Dave Malloy is the composer and librettist of the electro-pop opera Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, based on Tolstoy’s War and Peace, which is playing now through Nov. 17 at Ars Nova. Malloy has written seven full-length musicals and won several awards, including an OBIE. He lives in Brooklyn and is the composer for the ensemble Banana Bag & Bodice. Malloy talked to The Eye about his most recent musical, Russian dinner clubs, Tolstoy, and vodka.
