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Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met. - - - - Here we follow the trials and tribulations of a mild-mannered New Jersey man who has bravely decided to be an extra in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Prokofiev's adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace. - - - - Dispatch 9: Half as Long as War and Peace and Only Twice as Funny (or Vice Versa) (8/22/08) Dispatch 8: Metropolitan Opera Highlights ... My Mediocrity (7/15/08) Dispatch 7: Painful Adolescent Angst (6/13/08) Dispatch 6: Dress Me Up, Dress Me Down (5/9/08) Dispatch 5: I Surrender Like My Name Is Pierre (3/31/08) Dispatch 4: I Hope My Legs Don't Break, Walking on the Moon (2/29/08) Dispatch 3: The Troops Face the Music (2/8/08) Dispatch 2: Dissension in the Ranks (1/14/08) Dispatch 1: New Jersey Man Marching for Holy Mother Russia (12/4/07)

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