240419 Singles May issue Musical The Great Comet Pictorial Collection

grace driscoll as natasha and jules pendrith as anatole / natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812, darlinghurst theatre company

master: serarichu

time travelling back to 2017 bc i’m watching a production of the great comet tonight :3

musical theatre challenge: 1/1 seasons | 2016-2017 (insp)

Make me choose: @beachsread asked Dust and Ashes or Times Are Hard For Dreamers?

Okay so here’s my Broadway nerd coming out, but if a Starkid show (especially hatchetfield) ever made it to Broadway, I think they should have the stage be something other than a standard proscenium stage.

What else could they do, you may ask. Well let me introduce my good friend: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812.

Check this shit out:

And if it’s not clear, here (marked in blue) is where some of the audience seats are:

One of my favorite things is the Starkid actors interacting with the audience. If they did something like Great Comet did, this would allow for that, because with Broadway theatres, it’s so much harder to go from the stage to the audience and back.

In fact, part of me really really wants to make my own blocking for NPMD using the layout of the Great Comet stage.

This specific design worked well for Great Comet because they had a lot of spectacle and many more actors, and I believe this stage was built specifically inspired by Russian designs for the time, so it wouldn’t be the best option if, for example, NPMD went to Broadway with the cast size it had with Starkid. But, I really think this would be a really cool way to watch a Starkid show, if they got a funky stage like this.

Just imagine watching Hatchet Town, and when the blame is going around, not only is it going around in front of you, but the blame going around AROUND you. Max chasing Richie all around. Think about Ruth singing Just For Once, moving all around that big empty space meant for like,, two dozen or so people dancing, but she’s the only one. Ugh. I love theater.

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Canadian premiere)

A look through the Great Comet zine I made!! ☄️✨🍷

This is the deciding match that will determine the Champion of the League of Musicals. Choose wisely.

hey did you know that all of my life i spent searching the words of poets and saints and prophets and kings now at the end all i know that i've learned is that all that i know is i don't know a thing so easy to close off place the blame outside hiding in my room at night so terrified all the things i could've been but i never had the nerve life and love, i don't deserve so alright alright i've had my time close my eyes let the death bells chime bury me in burgundy i just don't care nothing's left i looked everywhere is this how i die was there ever any other way my life could be is this how i die such a slough of feelings inside of me but then why am i screaming why am i shaking oh god, was there something that i missed did i squander my divinity was happiness within me the whole time

240419 Singles May issue Musical The Great Comet Pictorial Collection

some great comet of 1812 doodles hehe

comms open !!

in honour of pride month, here’s some musicals that feature/star LBTQIA+ characters that have not aged like milk:

Falsettos

Fun Home

A Strange Loop

Company

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Ghost Quartet

Come From Away

Cabaret

35MM

A New Brain

Spies Are Forever

Firebringer

horizon theatre (atlanta, GA) great comet photo dump 💗💫☄️ more to come!

do you ever wake up and your brain is like SONYA IS GOOD, NATASHA IS YOUNG AND eurydice was a hungry young girl... (NINAROSARIOTHEBARRIO'SBEST!) heather... heather... heather... DIVORCED BEHEADED DIED veronica? veronica??? VERONICA!!! ...and MR HERMES THAT'S ME! (...naomiiiiii...rodrigueeez...) beetlejuicebeetlejuicebeetlejuice HEY BALAGA HO BALAGA HEY HEY HO BALAGA... AND LAFAYETTE ANDREY ISN'T HERE!!! DIVORCED BEHEADED SURVIVED (i am usnavi and you probably never heard my name) and what about pierre... what about pierre... what about pierreeeee... AND PEGGY!

Me a few years ago: oh Russian literature musical!

Me every day since then: DID I SQUANDER MY DIVINITY? WAS HAPPINESS WITHIN ME THIS WHOLE TIME?