Review Roundup: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 17, 2024
Discover what the critics thought about Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at London's Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Tim Sheader, this UK premiere of Dave Malloy's musical features a stellar cast and captivating performances. Read insights from BroadwayWorld, The New York Times, and more.
Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, Donmar Warehouse
by Debbie Gilpin - Dec 17, 2024
“Nothing is trivial, and nothing is important, it’s all the same.' Conflict rages around the world, and yet normal life (with its requisite anxieties) is expected to go on regardless. This is the situation in which Tolstoy’s War and Peace characters find themselves; the Napoleonic Wars continue, but high society and family dramas will never rest.
Interview: 'People Are In For a Real Treat!': Actor Declan Bennett on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 3, 2024
Seven years after it closed on Broadway in 2017, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is finally arriving in London at the Donmar Warehouse in December. The show, written by Dave Malloy, takes a seventy-page segment of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace (Part Eight, to be specific) and transforms it into a sung-through musical. The titular characters of Natasha Rostova and Pierre Bezukhov are respectively played by Chumisa Dornford-May and Declan Bennett.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 18, 2024
by - Oct 18, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 18, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Jamie Muscato Joins Workshop Performances of WINGHAVEN PARK
by Stephi Wild - Aug 30, 2024
West End star Jamie Muscato (Christian in Moulin Rouge!, Guy in Once, JD in Heathers) has joined the 16-strong cast for three staged workshop performances in London of the new American musical Winghaven Park.