", of 30 tons burthen, with an engine of three horsepower. The Comet, named after a great comet which had been visible for several months in 1811–12,
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over 43 days, Charles J. Merfield (1866–1931) could calculate only a parabolic orbit, inclined about 131° to the ecliptic. The comet travelled in a retrograde orbit relative to the planetary orbits. The comet was on April 10 about .56 AU from Venus and on April 21 about .19 AU from Mercury. On April 24 the comet reached perihelion at about .245 AU from the Sun. On April 30 the comet made its closest approach to planet Earth at about .83 AU. In the section of his "Astronomical Memoirs" entitled 1901, Tebbutt wrote: Great Comet of 1901 The Great Comet of
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before dying. As the novel draws to a close, Pierre's wife Hélène dies from an overdose of an abortifacient (Tolstoy does not state it explicitly but the euphemism he uses is unambiguous). Pierre is reunited with Natasha, while the victorious Russians rebuild Moscow. Natasha speaks of Prince Andrei's death and Pierre of Karataev's. Both are aware of a growing bond between them in their bereavement. With the help of Princess Maria, Pierre finds love at last and marries Natasha. The first part of the epilogue begins with the wedding of Pierre and Natasha in 1813. Count Rostov dies soon after,
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& the Great Comet of 1812" directed by Chavkin. The 15 new songs were developed after Mitchell and Chavkin discussed gaps in the album's story line. In the transition from concept album to stage musical, Mitchell wrote an additional 15 songs and added dialogue to clarify the story line and deepen characterization. Michael Chorney created the primary orchestrations and arrangements, with Todd Sickafoose contributing additional/co-arrangements and orchestrations. "Hadestown" premiered at New York Theatre Workshop for an initial run from May 3 through July 3, 2016, but was later extended due to popular demand through July 31. The production starred Damon
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the top of my father's warehouse; and the exclamations on all hands about the comet perfectly exasperated me,—because I could not see it!... Such is the fact; and philosophers may make of it what they may,—remembering that I was then nine years old, and with remarkably good eyes." At the midpoint of "War and Peace", Tolstoy describes the character of Pierre observing this "enormous and brilliant comet [...] which was said to portend all kinds of woes and the end of the world". The comet was popularly thought to have portended Napoleon's invasion of Russia (even being referred to as
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La Harpe, who wrote his biography, he was "a great braggart, but compelling, flexible, active, and over all a man of fun and good food." Pierre-Antoine de La Place himself wrote some pieces which, however, had little success. It took nothing less than the formal order of the Duke of Richelieu to force the actors to represent "Adèle de Ponthieu". He wrote under several pen-names, incluging "Skunk" and "Skupk". He was the great-great-grand-son of Pierre de la Place, philosopher and first president of the Court of Aids of Paris, murdered during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Pierre-Antoine de La Place
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historian Sergey Shubinsky, who commented that the first 11 points of "The Will" is a fair recapitulation of Russian foreign policy since Peter's death (1725) until 1812. In 1912 Polish historian Michel Sokolnicki (Michał Sokolnicki) found in archives of French Ministry of Foreign Affairs a 1797 memorandum ""Apercu sur la Russie" of his ancestor, general Michał Sokolnicki and wrote a journal article "Le Testament de Pierre le Grand: Origines d'un pretendu document historiqe". General Sokolnicki claimed that he glimpsed a plan of Peter I to subjugate Europe in Russian archives and memorized major points. These points bear a remarkable similarity
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approve of the marriage. "Scene 4: Pierre's Moscow house, May 1812" Hélène tells Natasha that Anatole is attracted to her, and, after some hesitation, Natasha hears his declaration of love and agrees to meet him. "Scene 5: Dolokhov's apartment, 12 June 1812" Dolokhov has made the arrangements for his friend Anatole's elopement with Natasha. The coach-driver Balaga, Dolokhov and Anatole drink to the escapade and to the latter's mistress Matriosha. "Scene 6: Later that night" Natasha discovers that Sonya has given away her secret to Madame Akhrosimova, with whom they are staying. Anatole and Dolokhov are sent away by Gavrila,
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