Leo Tolstoy

How Common Are Foreign Language Plays on Broadway? A Look at Translation Trends
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Nov 23, 2025

While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

Photos: Primary Stages Honors Thom Sesma And Mickey Rolfe At 2025 Fall Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 24, 2025

Primary Stages hosted its 2025 Fall Gala on Monday, October 20, at Sony Hall, honoring Thom Sesma with the Einhorn Mentorship Award and Mickey Rolfe with the Andrew Leynse Commitment to New Plays Award. See photos of the event.

Tuminas’ WAR & PEACE Available for Streaming on Art Seen Films
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2025

Rimas Tuminas’ celebrated production of War & Peace is now available for online streaming through Art Seen Films. The 4-hour staging, his final Moscow production before leaving Russia, is presented in Russian with English subtitles as part of the Artists in Exile Series.

Thom Sesma & Mickey Rolfe to be Honored at the Primary Stages 2025 Fall Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2025

PRIMARY STAGES' 2025 Fall Gala will honor Thom Sesma with the Einhorn Mentorship Award and Mickey Rolfe with the Andrew Leynse Commitment to New Plays Award. Learn more!

Preview: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Oberlin Music Theater Program
by Roy Berko - Sep 20, 2025

What did our critic think of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Oberlin Music Theater Program?

Review: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD at Theatre Artists Studio
by Herbert Paine - Sep 16, 2025

Scott Carter’s THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD, directed by Beau Heckman, is a heady and entertaining intellectual feast.

Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Royal Alexandra Theatre
by Samantha Wu - Jul 28, 2025

Crow's Theatre and The Musical Stage's co-production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 was a smashing success during their record breaking run at Streetcar's Crowsnest.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Comes to the Firehouse Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2025

The Firehouse Theatre will present the Broadway hit Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812! A 12 time Tony Award nominee for Best Musical and the winner of the Drama Desk Awards, this play by Dave Malloy opens next month.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Begins Performances Tonight at The Royal Alexandra Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 15, 2025

The Crow's Theatre and The Musical Stage Company's co-production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy is set to begin performances at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Video: Go Inside the Sitzprobe for THE GREAT COMET at The Royal Alexandra Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Jul 9, 2025

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 will return July 15 through August 24, 2025 at The Royal Alexandra Theatre. Go inside the production's Sitzprobe in this all-new video.

Listen: Roald Dahl's THE WITCHES Original London Cast Recording
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 27, 2025

Broadway Records has released the original London cast recording of The National Theatre and Roald Dahl Story Company’s co-production of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Listen to it now!

Exclusive: 'One Day' From Roald Dahl's THE WITCHES Original London Cast Recording
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 26, 2025

Tomorrow, Broadway Records is set to release the original London cast recording of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Ahead of the release, BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive track from the recording, featuring the company performing the song One Day. Check it out now!

Video: Go Inside NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at The Royal Alexandra Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 23, 2025

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 will return July and August 2025 at The Royal Alexandra Theatre. Go inside the production and hear the music in a new video look behind the scenes of the show.

All Eyes in the Sky as Out-of-the-Box Launches NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
by Anna Jensen - Mar 25, 2025

Out-of-the-Box Theatre brings 'Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812' to Santa Barbara in a bold, immersive production at Center Stage. This electro-pop, folk-rock musical, inspired by Tolstoy’s War and Peace, blends contemporary energy with a classic tale.

Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company In Association With Theatre East Presents ANNA
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2025

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company, in association with Theatre East, will present annA, an intimate and explosive new take on Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina, adapted by Matt Minnicino and directed by Nick Piacente.

NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Set for UTA Theatre Arts and Dance
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 8, 2025

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, the 2012 electropop opera by writer/composer, Dave Malloy, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.

Interview: 'People Are In For a Real Treat!': Actor Declan Bennett on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 3, 2024

Seven years after it closed on Broadway in 2017, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is finally arriving in London at the Donmar Warehouse in December. The show, written by Dave Malloy, takes a seventy-page segment of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace (Part Eight, to be specific) and transforms it into a sung-through musical. The titular characters of Natasha Rostova and Pierre Bezukhov are respectively played by Chumisa Dornford-May and Declan Bennett.

Jersey City Theater Center's IMAGINE FEST 2024 to Celebrate Art, Resilience, and the Power of Connection
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 3, 2024

This November, Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) will present IMAGINE FEST 2024, a week-long festival that brings together global and local artistry through visual art, music, dance, poetry, and theater. Audiences are invited to connect deeply with the works of artists from the USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and beyond, and to experience transformative performances that honor creativity, resilience, and the unbreakable human spirit.

DISCORD Comes to the Bridge Street Theatre in November
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2024

An American, an Englishman, and a Russian walk into…hey, stop me if you’ve heard this one. Coming to Catskill November 14-24, 2024, the closing production in Bridge Street Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Season – Scott Carter’s outrageous comedy “The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord”.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Extends at Writers Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2024

Writers Theatre is extending its hit production of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, written by Dave Malloy and directed and choreographed by Katie Spelman with music direction by Matt Deitchman. Learn how to purchase tickets.