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Alchemy is afoot in ART’s current production, the much-acclaimed “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812”. 

In “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” the writer/composer/lyricist — also the musical force behind “Three Pianos” and “Beowulf — A Thousand Years of Baggage” — has turned less than a hundred pages from the middle of Tolstoy’s opus into a romantic and driving swirl of music and storytelling that is beyond exhilarating.

Lucas Steele cuts quite a dashing profile in “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” the adventurous musical at the American Repertory Theater. EDGE spoke to him about playing the caddish Anatole for the third time.

Patrons strolling through the doors of the American Repertory Theater’s Loeb Drama Center may feel they’ve somehow been transported into a sumptuous 19th-century Russian supper club. 

Set Designer Mimi Lien receives 2015 MacArthur “Genius Grant”

By the end of this sensational and singular Off Broadway production, there may not be a dry eye in the dacha.

The singer teams up with Diane Paulus for a new musical.

One of the brightest choreographers sets his sights on A.R.T. and “Waitress”.