I saw Great Comet in April and it was the most inspirational, original, and transcendent theatre experience I’ve ever had. It fully deserves the Tonys it won, and so many more. There are so many beautiful geniuses who have brought that show to life, and I am in awe of them all. I honestly left the Imperial Theatre that day knowing in my soul that I had experienced a rare and beautiful thing.
Thank you to Dave Malloy, thank you to every single person in that sparkling cast, thank you to everyone whose work made Great Comet happen because the world is so lucky to have it.
The plan for Natalie Rostova’s abduction Had all been arranged and the preparations made On the day that Sonya decided to save her That was the day that the game was to be played Natasha was to be on her back porch at ten Anatole and his troika would scoop her up and then They’d ride forty miles to the village of Kamenka Where an unfrocked priest was to make ’em get wed Then back into the troika off they’d go Take the Poland highroad to the wedding bed
deneebenton: When you get to sing “No One Else” for an event tonight and you haven’t sung it in a while so you have to practice…But you get to practice with your own voice from your very own Original Broadway Cast recording…like the OBC recordings you used to sing along to for decades…but this time you get to sing along to YOU . . . Oh the magic
