A Crows Theatre Production:
Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
B Street Collaborative is proud to have been the lead sponsor for the Crow’s Theatre/Musical Stage Company’s sublime production of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. This 12-time Tony nominated musical delivers a radically contemporary and moving take on Tolstoy’s War and Peace with it’s audacious storytelling and groundbreaking score that mixes indie rock, pop, folk, electronic dance and classic Broadway music. Declared “musical theatre at it’s best” and “one of the year’s best shows” by the Toronto Star, “Natasha, Pierre…” received multiple extensions and won 4 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including best production of a musical. The show has been picked up by Mirvish Productions for a remount at the 1,200-seat Royal Alexandra Theatre.
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Crow’s Theatre and The Musical Stage Company present the long-awaited Canadian premiere of the Broadway phenomenon NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 by Dave Malloy.
This 12-time Tony-nominated musical delivers a radically contemporary and moving take on Tolstoy’s War and Peace with its audacious storytelling and groundbreaking score that mixes indie rock, pop, folk, electronic dance, and classic Broadway music.
Winner of two Tony Awards, three Lucille Lortel Awards, the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical, a Special Obie Citation, and the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is “the most innovative and the best new musical to open on Broadway since Hamilton” (The New York Times).
Created by Dave Malloy, who was first introduced to Toronto audiences with his whisky-fuelled song cycle Ghost Quartet at Crow’s Theatre, NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is choreographed by Ray Hogg (Dixon Road), the critically acclaimed artistic director of The Musical Stage Company and directed by Chris Abraham (Uncle Vanya).
The celestial cast includes Divine Brown as Hélène, Evan Buliung as Pierre, Ben Carlson as Andrey and Bolkonsky, Rita Dottor (Ensemble), Camille Eanga-Selenge as Sonya, Donna Garner as Marya D., Hailey Gillis as Natasha, George Krissa as Anatole, Heeyun Park as Mary, Tyler Pearse as Dolokhov, Andrew Penner as Balaga, Louise Pitre as Marya D., and Brendan Wall (Ensmble).
REVIEWS
"Four Stars! Musical Theatre at its Best!" Toronto Star
"Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 a chance to glimpse two shooting stars." The Globe and Mail
"Acclaimed musical adaptation of ‘War and Peace’ makes splashy Canadian premiere." Next Magazine
"Director Chris Abraham’s virtuosic production is a kinetic, emotionally charged and persistently intimate spectacle." Istvan Reviews
https://istvandugalin.com/2023/12/23/natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812/
The production is frequently marvellous, and oozes with luxury in its trimmings and performances." Intermission Magazine
https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/reviews/natasha-pierre-crow-s-msc/