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Broadway's Great Comet Asks Fans to Take Part in Cast Recording Session

The general public has their shot at being heard on the show’s new album.

Josh Groban (right) and the cast of Broadway's Great Comet at the Imperial Theatre.
Josh Groban (right) and the cast of Broadway's Great Comet at the Imperial Theatre.
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Josh Groban, Denée Benton, and the stars of Broadway's The Great Comet will record the show's original Broadway cast recording on Monday, February 13.

The production is calling for fans to join Comet creator Dave Malloy and members of the ensemble to sing group chorus sections and to play the show's egg shakers from 6pm-7:30pm at their midtown Manhattan recording studio. To sign up and learn more, click here.

Groban plays Pierre opposite Benton as Natasha, both in their Broadway debuts, alongside Brittain Ashford as Sonya, Gelsey Bell as Princess Mary, Nicholas Belton as Bolonsky and Andrey, Nick Choksi as Dolokhov, Amber Gray as Helene, Grace McLean as Marya D., Paul Pinto as Balaga, Lucas Steele as Anatole, and Scott Stangland as the standby for Pierre.

The ensemble includes Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Kennedy Caughell, Ken Clark, Erica Dorfler, Lulu Fall, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Nick Gaswirth, Alex Gibson, Brad Giovanine, Billy Joe Kiessling, Mary Spencer Knapp, Blaine Alden Krauss, Reed Luplau, Brandt Martinez, Andrew Mayer, Mary Page Nance, Shoba Narayan, Azudi Onyejekwe, Pearl Rhein, Celia Mei Rubin, Heath Saunders, Ani Taj, Cathryn Wake, Katrina Yaukey, and Lauren Zakrin.

Inspired by a small section of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, The Great Comet was originally commissioned and developed at Ars Nova, in New York, where it had its world premiere in fall 2012, and was transferred to a custom-built venue in the Meatpacking District for summer 2013. The show and the entire venue was transferred to the Theater District where it continued its run into spring 2014. It played a pre-Broadway engagement in 2015 at American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts.

The Great Comet creative team features choreography by Sam Pinkleton, set design by Mimi Lien, costume design by Tony Award winner Paloma Young, lighting design by Bradley King, sound design by Nicholas Pope, music supervision by Sonny Paladino, and musical direction by Or Matias.

For tickets and more information, click here.

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