Review: The vibes are high in T3’s ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812’
A musical version of War and Peace isn’t the best selling point. Tolstoy’s tome is a massive masterpiece of Russian literature.
That may not sound the most delightful stage adaptation, but in Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, he pared the task down, took about 70 pages of the book and turned it into a theatrical experience that doesn’t weigh as heavy as the source material.
Theatre Three continued its season by opening the show that was uproarious from its opening number and delivered a fresh and feisty musical that wasn’t always easy to follow, but still satisfied in all its gorgeous splendor.
Set in 19th century Moscow, the theater was fully decked out in a lush design and many moving parts by Jeffrey Schmidt that filled every pocket of space in the mainstage up to the ceiling.
