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Tiler Talks: Checking in with Tiler Peck Tiler Peck spoke to Dance Informa about the recently wrapped NYCB winter season . In the interview, she also leaked that she's participating in an NYC reading of Little Dancer , the Degas-inspired musical that she led at the Kennedy Center in 2014. The musical has a score by Ragtime  team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and was directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman ( Dot , Double Feature ). Fingers crossed the reading goes well, and the production books a slot on Broadway! Natasha, Pierre, and the Imperial Theatre The Broadway bow of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 will take up residency at the Imperial Theatre beginning in October. The musical, which is inspired by a portion of War and Peace , is written by Dave Malloy ( Preludes ), and will star Josh Groban and Denee Benton , both of whom will be making their Broadway debuts. (Benton starred in the recent A.R.T. production of the musical.) Specific dates a...

Leading Lady Set for Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Pierre  has found his Natasha. Denee Benton will star as Natasha opposite the previously announced Josh Groban (as Pierre) in the Broadway bow of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 . Benton starred in the recent American Repertory Theater run of the show (see the production photo at right). Natasha... , written by Dave Malloy ( Preludes ), still does not have a theatre, and specific dates have not been announced, but the show is expected to begin previews in September.  Theater Mania has more. Cate Blanchett to Make Broadway Debut Academy Award winner (and current nominee ) Cate Blanchett ( Blue Jasmine , Carol ) will make her long-anticipated Broadway debut this fall. She'll appear in The Present , a new play adapted from Chekhov's Platonov . The adaptation was written by Blanchett's husband and frequent artistic collaborator, Andrew Upton , and premiered in Blanchett's native Aus...