FIRST LOOK: Anastasia on Broadway 

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It was really pretty in real life! I went to the broadway show yesterday and so incredibly sparkly and gorgeous !

Musical Mockingbird ik

couldn't have said it better my friend!

Musical Mockingbird With Ramin no less!

Musical Mockingbird I saw it last month and it was absolutely phenomenal! I definitely recommend everyone sees it.

Musical Mockingbird Same! I wondered why it was never on broadway and now it is!! I'm so excited!!😆

The queen does 😂

Lucy Atkinson omg!! This comment! I'm laughing so hard! 😂😂

"Oh sorry, I thought you were someone e-oh, it's you, well that's ok then."

In the off broadway version she didn't..hopefully she does in the broadway version

Lucy Atkinson The Dowagress (don't know how to How to spell it) does

me

mssr laf I, too, am a simple woman. I see Derek, I hit like, my soul is cleansed.

mssr laf same

mssr laf SAME

I swear, I screamed as soon as I saw him!!

The blue one was pretty great too. It brings back so many feels.

StormRider72 oh heyyyy fancy seein you here 😄

Haha, how's it goin?

I love your profile pic

patty garza who?

it goes on tour again after that... maybe you'll see it again!

@@sarahturner4148 when you finally got tickets for the tour and then covid cancelled it :\

@@annahill99 ik im late but yeah i was going to see it in boston. Now i have to wait till summer 2022 to see it. Lucklily we have hadestown coning in the fall.

I’m so happy I saw this on Broadway with the original cast. It’s a shame the show was cut short.☹️

@@annahill99 it's coming back!

You Nice PREACH

You Nice Carrie hope fletcher as anya

Just not Russia, am i right.. hehe

yeah exept for 99% of europe it wont matter if itll come to london lol cause they cant go anyway.

+Lauren Lopez is my queen Carrie is in Addams Family. She can't also be in Anastasia

ikr! want to see so badly

I know I'm literally almost crying right now. ~:~

Haley Masters SAME IM CRYING

@@skribbly2378 DID YOU EVER GET TO SEE IT!?

Happy Amy Yes please!!!

Happy Amy yass

it's in Stuttgart, Germany now. At least that's closer to the West End than Broadway, but it's in German obviously XD

In september it will come to the Netherlands as well!

It is supposed to but now who knows with c*vid and everything

The Anastolgia

Tina Belcher omg no you didnt

Astral Cosmos Celestial the Third sorry I fucking love you puns are my life

Erin Sarah same

Erin Sarah Your avatar is aces! Love it. I'm knitting a scarf in those exact colors for my friend. ^_^V

Erin Sarah they already announced that they're coming to West End and they'll be doing Asian shows too.

I hope it comes to California. I want to see it so bad!

Erin Sarah it's coming in a US tour this year, so a west end tour is not far behind.

Paige Kind Gonzales Well that's saying something

Paige Kind Gonzales THEY KIND OF LOOK AND SOUND THE SAME. BUT THEY ATE BOTH HOT IM CRYING

The wiles of Derek Klena

the animated feature was voiced by John Cusack

Literally nothing is hotter than cartoon Dimitri

Isobel Duncan You're not alone. I always hated the magical aspect of the show. Even as a kid.

But the plot actually still works fine without him. Had to be some kind of "evil" driving force for the movie not to be boring, I suppose. But honestly, if he hadn't been in it, I still would have watched the movie. I also always fast forward his parts. They're boring.

I agree. This version is way more plausible.

nandini upadhyay forgive me, it really bothers me when people refer to the film as a Disney movie, so I have to correct everyone who does this. I hope you understand. This film was produced by 20th century fox by Don Bluth Animation. Possibly the reason why people keep claiming it’s Disney is due to its success as a 90s animated musical, and having the main character be a princess, and, oh yeah, I guess the animal sidekick. But also because Don Bluth, and many who worked among him were originally from Disney. They did not like the way Disney as a company was going, and left in the late 70s to pursue their own animation (secret of nimh, American tail, land before time, etc). The special effects were also top notch, very comparable with Disney, if not better, considering that many iconic Disney animated scenes of that time were contracted out to Pixar, even before Toy Story.

nandini upadhyay it’s ok. It’s just that, even in the 90s, when it was new, people were claiming it was Disney. I dunno, maybe given the time, it could have been considered an honor, but no. I had to always correct them.

It’s hinted in the show Stay I pray you Is in a diff key same rhythm

FuddyduddyBella yes...

