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Get Your First Look At The National Tour Of Anastasia

News Desk October 18th, 2018

Now On Tour!

The national tour of Anastasia is now under-way! Take a look at the cast in action in these newly released production images. Lila Coogan leads the cast as Princess Anastasia with Stephen Brower as Dmitry and Jason Michael Evans as Gleb.

Also featured in the cast is Joy Franz as Dowager Empress, Tari Kelly as Countess Lily, Edward Staudenmayer as Vlad and Victoria Amelia Bingham as Little Anastasia.

Anastasia originally opened on Broadway in April 2017 and features a score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and book by Terrence McNally. The production's first national tour kicked off in Schenectady, New York, on October 9 and is scheduled to play over 30 cities across the US!

What is Anastasia about?

Orphaned at a young age and unable to remember her parents or family, feisty street sweeper Anya falls in with charismatic conmen Vlad and Dmitry who, seeing an opportunity they can't miss, train her in the ways of the aristocracy, in a style similar to Eliza in My Fair Lady. They have their sights set on Paris, where the Dowager Empress resides. Mother of the overthrown Tsar Nicholas II and one of the only surviving Romanovs after the Russian Revolution, the Dowager Empress holds out hope that her long-lost granddaughter Anastasia survived the terrible revolt.

Vlad and Dmitry, realising Anya is the spitting image of Anastasia, convince her to sneak out of Russia with them to meet the Empress and claim their reward. Yet along with their grand adventure, a budding romance blossoms between our heroine and the dashing young Dmitry, while the mystery of her birth unravels...

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From the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, the new musical is the story of a brave young woman attempting to discover the mystery of her past while finding a place for herself in the rapidly changing world of a new century.

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Inspired by the beloved films, Anastasia   transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family. With its opulent settings, dazzling costumes, and a soaring score including the song favorites from the hit animated film, “Journey to the Past” and “Once Upon a December,” Anastasia is the spectacular new musical about discovering who you are and defining who you’re meant to be.

"Anastasia is the real thing! Fantastic, intelligent, well-crafted, and exhilarating, Anastasia deserves a coronation!"" The Wall Street Journal Edward Rothstein

"Captivating, beautifully staged and emotionally vital. Anastasia hits the sweet spot!" Hollywood Reporter David Rooney

"A sweeping adventure, romance and historical epic that piles discovery upon discovery. Its fine craftsmanship will satisfy musical theater fans." Time Out New York Adam Feldman

Cast & Creative

Christy Altomare made her Broadway debut as Sophie in Mamma Mia! . She's been seen off-Broadway in Carrie and also starred as Wendla in the national tour of Spring Awakening . Her regional credits include Daddy Long Legs (Jerrusha); Camelot (Guenevere, Chicago); Anastasia (Anya, Hartford Stage, Connecticut Critics Circle Award). Christy was named Broadway.com Star of the Year in 2017.

Cody Simpson makes his Broadway debut in Anastasia . He burst onto the music scene in 2009 after being discovered and signed by Atlantic Records. He has gone on to release multiple records, touring with Justin Bieber and creating his new band, Cody Simpson & the Tide. Simpson recently performed for the Queen of England at Buckingham Palace and spoke at the United Nations Ocean Conference as the UN Development Program's Ocean Advocate.

Constantine Germanacos originated the parts of Tsar Nicholas II and Count Ipolitov in the Hartford Stage and Broadway productions of  Anastasia . Broadway:  Evita.  Favorites:  The Light in the Piazza  (SFBATCC Award);  The Unsinkable Molly Brown  (Henry Award nomination);  My Fair Lady ;  Les Misérables ; Encores!; Carnegie Hall, Jazz @ LC, Hollywood Bowl and Sydney Opera House with Kristen Chenoweth. Humbled to share the stage with this exceptional company! Much love to my family in San Francisco, Greece and England.

Vicki Lewis has been seen on Broadway in Damn Yankees, Chicago and  The Crucible (Roundabout) as well as Encores! production of  Pal Joey . Her television and film credits include (most notably): Newsradio, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Middle, Angie Tribeca, Making History, Doll and Em, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Grey’s Anatomy, Three Sisters, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Caroline in the City, The Ugly Truth, Godzilla, Mousehunt and Pushing Tin . Her voice can be heard in a myriad of animated projects including Pixar’s Finding Nemo and Finding Dory .

Broadway: Leading roles in  Anastasia ,  A Christmas Story: The Musical ,  Dames At Sea ,  Curtains ,  Monty Python’s   Spamalot ,  Contact ,  Titanic ,  How To Succeed…,  featured in  Damn Yankees . National Tour: Horace Vandergelder in  Hello, Dolly!    Carnegie Hall (NY Pops) and Lincoln Center (NY Philharmonic) headliner. Frank in San Francisco Opera’s  Show Boat . Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire, Rivera, Lortel Award nominations. Film:  Mapplethorpe . TV: recurring/guest star on The Blacklist, FBI, Evil, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Madam Secretary, Gossip Girl, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Law & Order, All My Children .

