Putting out the bat signal for my fellow musical addicts: Dave Malloy of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is on Genius, leaving verified tates, co-signing, and even co-editing annotations(!!) on the original cast recording of his show! Show him some love if you feel me.
If you know the show, great! The lyrics are all up on the site and they could use some annotating! If you think you may have heard of it, it might jog your memory to hear that Phillipa Soo got her start originating the leading role of Natasha. In more it's-a-small-world news, the show will be moving to the Imperial when it hits Broadway this fall, meaning they will be neighbors with Phillipa's current smash, Hamilton. Yep, that Hamilton.
If you've never heard of this and you don't care about the #hamilfam, but you're still reading, first of all, thank you. The Great Comet is a pop musical about a 70-page slice of the Russian brick to beat all Russian bricks, War and Peace. Set in 1812, it tells the story of the young Natasha's ill-advised love affair and near-ruin, juxtaposed with the elder Pierre's troubled marriage and existential search for meaning. In between, there is family drama, gossip, vodka, samovar, lust, dueling, friendship, folly, and all that great stuff humanity gets up to in its spare time. Style-wise, the show incorporates a bunch of different indie pop styles with a through line of Russian folk to tie everything to its source. If you like folk rock acts like The Decemberists or Gogol Bordello, or like me are really into baroque pop as a genre, you'll probably find something to like here. Take a look at the short doc below, listen for free on Soundcloud, get hooked, and then come back and annotate the heck out of Dave Malloy's awesome show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lvm_k0KxNg
Who knows, your annotations might even end up on an official Broadway site somewhere down the line! It happened with Hamilton, and it can happen with you!
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