NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 A slender slice of War and Peace, told in period language with period garb but accompanied by contemporary technopop music that scans the centuries and somehow speaks equally to fans of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim and Spring Awakening.
Adapted from a slender (by Tolstoyan standards) slice of War and Peace, the show was born at the teensy Ars Nova in 2012, went through adolescence at a custom-built tent in 2013, and has reached the full flower of its maturity at the aptly-named Imperial Theatre on West 45 Street.
After revealing earlier this month that he missed being able to grab a slice of pizza in peace, Francis received a delicious surprise from an Italian pizzeria on Saturday -- a handcrafted pie in the Vatican's colors delivered straight to his popemobile.
The Pope reproached them, saying, "Let us not forget that which the Bible asks us: 'If the lion shall lie down with the lamb, is it impossible then for the bikers and the cab drivers to break bread — or, if you prefer, a slice of pizza?' " Thereafter, there was peace between the bikers and the cab drivers, though everybody still looked askance at the guys in suits on Razor scooters.
IT was just another Tuesday night at a T.G.I. Friday's on a busy state road in New Jersey, but the pizza, mandarin orange slices, and peace of mind made for a rare treat last month for dozens of families with autistic children.
To this purpose — benign, mind you, "democracy at the end of a gun barrel" designed to "give the People a fair slice of the cake for once, and let peace break out," as well as assure the Syndicate its own more than fair slice — a conference is held on a nameless island in a northern sea.
"Push the cause of peace".
A matter of peace enforcement.
Bringer of peace and justice.
