Earlier this month, musician and actor Mary Knapp released her solo album Disco Eclipse. The album tells the story of the accordionist鈥檚 unconventional journey to Broadway in the Tony-nominated Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.
鈥淚 was operating exclusively in the DIY music scene when out of the blue I got an email requesting an appointment for me to audition for the Great Comet,鈥� she tells 半岛体育. 鈥淎 month later, in September 2016, I started rehearsals for what would be the most physically intense and rewarding show in my life to date.鈥�
Knapp made her Broadway debut in the ensemble鈥攁 track that would take its toll on her body. 鈥淚 was not a trained dancer, and my body hurt almost the entire run of the show, but leading up to Tonys, I knew I had a more serious injury,鈥� Knapp says. Disco Eclipse tells Knapp鈥檚 story, injury and all. The song 鈥淏zzzness鈥� is a duet with fellow Great Comet star Grace McLean and Knapp鈥檚 ode to War & Peace, the source material for the Dave Malloy-penned musical.
She penned most of the music while on Broadway; 鈥淐ivilians,鈥� 鈥淏loody Murder,鈥� and 鈥淧layground Politics鈥� epitomize her experience at the height of the show鈥檚 journey. 鈥淩ainy Day,鈥� 鈥淭oot Suite,鈥� 鈥淪way,鈥� and 鈥淔ault Line鈥� describe the aftermath of leaving the show, 鈥渉aving nothing to do all day, that your career is at a stand still... and finally finding your rhythm again.鈥�
