Brittain Ashford Deserves a Tony (and if you Don't Know Who That Is I will Tell you)

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Were this tumblr, I would call this a side blog dedicated to Brittain Ashford, otherwise known as BCAT or @kittendonut. I've never met her, but she's a lot of things.


Brittain Ashford is....
A precious cinnamon roll


The owner of an adorable fluffy cat named Princess Fifo

The frontwoman of a Brooklyn-based indie band

The autoharp player in Dave Malloy's Ghost Quartet

But most of all, Ashford is known for her performance as Sonya Rostova in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, a broadway-bound pop opera which once starred Phillipa Soo, in its initial run, as Sonya's cousin Natasha, the main character. Ashford is someone of a whole different sort than Soo and this journal is dedicated to her and her being an underappreciated precious cinnamon roll.

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Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 images
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(selfie from the Boston production, 2015)

(As Sonya onstage, off-Broadway 2012/13)

(With Phillipa Soo)

(With fellow cast member Grace McLean at the show's CD launch)

(Photo of all the main ladies in the Great Comet cast for Chance Magazine)

With Denée Benton as Natasha in the Boston production

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Images pertaining to Prairie Empire and her solo releases

Left: Her first album "There But For you Go I," 2008. Right: debut release from her band Prairie Empire, self-titled, 2012. The website of Prairie Empire is http://prairieempire.org
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Photo Shoots





Performing Live





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Click the image to here her sing "Sonya Alone" from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

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Fan art by Macaroon22 on tumblr

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If you like the following artists, you might like Brittain Ashford

1. Sara Bareilles. They sound kind of alike.
Compare Brittain's "Song for You" https://youtu.be/sCD5go_vdLI?t=30s
and Sara's "Bluebird" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMba8...

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"Starchild" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njFkC...
it's so beautiful *cries*

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Sonya aesthetic

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Find the Ghost Quartet album at http://davemalloy.bandcamp.com/album/...

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I'm listening to Ghost Quartet and the harmonies are gorgeous

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her speaking voice in Ghost quartet sounds like Barrett Wilbert Weed

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Find more Brittain at http://kittendonut-weekly.tumblr.com

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