NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Adds New Performance Times to Weekly Schedule

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 will add performances to its weekly playing schedule beginning Thursday, May 30th, due to popular demand. The playing schedule will now be as follows: Tuesdays at 8pm, Wednesdays at 2pm and 8pm, Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 5:30 and 9:30pm, and Sundays at 1pm. The first Wednesday matinee will take place June 5th. To purchase tickets, please visit www.thegreatcometof1812.com.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is currently playing a limited run through September 1st atKazino (West 13th Street and Washington Street) a brand new venue created specifically for the show, in the heart of New York's meatpacking district, to transport audiences to a Russian supper club complete with an authentic Russian menu and bar. The show officially opened May 16th and has been honored with numerous awards and nominations including the 2013 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, a Special Citation from the OBIE Awards, five Drama Desk Award Nominations (Outstanding New Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics, Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Outstanding Costume Design), two Drama League Award nominations (Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Performance - Phillipa Soo), and the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Outstanding New Musical.

Every ticket to NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 includes a full Russian-style dinner. Regular tickets are priced at $125 with prime and premium seating available for $175 and $237.50, respectively.

Kazino is also open for food, drink, and live entertainment Tuesday-Friday from 4-7pm, Saturday from noon-4pm, andSunday from 4pm-midnight.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 first premiered at New York City's Ars Nova in a seven-week sold out run, during which it was showered with rave reviews and landed at the top of the year's best-of lists in The New York Times, Time Out New York and The New York Post. It was one of the hottest tickets in town, but played just 39 performances.Following the Ars Nova engagement, producers Howard & Janet Kagan were approached with numerous transfer options ranging from traditional theaters to raw spaces before deciding to create a wholly original space inspired by the show itself, in partnership with Randy Weiner and Simon Hammerstein from Variety Worldwide who together created perennial New York hotspot The Box (New York, London) and its sister club, The Act (Las Vegas, Dubai).

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 invites you to join Tolstoy's brash young lovers for an evening you'll never forget, as vodka flows and passions ignite in Dave Malloy's electropop opera, ripped from a slice of War and Peace.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 features direction by Rachel Chavkin and many of the original cast members from Ars Nova: Brittain Ashford as 'Sonya,' Gelsey Bell as 'Princess Mary' (through May 26th), Shaina Taub as 'Princess Mary' (beginning May 28th), Blake DeLong as 'Bolkonsky/Andrey,' Amber Gray as 'Hélène,' Ian Lassiter as 'Dolokhov' (through May 31st), Nick Choksi as 'Dolokhov' (beginning June 2nd), Dave Malloy as 'Pierre,'Grace McLean as 'Marya D,' Paul Pinto as 'Balaga' (through May 24th), Ashkon Davaran as 'Balaga' (beginning May 25th), Phillipa Soo as 'Natasha,' and Lucas Steele as 'Anatole.' The cast also features Nicholas Belton, Catherine Brookman, Luke Holloway, Azudi Onyejekwe, Mariand Torres and Lauren Zakrin.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 also features choreography by Sam Pinkleton, scenic design byMimi Lien, costume design by Tony Award winner Paloma Young, lighting design by Bradley King, music direction by Or Matias, sound design by Matt Hubbs, music supervision by Sonny Paladino and casting by Duncan Stewart and Company.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is produced by Howard and Janet Kagan and co-produced byPaula Marie Black, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Daveed Frazier, Tom Smedes, and Vertical Entertainment/Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer.