Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (2,653)
See it if You love new, exciting theatre. The score, staging, performances, etc are fresh and unbelievably awesome
Don't see it if You won't try new things. There are heavy strobe lights, loud music and lots of Russian names.
See it if You love great writing and acting. The music and dancing are fantastic. This show is high energy. I didn't want it to end.
Don't see it if You are a purist, you have a short attention span, you don't enjoy musicals.
See it if you want to see a singular theatrical experience with an eclectic, incredible score. An unforgettable experience. Ashford and Grey SHINE!
Don't see it if you don't like actors in the audience, or non-traditional theatre. Sit in the mezzanine to see everything. This production is spectacular! Read more
See it if you want an immersive theater experience, enjoy creative new work, you want a unique theater experience
Don't see it if you want a traditional musical, you aren't a fan of mostly sung-thru shows, find anything Russian confusing. Read more
See it if this masterpiece features great performances by Josh Groban and Denee Benton, great scenic design, great score, and great singing. Bravo!
Don't see it if ...don't miss it...it is outstanding.
See it if You want to experience the most revolutionary musical since the Czars! The staging is most creative ever; the music is lush, romantic Go now
Don't see it if Like music that will sweep you off feet and make you want to dance with the cast; want a traditional musical; don't like Josh Groban's voice
See it if You want to have a theatrical experience like you have never had before.
Don't see it if If you want a traditional show
See it if you love Josh Groban and immersive theater.
Don't see it if you dislike electronic music.
Critic Reviews (65)
"It’s a massive, luscious, romantic escape into decadent 19th-century Moscow by way of Broadway...A multifaceted talent named Dave Malloy wrote and composed this seriously beautiful lark of an oddball musical...Directed by the spectacle-wizard Rachel Chavkin...Inextricable from the music and story are the overwhelming sets and costumes—sensory overload with little on its mind except offbeat entertainment."
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"'Natasha and Pierre' is fun, even if—for quite long stretches—its infectious, enveloping noise and bustle appear to be the sum of its parts...There is so much comedy and energy, the shift feels too jarring when the stage shrinks and the action slows down...These dramatic holes are more than offset by the beautiful look and vibrancy of the production...As well as being a riotous lark, it wants to be something deeper—and that is both its charm and its problem."
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"Groban is delivering an unassuming, restrained and nuanced performance as an overweight older man burdened by his unhappy life...He soars, but he doesn’t show off...This is an ensemble and he fits in very nicely indeed...The show is mostly a spectacle but it has one especially affecting moment at the climax in which Groban’s Pierre and the socially disgraced Natasha have a meeting of the souls. It’s quiet, lovely, emotional."
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"Great, extravagantly entertaining fun, with a soaring score that runs the musical gamut from raucous rock to classical...It also stirs the soul, with a beautifully sung finale, performed to a hushed audience by pop star Josh Groban…It might not cure your heartache, but it's a reminder of the solace that art can provide…Onstage, there's unparalleled intimacy, with the actors excitingly close. The negative is that with actors continually brushing by, you can get distracted from the story."
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"'The Great Comet' collapses the boundaries between music, dialogue and exposition, seamlessly telling the story through the show’s 27 numbers…Under Rachel Chavkin’s brisk direction, the central performances also tend towards playful high-spiritedness…One senses even Tolstoy himself might have had a good chuckle over this irreverent take on a small slice of his epic novel."
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''The Great Comet' will be lauded for its innovative and transformative approach to storytelling...Malloy’s score is heavily influenced by Russian folk and classical music, and then underlined with powerful electro-pop...At times I’ll admit to finding some of it inaccessible...'The Great Comet' team has managed something unusual for Broadway, an intimate and affecting musical that can really be said to have populist appeal...Bravo."
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"A stunningly original piece of work that elevates the pop opera genre to new heights on Broadway…For the most part, the sung-through show is a riot of movement and music performed by perhaps the most exuberant company to be found on the Main Stem…Among the principals, Denée Benton makes a glorious Broadway debut as a graceful and animated Natasha."
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"A most elaborate and tastefully glamorous musical...The achievement of the creators, the splendor of the performances, the magnificence of the sets, costumes, and lighting make this a worthy and welcome addition to the young season. I would like to have become more involved with the emotional underpinnings, but for me this was more a treat for the eyes and ears...I just think another polish would have turned this into a total triumph."
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