Penny Fuller has been seen on Broadway in  Sunday in the Park with George (2017 revival), Applause (Tony nomination), The Dinner Party (Tony nomination), Dividing the Estate, Cabaret, Rex and  Barefoot in The Park . Off-Broadway credits include  Three Viewings, New England, Beautiful Child and  Southern Comforts . Solo musical 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti . Additional New York appearances include  A New Brain, As You Like It, Richard III, Henry IV (Shakespeare in the Park). TV: 5 Emmy nominations, The Elephant Man (Emmy award). NY cabaret clubs and 2013 MAC Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Review: ANASTASIA at the National Arts Centre

Although there is nothing earth shattering about Anastasia, the scenery, costumes, and cast performances are all excellent reasons to see the show during its national tour stop in Ottawa.

Broadway Across Canada's presentation of Anastasia , the musical inspired by the 1997 animated film of the same name, has finally arrived in Ottawa after a Covid-related postponement last April. The crowd was visibly excited on opening night, especially the children in the audience. Anastasia starts out dark; it is a turbulent time in history, after all. After the Romanov family is assassinated - this is implied, rather than directly shown, but may still be scary for the littlest viewers - the story jumps ahead to 1927.

We meet Anya ( Veronica Stern ), now a young woman, suffering from amnesia and longing to find her family. Through hazy dreams, she has come to believe her grandmother lives in Paris. Meanwhile, there is a rumour on the streets of Saint Petersburg that Anastasia Romanov has survived the assassination. Dmitry (Willem Butler), a con artist, and Vlad ( Bryan Seastrom ), a fake ex-aristocrat, convince Anya to help conduct a scheme that will lead the trio out of poverty-stricken Russia to Paris, where the Dowager Empress ( Gerri Weagraff ) now lives. The plan is that, once Dmitry and Vlad present Anya to the Dowager as her long-lost Anastasia, Anya will live happily ever after, and her cohorts will reap the reward money. As she is educated on the Romanov family history and noble mannerisms, Anya begins to believe that she may, in truth, be Anastasia. Complicating matters, Anya comes to the attention of the Russian army and Gleb ( Ben Edquist ), a Bolshevik soldier, is instructed to pursue her and either bring her back to Russia or kill her.

Stern, making her National Tour debut, is one of BroadwayWorld's "People to Watch in 2022" and it is easy to see why. She gave a compelling performance as Anya, bringing her character's attributes to the forefront - insecurity, fear, strength, and resilience. Edquist gave an impressive performance as the conflicted soldier, sworn to do his duty but unsure that he can carry out the orders.

Seastrom, together with Madeline Raube as Countess Lily, were mainly used as comic relief, but played it up to the audience, who enjoyed every moment. I loved watching Raube use her body to convey her character, something that I was perhaps more aware of than the average viewer, thanks to our pre-show discussion . Act II's "Land of Yesterday" enabled Raube to really showcase her skills and was a highlight of the show for me.

A supporting character that really stood out to me was Amin Fuson as the ill-fated Count Ipolitov. His rendition of "Stay, I Pray You" was heartfelt and allowed him to shine. Anastasia is Fuson's professional debut and, if his performance here is anything to judge by, he should have a long and successful career ahead.

The Swan Lake ballet performance was wonderfully executed. Some of the ensemble have extensive ballet training and they were able to put their talent on full display. I loved that they were able to take their bows after the ballet number and bask in the well-deserved applause from the audience.

Anastasia has liberally borrowed ideas from some of the best-known and loved musicals. For example, Dmitry and Vlad's grooming of Anya to pass her off as nobility is heavily reminiscent of My Fair Lady . Gleb's character bears many similarities to that of Les Misérables' Javert but is, regretfully, not nearly as flushed out. The music box as a connection to the past, playing an instrumental version of the recurring theme song is a subtle nod to The Phantom of the Opera . Although it shares elements with some of those great musicals, Anastasia doesn't feel like it has quite the same staying power as its inspiration.

Where Anastasia really excels is in its lavish costumes ( Linda Cho ) and scenery ( Alexander Dodge ). The scenic design was superbly done, incorporating screens in an unobtrusive, seamless way so that, at times, it was difficult to discern what was on the screens and what was an actual stage prop. It was also used to extend the stage and even brought the audience to the top of the Eiffel Tower. In the first act, the screens were also used brilliantly to show the army descending on the palace. My favourite part of the show incorporated all the best elements of the musical. In "Once Upon a December", the costumes, set and stage design come together with the cast's vocals, led by Stern, to create a beautifully poignant, haunting, and magical scene.

Although there may be nothing earth shattering about Anastasia , the scenery, costumes, and cast performances are all excellent reasons to see the show during its national tour stop in Ottawa. Its overarching themes of the importance of family and finding oneself are relatable and appealing to all ages and the musical is visually stunning. You can be part of the journey to the past with Anastasia at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa through September 4, 2022. Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.

