History Theatre / NatashaPierreAndTheGreatCometOf1812

* AdaptationDistillation: In a manner of speaking. It covers only a small slice of ''War and Peace'', but it still works on its own.

* RaceLift: Hélène (presumably white in the novel) is played by Amber Gray.

''Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812'' is a 2012 "[[RockOpera electro-pop opera]]" by Dave Malloy (who also plays Pierre), based on Volume 2, Book 5 of Tolstoy's ''WarAndPeace''. It is something of a {{coming of age story}} for the titular [[TheIngenue Natasha]], who finds herself in an unexpected affair with the dashing Anatole Kuragin while waiting for her fiancé Andrey Bolkonsky to return from war. Anatole's sister Hélène finds the whole situation very amusing and helps facilitate Natasha's loss of innocence, while her own husband Pierre realizes he is DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife. Despite adapting only a very narrow slice of the {{doorstopper}} it's based on, it manages to stand on its own as a story.

* InformedAttribute: Due to all the direct quoting from Tolstoy, we're repeatedly reminded of how fat Pierre is. Dave Malloy is stocky at most.

Notably, the show isn't performed in a traditional theater, but rather a custom-built nightclub, with the action moving around, through, and occasionally [[AudienceParticipation with]] the audience. It also is a true sung-through opera, with musical styles ranging from folk to cabaret to rock to synthpop.

* AllWomenArePromiscuous: Going off of Hélène's example, Pierre assumes this is the case when he finds out about Natasha's broken engagement. [[spoiler:Once he finds out she did it out of shame for her entanglement with Anatole, however, he immediately redirects his anger toward Anatole.]]

''Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812'' is a 2012 "[[RockOpera electro-pop opera]]" by Dave Malloy (who also plays Pierre), based on Volume 2, Book 5 of Tolstoy's ''WarAndPeace''. It is something of a {{coming of age story}} for the titular [[TheIngenue Natasha]], who finds herself in an unexpected affair with the dashing Anatole Kuragin while waiting for her fiancé Andrey Bolkonsky to return from war. Anatole's sister Hélène finds the whole situation very amusing and helps facilitate Natasha's loss of innocence, while her own husband Pierre realizes he is DesperatelySearchingForAPurposeInLife. Despite adapting only a very narrow slice of the {{doorstopper}} it's based on, it manages to stand on its own as a story.

* InformedAttribute: Due to all the direct quoting from Tolstoy, we're repeatedly reminded of Pierre's "corpulence". Dave Malloy is stocky at most.

* VillainSong: "Charming", for Hélène.

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The prologue introduces all of the characters except Pierre (who gets an introductory song to himself right afterward.

[[caption-width-right:306:L-R: [[HandsomeLech Anatole]] (hot), [[YourCheatingHeart Hélène]] (slut), [[TheIngenue Natasha]] (young), Dolokhov (fierce), dear, bewildered and awkward [[NiceGuy Pierre]], [[TheGhost and Andrey isn't here]].]]

[[caption-width-right:306:L-R: [[HandsomeLech Anatole]] (hot), [[YourCheatingHeart Hélène]] (slut), [[TheIngenue Natasha]] (young), Dolokhov (fierce), dear, bewildered and awkward [[NiceGuy Pierre]], [[SirNotAppearingInThisPicture and Andrey isn't here]].]]

[[caption-width-right:306:L-R: [[HandsomeLech Anatole]] (hot), [[YourCheatingHeart Hélène]] (slut), [[TheIngenue Natasha]] (young), Dolokhov (fierce), dear, bewildered and awkward [[NiceGuy Pierre]], [[SirNotAppearingInThisFilm and Andrey isn't here]].]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: All over the place, beginning as early as the prologue:
''-->"This is all in your program\\''
''-->You are at the opera\\''
''-->Gonna have to study up a little bit\\''
''-->If you wanna keep with the plot\\''
''-->'Cause it's a complicated Russian novel\\''
''-->Everyone's got nine different names...\\"''

''->"This is all in your program\\''
''->You are at the opera\\''
''->Gonna have to study up a little bit\\''
''->If you wanna keep with the plot\\''
''->'Cause it's a complicated Russian novel\\''
''->Everyone's got nine different names...\\"''

''->"This is all in your program//''
''->You are at the opera//''
''->Gonna have to study up a little bit//''
''->If you wanna keep with the plot//''
''->'Cause it's a complicated Russian novel//''
''->Everyone's got nine different names..."''

->"This is all in your program//
->You are at the opera//
->Gonna have to study up a little bit//
->If you wanna keep with the plot//
->'Cause it's a complicated Russian novel//
->Everyone's got nine different names..."

''Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812'' is a 2012 "[[RockOpera electro-pop opera]]" by Dave Malloy (who also plays Pierre), based on Volume 2, Book 5 of Tolstoy's ''LiteratureWarAndPeace''. It is something of a [[coming of age story]] for the titular [[TheIngenue Natasha]], who finds herself in an unexpected affair with the dashing Anatole Kuragin while waiting for her fiancé Andrey Bolkonsky to return from war. Anatole's sister Hélène finds the whole situation very amusing and helps facilitate Natasha's loss of innocence, while her own husband Pierre realizes he is DesperatelySearchingForAPurposeInLife. Despite adapting only a very narrow slice of the {{doorstopper}} it's based on, it manages to stand on its own as a story.

You are at the opera//
Gonna have to study up a little bit//
If you wanna keep with the plot//
'Cause it's a complicated Russian novel//
Everyone's got nine different names..."

''Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812'' is a 2012 "[[RockOpera electro-pop opera]]" by Dave Malloy (who also plays Pierre), based on Volume 2, Book 5 of Tolstoy's ''[[Literature/WarAndPeace]]''. It is something of a [[coming of age story]] for the titular [[TheIngenue Natasha]], who finds herself in an unexpected affair with the dashing Anatole Kuragin while waiting for her fiancé Andrey Bolkonsky to return from war. Anatole's sister Hélène finds the whole situation very amusing and helps facilitate Natasha's loss of innocence, while her own husband Pierre realizes he is DesperatelySearchingForAPurposeInLife. Despite adapting only a very narrow slice of the {{doorstopper}} it's based on, it manages to stand on its own as a story.