He does it a lot 🤣

Shukketsu sad it closed last year :(

Im a little upset that "In The Dark Of The Night" wont be in there. That was one of the best songs

I know, right?! I love that song! And if they wanted to change it to make it more adult--that is, to not have Rasputin be childishly explained away as a Faustian character--they could tweak the lyrics a bit to suit that. It might even make it more chilling than the original. Imagine him singing a lullaby version of it to Alexei (Anastasia's brother, who Rasputin supposedly healed) and then the minute he leaves the palace, there's a carnival-like, twisted take on the song as Rasputin walks the streets looking for all the fun a holy man shouldn't. Oh, my gods, that would be awesome!

TheaterRaven I am. I agree with your comment fully. Also, I wanted "In The Dark Of The Night"!

I don't know... I saw this musical and I loved the character of Gleb. (More accurately, I loved to hate him.) I thought he brought more power and command as a villain than the character of Rasputin. I loved the fact that the storyline was more authentic and historically accurate and considering Rasputin died before the Romanovs were killed, it would have been hard to fit that in and keep it as historically accurate as they did. Also, it being an adaptation of the 1997 film AND the film from the 50s could have explained the villain switch.

Hannah, ah, you're right. Rasputin did die before the Romanovs, so it would be hard to fit him into the stage show of "Anastasia". But that just leaves one logical solution: Rasputin needs HIS OWN musical. Seriously, his life was so messed up it would make for a deliciously dark musical, right up there with the likes of "Sweeney Todd", "The Phantom of the Opera", and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". #RasputintheMusical

Belle i will join you in that. it needs to come here

Belle it is! It's gonna be touring

I'll come too! 😉

knowing my luck it will but as always will skip Adelaide, I'm still waiting on the lion King to do Adelaide

ella-louise k I'll protest tooo!

Party Poison was it good :)

Brittany Weaver yes! I loved every part of it!!

Party Poison I have a question is the guy that lifts anya's chin the bad guy :)

+Brittany Weaver Yes. His name is Gleb, a Russian revolution official, played by RAMIN FREAKING KARIMLOO YAS

I just saw it last night and good gracious they all did amazing and it was my first broadway show too!!!! When she had to use the Dimitri's briefcase as a stepping stool to kiss him i almost died of the cuteness CHRISTY AND DEREK AHHH

yulisa mendoza I SCREAMED

Michael Castanaga RAMIN RAMIN RAMIN

Michael Castanaga DUDE SAME

I KNOW RIGHT 😍😍😍

who is ramin playing? bad guy?

Michael Castanaga YESSSS

Anthony Islam Anastasia will be really hard (and really expensive) to get tickets for, especially because theatre awards season is coming up and the Tony nominations will be announced within the next couple weeks. War Paint will certainly be easier to see. Having only seen Anastasia, I can't tell you anything about the quality of the show itself, but I saw Anastasia in previews and it was very good. Frankly, I didn't miss Rasputin. They acknowledge the political situation with the Bolsheviks without going into it too heavily. No more prancing bugs either. Just Ramin lookin' fine as ever as an evil communist.

Anthony Islam I was lucky enough to see both. If I'm being honest, War Paint was kind of boring. I often found myself daydreaming during the musical. I made the mistake once of going to a musical because it had a Broadway star I loved (Kristin Chenoweth in On the 21st Century) and the musical was yet again sooooo bad. While a musical needs a charismatic lead, if the content itself isn't good then it's pointless to have the phenomenal lead. That happened with those two musicals. Patti Lupone was amazing as always. However, to me, it wasn't worth it. I would have rather gone to see Dear Evan Hansen because it seems like a really good show and unlike War Paint the actors AND the content/songs are receiving good reviews too. I made the mistake of choosing the show with the big star. I'd recommend you don't do that. Anastasia was one I really loved because I love that movie, but it was also a really good musical. It feels as if you stepped into the old animated movie but I feel as if they added more depth to the characters.

Anthony Islam I've only seen Anastasia, which was phenomenal in EVERY way. Actors, singing, music, set, costumes... they definitely added meaningful content and changes that give context. I absolutely loved it, and was lucky enough to meet Ramin at the stage door. I would highly recommend seeing it!

lru ...there isn't

lru I think it's probably more focused on the true story (someone please correct me if I'm wrong)

Yes! Thank you! I know Rasputin is a loved villain in the movie, but he was a good guy in real life, and was a behind the scenes character then! So to be historically accurate, he would not be in this broadway! (Since that is one of the biggest issues I see people having.)

ok so why did they steal the set design, clothing and im guessing the songs from the animated movie(1997 film) if they thought the story was bad. It was never a animated documentary.

animem54; to still make it relatable. It is BASED off the movie, but just given a historical TWIST. It's a merging of what they created for the film and what really happened, so the creaters didn't "STEAL" anything.

Amanda Baxley bull. They just wanted to add more politics (even dead politics) to a great story about finding her home and family. What's unrelatable about wanting family? Thanks for the reply tho.

Christy Altomare :)

Christy Altomare, understudy 1 Kathryn Boswell, 2 Molly Rushing