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NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Book, Music & Lyrics by Dave Malloy | Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Episode Segments:

1:40 - Speed Test 5:09 - Why God Why9:38 - Back to Before26:19 - What's Inside 51:53 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?1:10:49 - Our Favorite Things1:18:19 - Corner of the Sky 1:21:42 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted:

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Libretto) by Dave MalloyThe Great Comet: The Journey of a New Musical to Broadway by Steven Suskin & Dave MalloyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Music Credits:

"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"A Call to Pierre” from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Tom Malloy | Performed by Grace McLean, Josh Groban & Original Broadway Company of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff