ULucas Steele njengoAnatole kwi ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet yowe-1812’UChad Batka Inkqubo ye- Usuku lwegroundhog umculo udlala kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga ka-Agasti Wilson, kodwa isiqingatha seshumi leebhloko kumazantsi, uLucas Steele ebesebenzisa iiyure ezifanayo kubomi buka-Anatole Kuragin amaxesha ngamaxesha. Njengomnye wamalungu amabini kuphela abekade ene- UNatasha, uPierre kunye noKomkhulu oMkhulu wowe-1812 Ukusukela oko wazalwa ngo-2012, uLucas Steele wadibana noNatasha oselula (kwaye wazibandakanya), waba nomdla, wacetyiswa, wagxothwa kwinkulungwane ye-19 yoluntu lwaseMoscow, ngaphezulu kwamaxesha angama-500.
Ndicinga ukuba zimbini izinto ezincedayo ukuyigcina iphila, utshilo uSteele. Enye yexesha apho unabantu abatsha abaza [kudlala] oza kudlala kubo — ndingasebenza umdlali ofanayo kunyaka olungileyo kwaye ndifumane into entsha kubo, ke ngokuqinisekileyo besingekho imeko inde ngokwaneleyo ngesixa sabantu abahle abangene kwisiqwenga sokuba banxibe.
Sihleli sobabini kwi-Stinger Bar kwi-Continental Hotel. Enye into ebaluleke kakhulu kulo mboniso wonke, uSteele uthi, ngabaphulaphuli. Oku kusondele- wenza umqondiso ngakwi-barstool-wide phakathi kwethu-njengoko uhleli kum ngoku. Bangumntu wesithathu kuloo ndawo. Ke, inyani yokuba bahlala ubusuku ngabunye, kwaye bayaphila kwaye batsha kwaye batsha, kwaye abayazi ncam into eza kwenzeka, yile yamandla amangalisayo ukuze bakwazi ukukhupha kuyo.
Nangona isondele kakhulu kunesiqalo sayo sokuqala eArs Nova ngo-2012 kunye nemveliso yayo elandelayo kwintente kwiSithili seMatpacking, Umzobi omkhulu eImperial Theatre ikhuphe umdlalo onomdla wokudala ulwalamano olusenyongweni lwaseRussia kwigumbi elikhulu le-Broadway. Abadlali baluka phakathi kwezihlalo, behamba kumaqonga anqumla kwigumbi elibomvu-velvet, bephosa iipirogu, amanqaku, kunye nokujonga ngothando kumalungu abaphulaphuli njengoko iyelenqe lifuna njalo. Okokugqibela koku kukukhethekileyo kukaSteele's Anatole Kuragin, uCasanova oqinisekileyo kunye neplatinum pompadour otshintshela eqongeni noDavid Bowie swagger kunye nomgca wentshayelelo kwingoma yokuvula exelela abaphulaphuli phantse yonke into ekufuneka siyazi ngaye: U-Anatole ushushu. Uchitha imali yakhe kubafazi nakwewayini. 
ULucas Steele.USuzanne Fiore
U-Anatole, olukuhla abantu basetyhini abaza kutshata kungekudala kwaye axhwithe imali ezandleni zabahlobo bakhe, yeyona nto ikufutshane kumntu okhohlakeleyo kwisiqwenga Umzobi omkhulu. Kodwa kunjalo, uSteele uthi, ayilunganga kwaphela into yokucinga ngaye njengomntu ombi. Ndicinga ukuba mna, villains bayayazi into yokuba benza into engalunganga. Kwaye [u-Anatole] akanalo nofifi. Uyifumana ekugqibeleni, ndiyacinga; kukho umzuzu omfutshane wokuqonda ukuba, oh, bekufanele ukuba ndiyiphathe ngendlela eyahlukileyo le , kodwa akangomabhovu-amdaka kum. Ungumntwana nje nyani, ngokuthi 'ndibona into ekhazimlayo, ndiyifuna eyam, ndiza kuyidiliza ndide ndiyifumane' indlela. Ujonge esipilini, kwaye ucinga, Kulungile ukuya.
Ukufana, kwisimo sengqondo nakwindlela abajonga ngayo abantu basetyhini, kumongameli wethu wangoku akulahlekanga kuthi njengoko echaza uAnatole.
Xa uDonald Trump ejonge esipilini, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ayikude lee ukucinga ukuba ubona umntu okhangeleka efana noLucas Steele. Ngamehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye neenwele ezimhlophe (iblitshi zonke iiveki ezi-6 okanye ukuphumeza iplatinam ebandayo kumdlalo), uSteele uza njengenkosana yeDisney eyangena kwisiXeko saseNew York Ukuthanjiswa- njengemeko (ngubani oya kuthi enze isigqibo esisengqiqweni nesicacileyo sokulandela ikhondo lemidlalo yeqonga).
Ngapha koko, ubuhle bukaDisney bukaDisney yayiyinto yeqela lemveliso elalifanele ukuba liyazi xa beyila ukuba uAnatole uza kujongeka njani kwiBroadway.
[KwiArs Nova,] iinwele zam zazinde kwaye zisezantsi kwaye ziluhlobo lwefloppy. Into endiyibonileyo, nakwiingxoxo ebesinazo, ngu [Anatole] ubonakala ngathi yiNkosana eCharming-ngathi nayo, yahlukana, yaphinda yanebhlazana. Ndijonge nje ngolu hlobo luqhelekileyo lweNkosana. umntu omelezayo. Xa safudukela eBroadway, ndaye ndancokola [nomqambi] uDave Malloy malunga nayo. Uthe, 'Andizifaki kwizimvo zoyilo rhoqo, kwaye ndifumanisa kuba andenzi njalo, abantu bayamamela ngakumbi xa ndenza njalo. Kwaye ndinyuse iinwele zakho.
Kwaye ke, iinwele zika-Anatole zaya, ipompadour eyenziwe kakuhle enika umbono wokuba yinkosana ongathanda ukuyizisa ekhaya kubazali bakho nangaphezulu komntu odibana naye kwiklabhu enomsebenzi wezezimali owaziyo, wena nje yazi , izakubi kuwe kodwa awungekhe uzincede.
Ndiziva ngokunyanisekileyo ngathi asifani nakweliphi na inqanaba, utshilo uSteele malunga nokufana nobuntu bakhe. Obo bubunewunewu bokumdlala: Ndiza kukhupha iidemon ezininzi kwaye ndiphume ndiye phaya ndenze ngathi andizukukwenza nto, kwaye ngathi andizikhangeli ngokwam ngeglasi yokukhulisa kwaye ndibone yonke into 'engalunganga. 'nam, okanye into endiya kuyitshintsha okanye ndiyilungise. Ke uyandithuthuzela ekupheleni kosuku ukuba ndinyamalale ndiye kulo mntu uzithembileyo kwaye alandele kanye le nto ayifunayo.
Ijonge ecaleni, enye enye ukufana phakathi kukaSteele noAnatole kunokuba kwisakhono sabo somculo: Umzobi omkhulu ibeka abadlali bayo ekuhlawuliseni kabini njengee-troubadours ezijikelezayo, bedlala izixhobo ecaleni kweengoma zabo. UDolokhov uphantse wangaze abe sesiteji ngaphandle kwesigingci sakhe, uJosh Groban's Pierre uvula umboniso ngekhodiyoni kunye noAnatole-ewe, u-Anatole uhlala elungile kwaye enesilevu sakhe kwi-violin.
Utatomkhulu wam usweleke kwaye wandishiyela ivayolin xa ndandimalunga neshumi elinanye, kwaye ke ndiye ndaqala ukuthatha izifundo kuba ndifuna ukumhlonipha, utshilo uSteele. Kwakukho lo mzuzu ungqalileyo kunye noNkskz. Chase, utitshala wam wevayolin kwisikolo sikawonke-wonke— ndadlala isifundo sam kwincwadi yezifundo, ndathi ukugqiba kwam wathi, 'Lumka, Carnegie Hall, nanko kusiza uLucas Steele. Ndaye ndaguqukela kuye ndathi, 'Yintoni iCarnegie Hall?'
Kwasebuncinaneni bakhe, italente yakhe yomculo ethandekayo yaqala ukuchukumisa abantu abadala ababemngqongile.
Ndaqala ukudlala ipiyano xa ndandineminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha. Ndaye kwivenkile yesebe nomama wam kunye nomakhulu wam-kwakukujikeleze uMbulelo, kwaye baqhubeka belahleka kula kona yevenkile apho kwakukho le piyano incinci itafile. Baza kuyiva idlala, bayokundithatha, emva koko bandifumane kwakhona. Umakhulu wam wayichola kwaye bandinika ngeKrisimesi, kwaye ndayibeka ecaleni kwepiyano yethu enkulu. Umama ebethatha izifundo zokudlala amaculo ecaweni, kwaye ebesenza le ngoma, ndaye ndahlala phantsi ndadlala iculo ngendlebe.
Ukubona imveliso ye Ungene kwihlathi Kumabonwakude uSteele walunywa yiSondheim bug. Yayiyicwecwe lakhe lokuqala awalithengayo, kungekudala walandelwa IMis kunye noNkosazana Saigon. USteele wajoyina iimveliso ezimbalwa zemidlalo yeqonga emva koko wafudukela kwisiXeko saseNew York.
Ukusekwa kwebali lemvelaphi kaSteele kuyenza ibe ye-archetypal eqinisekileyo: emaphandleni ePennsylvania. Utata wayenevenkile yeemoto notat'omkhulu wayenayo, kusapho kangangeminyaka engama-90, ke ndikhule ndijikeleze iimoto ezininzi: ndisebenza egaraji, ndihlamba iimoto ezininzi, nditshintsha ioyile. Andizange ndenze umsebenzi we-injini-lowo yayingumninawa wam-kodwa ndiyayazi indlela yam yokujikeleza amavili. Ndinomakazi kunye nomalume abangabalimi bobisi. Ke ehlotyeni, kuba bendihlala ‘edolophini’ — uSteele uyahleka kwaye ubeka igama elichaza idolophu yakhe encinci kwizicatshulwa zomoya-Ehlotyeni, bendizakuhlala iiveki ezimbalwa efama. Ndifunde ukubaluleka kokusebenza nzima. Amafama ngokwenene ngamaqhawe angaziwayo. Kancinci igama le-star-ish igama (igama lokwenyani, uyafunga) nangona kunjalo, ngamabinzana afana nalawo avusa urhwebo lweenkongolo zalapha. Ungumfanekiso wenkcazo ebanzi: inkwenkwana yasefama yedolophu encinci ethandana nomculo, kunye nemidlalo yeqonga, kwaye ihambela kwisixeko esikhulu ukulandela amaphupha ayo. 
ULucas Steele.USuzanne Fiore
Kwaye oko wazinza kwindima ka-Anatole kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, wayenemincili ukuyibukela itshintsha kwaye ikhula-ngokwekhanda, kunye namalungu adlalwayo adlala ngokuchasene.
Kukho ukuphakama kuPierre wakhe ovela ekubeni nesixhobo esingakholelekiyo, uSteele uthi ngoJosh Groban, imvumi edumileyo eyayijoyina njengenye yeendima zemboniso yomboniso xa isiza kuBroadway. Ukwenza kwakhe, naye, uhlala kwindawo ekugxilwe kuyo nge-laser. Lowo ngumahluko endiwukhawuleleyo phakathi kwakhe kwaye, masithi, uDave Malloy [umqambi womdlalo owayekwiNdima yeArs Nova kunye nentente yeSithili seMatpacking]. Xa ndibukela uJosh's Pierre, yindoda eqhutywa yifilosofi yakhe, kwaye ifilosofi yiyo emkhokelayo kwisityhilelo sakhe ngokweemvakalelo. UDave Malloy's Pierre uchasene naloo nto. Yindoda eqhutywa yimvakalelo yakhe, ekhokelela kwifilosofi yakhe.
Ugxininiso lukaGroban, utshilo uSteele, ethe ngqo, uzibandakanya ngokusisigxina kuzo zonke iinkcukacha, ezivumela amaxesha amancinci ubusuku ngabunye kwinqanaba elinokuphoswa ngabaphulaphuli.
Kukho mhlawumbi abantu abahlanu ngobusuku ababona oku kuxhomekeke kwindawo ohleli kuyo, kodwa kukho umzuzu noHelene, ekupheleni komboniso, xa ndibamba uhlobo, xa intloko yam isesifubeni sakhe, kwaye uPierre uthi , 'Sukuthetha nam, mfazi, kukho into ngaphakathi kum,' kwaye loo mgca ubonakalisa ubundlobongela, kunye nomsindo, okhoyo ePierre, kwaye uluhlobo lokuba ubethe uHelene ngaphambili. Intloko yam isesifubeni sakhe, kwaye ndikhangeleka ngathi ndijonge phezulu, kwaye siyajongana, kwaye kukho olu tshintshiselwano lwenzekayo luyinyani kuthi, njengaye esithi, 'Wenze ntoni, kwaye ndiza kuthini lihlawule ixabiso loku? ’Kodwa kuphela ngabantu abahleli etafileni ngakwizinyuko — noJosh — abayibonayo loo nto.
Ndibonile Umzobi omkhulu Kabini, kwiokhestra nakwiindawo zokutyela, kwaye nakwindawo endandikuyo ndandinethamsanqa elaneleyo lokuba ndibambe ukubonwa komoya phakathi kwabantakwethu ababini baseKuragin, kwaye nam, ekumameleni kwam okungapheliyo ekurekhodweni kwe-cast-yeha, i-off-Broadway cast -Ukuthatha ubundlobongela phakathi kukaPierre nenkosikazi yakhe engathembekanga. Umboniso ngokwawo unzima kwaye ucocekile njengenoveli engqindilili yaseRussia yezixhobo zawo, intsomi yajika yazenzela into engathandekiyo kwaye ikho kwaye yamangalisa.
Kuluxanduva lwethu ukuhlala sigcwalisa umzuzu ngamnye apho amagama engathethwanga ngolwazi oluchaphazela indlela abaphulaphuli ababona ngayo aba bantu kwaye ibanike umbono wokuba ngoobani, oko kubonakala kusisiseko, utshilo uSteele, kodwa xa uhlala ujikeleza iba lelinye inqanaba elipheleleyo lezinto ezininzi ezenziwayo.
Ezo zihlandlo, njengoko amalungu e-cast ahamba phakathi kweqonga elingenasinxibo, awanakuphela kwaye akunakwenzeka ukuba enze ikhathalogu: phakathi kwabadlali kunye nabaphulaphuli, isamente kunye ne-cast, naphakathi kwelungu labaphulaphuli kunye nelungu labaphulaphuli, abantu abajonga iitafile ezincinci ezazithe saa jongana namehlo nomhlobo okanye umntu ongamaziyo kwaye unike umbono othi, Ngaba olu ayilulo uhlobo olungakholelekiyo?
