Shows · Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Opened 2016
336 performances
Musical, Contemporary
In 1812 Moscow, the young and impressionable Natasha Rostova, engaged to the absent Andrey, is seduced by the dashing but dissolute Anatole Kuragin during a night at the opera. As Natasha's reputation is ruined and her engagement threatened, the world-weary Pierre Bezukhov finds unexpected purpose in helping her, discovering meaning in human connection on the eve of Napoleon's invasion.
- Music
- Dave Malloy
- Lyrics
- Dave Malloy
- Book
- Dave Malloy
Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (or simply The Great Comet) is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. The show was written by composer, lyricist, playwright, orchestrator Dave Malloy and originally directed by Rachel Chavkin. It is based on Volume II, Part V of Tolstoy's novel, focusing on Natasha's romance with Anatole and Pierre's search for meaning in his life. The musical originally ran at the Ars Nova in 2012, followed by 2013 stagings in both the Meatpacking District and the Theater District of Manhattan, a 2014 Spanish-language staging in Quito, Ecuador, and a 2015 remounting at the American Repertory Theater in Ca…
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