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The performance schedule varies. Please see the ticketing calendar for the most up-to-date schedule.

Anastasia is approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes, including one intermission

Anastasia  may be inappropriate for ages 7 and under. Please be advised that children under the age of 4 will not be permitted into the Theater.

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Anastasia  is being performed at the Broadhurst Theatre , located at 235 West 44th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues.

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• Monday to Saturday from 10am – 8pm
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ANASTASIA is currently on a National and International Tour.

Visit our U.S. Tour Page , Madrid, Spain Pag e, or, Stuttgart, Germany Page  for more information.

Broadway tickets are now on sale through January 13, 2019. Click Here for more info.

Anastasia  Broadway currently offers $42 tickets through a daily digital lottery. The lottery opens at midnight on the day of each performance. The lottery closes at 9am for matinees and 2pm for evening performances. Please visit www.anastasiabroadwaylottery.com to enter.

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Theater Review: ANASTASIA (National Tour)

by Tony Frankel on October 14, 2019

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ON ANASTASIA, AMNESIA, AND ANESTHESIA

First came the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who was murdered in 1918 just after the Bolshevik Revolution, most likely by Vladimir Lenin’s secret police. Then came the rumors that she was still alive. Then came the imposters, keeping alive one of the most popular historical mysteries of the 20th century. Although it has been proven through DNA testing of bodies discovered in a mass grave that Anastasia was indeed killed, the story of What if she did survive? remains a popular notion in books and films.

In 1997, a very decent movie — 20th Century Fox’s first animated film — came along retelling the story of Anastasia, beginning with her childhood in 1916 Russia. In the musical film, Rasputin curses the Romanovs, and little Anastasia is separated from her grandmother, the Dowager Empress. After growing up in an orphanage, she emerges as a young woman called Anya. The amnesiac Anya, heir to the Romanov fortune, encounters entrepreneurs who seek an Anastasia look-alike in hopes of collecting a reward in Paris from the aged Dowager Empress. Despite demonic interference from Rasputin, the three travel to Paris where another problem awaits: the Dowager Empress is now skeptical of the parade of impostors.

When the composing team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens took some of their whimsical tunes to Broadway, they brought on their Ragtime co-creator Terrence McNally to adapt the screenplay. He kept the story about the same, including the dashing rapscallion love interest, Dmitry, but dropped the sneering villain, his sorcery and the animal sidekick, a talking bat. He even added some moments that steer this family-oriented musical into some grisly territory (the new villain, Gleb, is a general for the Bolsheviks who receives orders to kill Anya), but the National Tour of the Broadway production (which closed last March 31 after 808 performances) proves that they’re mere stabs at maturity because everything else is so broadly convivial, and, well, cartoonish. And yet — and this is a big “yet” — even this so-so musical outshines nearly all of the crap parading as the Best of Broadway. It’s clear that this kind of anesthesia is just swell to patrons who are sick of the nightly news.

Ahrens and Flaherty have kept the good earworm songs from the film: “Once Upon a December” and “Journey to the Past” (which is now the big Act I closer), and added some fairly good ones: The anthem “The Neva Flows” and a mournful last goodbye to the motherland, “Stay, I Pray You” (which made me miss “Anatevka” from Fiddler on the Roof more than said motherland). The rest is fairly forgettable filler.

One of the musical’s redeeming qualities is a comical couple with a past: con man Vlad (Dmitry’s partner-in-crime) and Countess Lily, who looks after the Dowager Empress in Paris. The physical comedy and their raunchy duet, “The Countess and the Common Man,” easily receives the biggest laughs and applause of the night. The problem is that their joviality is incongruous with the period drama (McNally is far more successful with comedy than drama anyway).

Director Darko Tresnjak seems to have gotten what he wanted out of the material, which lies in a sort of limbo between source material and alterations, and between broad comedy and historical drama. In theory, the musical has every element of a successful show: A talented and abundant cast of more than two dozen actors; Linda Cho’s gorgeous Tony-winning period costumes, Peggy Hickey’s choreography, neatly shifting gears from elegant ballroom dancing to the Swan Lake ballet to excessively slapstick maneuvers; Aaron Rhyne’s brilliantly beautiful projections (which, situated behind the 3-D proscenium set nonetheless look like wallpaper on my laptop); and a pre-existing property with a built-in audience.

In execution, however, the book’s odd tonal shifts and shoulder-shrugging score keep this from being a great musical. It’s not a flop but I didn’t flip. (Which doesn’t mean it won’t be stopping in some grand palace near you for years.) But it will always suffer from an identity crisis, just like all of those Anastasia impostors.

photos by Matthew Murphy

Anastasia national tour at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until October 27, 2019 for tickets, call 800-982-2787 or visit  Pantages tour continues through 2020 for dates and cities, visit  Anastasia

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