#Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

[swedisheek]

‘it’s the very devil, here, feel how it beats’

[ please reblog! inspo from here + image description in alt text ^_^ ]

[tee-dohrnii]

Gale & Thalia

Based off of this excerpt from Pierre & Natasha from the musical Natasha, Pierre, And The Great Comet of 1812:

You have your whole life before you—

Before me?

No, all is over for me!

All over?

If I were not myself,

But the brightest,

Handsomest,

Best man on earth,

And if I were free,

I would get down on my knees,

This minute,

And ask you for your hand.

And for your love.

(Give it a listen if you want but this is the song right before the finale of the musical so it may not make sense but it's a very soothing song - the format of the musical is they're basically singing the narration of a novel so that's why they sing what they're doing)

[poobletoods]

Many, many, many, many, many hours later, my capstone project is complete: a mall full of my favorite guys!

Not gonna wax too poetic about my creative process because that's what the artist statement is for, but I will say that this was the most involved, ambitious, and creatively fulfilling piece I've ever gotten to do. OCs, cartoon characters, video game protagonists, DnD player characters, we've got it all here! Each of these characters is special to me in one way or another, and I had an absolute blast cramming them all into one canvas.

Tumblr got nowhere near displaying the full image so I had to condense the hell out of it to get the whole thing on there. If you want a closeup of any character in full resolution just sent me an ask! I would love to hold my little guys up to the camera for you :)

And yeah I'm gonna tag every piece of media represented. If you're seeing this in your tag, one of your fellas is in here somewhere!

[sofiarostova]

NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Streetcar Crowsnest

[lesmiserabelles]

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

master: serarichu

[timegays]

Oh Pierre

[manicpix]

I will never get over this musical

[localcryptic]

...it seems to me that this comet feels me

[meshimellow]

ohhhh fuckckkkk my guys. my classic russian novel protagonists from books that are titled [WORD] and [ANTONYM]. lets kill them

[johnradams]

crazy how dave malloy read war and peace and was like 'yeah I know what this sounds like' and even crazier that he was fucking right

[nojaloart]

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

[stringcage]

[cascadeoceanwave]

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

[altarwaiting]

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

[demonbarbers]

[swingingthehatchetnow]

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.