Madrid īranding as seen on the Coliseum Theatre in Madrid The show closed on Maafter 808 regular and 34 preview performances. The production was met with mixed reviews by critics, citing uneven subplots and an overly long running time as primary issues. The musical opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 23, 2017, in previews, later officially on April 24, featuring most of the original Hartford principal cast.
The musical also omits the supernatural elements from the original film, including the character of Rasputin and his musical number " In the Dark of the Night", and introduces instead a new villain called Gleb, a general for the Bolsheviks who receives orders to kill Anya. Additionally, Act 1 is set in Russia and Act 2 in Paris, "which was everything modern Soviet Russia was not: free, expressive, creative, no barriers", according to McNally. The musical also adds characters not in the film. We've kept the best parts of the animated movie, but it really is a new musical". ĭirector Tresnjak explained: "We've kept, I think, six songs from the movie, but there are 16 new numbers. The show was directed by Darko Tresnjak and choreography by Peggy Hickey, with Christy Altomare and Derek Klena starring as Anya and Dmitry, respectively. The original stage production of Anastasia premiered at the Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut for previews on May 13, 2016. A workshop was held on June 12, 2015, in New York City, and included Elena Shaddow as Anya, Ramin Karimloo as Gleb Vaganov, a new role, and Douglas Sills as Vlad. Years later, an amnesiac orphan named Anya hopes to find some trace of her family by siding with two con men who wish to take advantage of her likeness to the Grand Duchess.Īfter completing a pre-Broadway run in Hartford, Connecticut, the show premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in April 2017, and since then it has spawned multiple productions worldwide.Ī reading was held in 2012, featuring Kelli Barret as Anya (Anastasia), Aaron Tveit as Dmitry, Patrick Page as Vladimir, and Angela Lansbury as the Empress Maria.
Based on the 1997 Don Bluth animated film of the same name, the musical adapts the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who could have escaped the execution of her family. Anastasia is a musical play with music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and a book by Terrence McNally.
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