{"id":559,"date":"2017-06-04T10:38:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T10:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imperialtheatreny.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2017-06-04T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T10:38:46","slug":"the-great-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/the-great-comet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Comet at Imperial Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- NewTheme-Responsive-Text -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block;background-color:transparent;\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2783012870533657\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1489656471\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/imperial-theatre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/06\/TheGreatComet1.png\" alt=\"the great comet musical imperial theatre\" width=\"580\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-563\" \/> performance has ended! From award-winning composer Dave Maloy and director Rachel Chavkin comes The Great Comet &#8211; a stunning and unexpected rendition of Volume 2, Part 5 of Leo Tolstoy\u2019s War and Peace. Selling out box offices and receiving rave reviews from critics and cooping up a series of awards, this stunning new production is the one Broadway show you truly can\u2019t afford to miss. Choose your show from the list below and book early to get the best seats!<\/p>\n<h3>The Great Comet Broadway Tickets:<\/h3>\n<div id=\"timoWidget\"><\/div>\n<p>function TiMoInitWidget() {<br \/>\nTiMoEventWidget.newWindow = true;<br \/>\nTiMoEventWidget.baseQueryString = &#8220;?aid=16280&amp;sid=imperialtheatre&#8221;;<br \/>\nTiMoEventWidget.containerId = &#8220;timoWidget&#8221;;}<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/imperial-theatre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/06\/TheGreatComet4.jpg\" alt=\"the great comet broadway tickets\" width=\"580\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-565\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u201dA musical cannonball unlike anything else on Broadway\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><i>The Guardian<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Premiering at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway in November 2016 after an initial run at Arts Nova in 2012 (the first production of Arts Nova ever to transfer to Broadway), the musical blew away audiences and critics alike, receiving a deluge of positive reviews. It went on to be nominated for an incredible 12 Tony Awards including Best Book of a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Musical and Best Original Score &#8211; totalling the highest number of nominations for any production of the season!<\/p>\n<h3>\u201dStunning and blazingly original\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><i>Entertainment Weekly<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/imperial-theatre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/06\/TheGreatComet6.png\" alt=\"the great comet broadway imperial theatre new york tickets\" width=\"580\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-562\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Volume 2, Part 5 of War and Peace focuses on the affair between the characters of the innocent count\u2019s daughter Natasha and musician Antole, as well as the rich and overindulgent Pierre\u2019s desperate search for true meaning in his affluent existence. Despite the large cast and inclusion of multiple major characters, the directors have made the plot flow seamlessly in musical form.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/imperial-theatre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/06\/TheGreatComet5.jpg\" alt=\"the great comet musical new york tickets\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-566\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sung-through musical features an immersive set, with the actors and musicians alike moving in and around the audience as well as onstage, creating a truly unique theatrical experience in which the audience is literally in amongst the action often inches away from the performers! With music influenced by indie, Russian folk, and electronica (described by the composer as an \u201celectropop opera\u201d) The Great Comet defies all expectations of traditional musical theatre. <\/p>\n<h3>\u201dAn ecstatic, precedent-smashing production\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><i>The New York Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A stunning piece of art both visual and musical, an evening seeing The Great Comet will be an experience never to be forgotten. Book tickets while they last! <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/imperial-theatre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/06\/TheGreatCometBanner.png\" alt=\"the great comet imperial theatre new york\" width=\"580\" height=\"151\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-564\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>performance has ended! From award-winning composer Dave Maloy and director Rachel Chavkin comes The Great Comet &#8211; a stunning and unexpected rendition of Volume 2, Part 5 of Leo Tolstoy\u2019s War and Peace. Selling out box offices and receiving rave reviews from critics and cooping up a series of awards, this stunning new production is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadway-shows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/imperial-theatre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}