'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' is at The Cygnet Theater

Dave Malloy set his musical career in motion by turning great literature into operettas. Stories like Moby Dick, the epic poem Beowulf and, now playing at The Cygnet Theater in Old Town, his 2012 award winning Off-Broadway play "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812."

A larger-than-life vignette extracted from the middle of Tolstoy's dynamic work "War and Peace" Malloy has set Part 8 to music. To enjoy the full magnitude of this musical, rereading these 70-pages (chapters 6 to 22) is paramount. It's almost verbatim. Furthermore, by reading the text, you'll be in the know during the exubera...