GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS PRESENTS “NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812” DIGITAL ALBUM AVAILABLE OCTOBER 29 TWO-DISC SET IN STORES DECEMBER 10

Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the original cast recording of Dave Malloy’s hit electropop opera NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. The complete 111 minute recording of the through-sung score will be available from digital outlets on October 29 and the deluxe two-CD set will be in stores on December 10. A highlights version, featuring special selections from the acclaimed work, will also be available in digital format on October 29. The recording – enclosed in a double-disc physical package that includes a 48 page color booklet with complete lyrics, never-before-seen photos, a show synopsis, and an essay by renowned writer Steven Suskin – was produced by Dean Sharenow, Kurt Deutsch and Howard and Janet Kagan. Pre-order the album at www.sh-k-boom.com/greatcomet. NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 – which concluded a hit summer engagement downtown – is now playing at the opulent custom venue Kazino in the Broadway Theater District, on West 45^th Street between Times Square and 8^th Avenue, for a 14-week limited run. NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 began performances on Friday, September 27 and is scheduled to run throughTuesday, December 31. More information is available at www.thegreatcometof1812.com. Since its first production at Ars Nova in the fall of 2012, the show has become a sensation, meriting expansion this summer to a 199 seat pop-up supper club built specifically for the production in the Meatpacking District. Directed by Rachel Chavkin, NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 has been showered with rave reviews and a host of accolades, 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. NATASHA, PIERRE AND 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. At once stunning, sensual, and inspired, this singular theatrical event promises “a rare and marvelous event: amidst the din of New York, an oasis of artful illumination.” (Time Out New York) The cast recording features David Abeles, Brittain Ashford,  Gelsey Bell, Catherine Brookman, Nick Choksi, Ken Clark, Ashkon Davaran, Blake DeLong, Amber Gray, Luke Holloway, Dave Malloy, Grace McLean, Azudi Onyejekwe, Paul Pinto, Phillipa Soo, Lucas Steele,Shaina Taub, Mariand Torres and Lauren Zakrin. NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 also features choreography by Sam Pinkleton, scenic design by Mimi 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 AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 is produced by Howard and Janet Kagan and co-produced by Paula Marie Black,John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Daveed Frazier, Tom Smedes, and Vertical Entertainment/Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer. NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 will run through December 31st at its new location. Tickets are priced at $125 with prime and premium seating available for $175 and $237.50, respectively. The playing schedule will be as follows: Tuesdays at 8:00 PM, Wednesdays at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, Thursdays at 8:00 PM, Fridays at 8:00 PM, Saturdays at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, and Sundays at 3:00 PM. Audiences will receive an assortment of Russian snacks at their tables, including the show’s signature pierogies. Tickets are now on sale through Telecharge.com. FULL ALBUM TRACK LIST                                                                          ACT 1 1. Prologue 2. Pierre 3. Moscow 4. The Private and Intimate Life of the House 5. Natasha & Bolkonskys 6. No One Else 7. The Opera 8. Natasha & Anatole 9. Natasha Lost 10. The Duel 11. Sunday Morning 12. Charming 13. The Ball ACT 2 14. Letters 15. Sonya & Natasha 16. Sonya Alone 17. Preparations 18. Balaga 19. The Abduction 20. In My House 21. A Call to Pierre 22. Find Anatole 23. Pierre & Anatole 24. Natasha Very Ill 25. Pierre & Andrey 26. Pierre & Natasha 27. The Great Comet of 1812 HIGHLIGHTS ALBUM TRACK LIST ABOUT SH-K-BOOM & GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS Sh-K-Boom with its imprint Ghostlight Records has become the leading independent force in Original Broadway Cast Recordings – building a library of over 130 records in the last 13 years, featuring the most successful Broadway musicals and solo albums by Broadway’s biggest stars. Ghostlight recently won the Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon, and released the OBCR of Newsies, the premiere recording of Carrie, the new Grammy-nominated cast recording of Anything Goes, plus the OCRs Catch Me If You Can, Sister Act and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, as well as solo albums from some of Broadway’s biggest stars: Sutton Foster, Kelli O’Hara, Alice Ripley, Christine Ebersole, Melissa Errico and Ben Vereen. Other titles on Ghostlight include the Grammy Award-winning In the Heights, plus Next to Normal, Hair, Legally Blonde, Everyday Rapture, Passing Strange, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The Drowsy Chaperone. www.sh-k-boom.com.