Anastasia coming to Broadway

I'm confused. Is this a thread about which theatre Anastasia will go in, or about which show will take the Shubert Theatre?

And who is "they?"

Updated On: 4/15/16 at 11:33 PM

Well, in that case...

I'd love to see this take the Lyceum. A classic tale in a classic space. It probably won't happen though. Maybe the Longacre?

I, personally, am more interested in if this will fall under the classics rule and be considered a revival or will it be a new musical? I could see it going both ways.

I think it's doubtful that this would be classified as a revival. I think it was stated in an article that the score was mostly new and that's lot of the plot had been changed. And if Aladdin was a new musical, then this should be too.

GreasedLightning said: "I, personally, am more interested in if this will fall under the classics rule and be considered a revival or will it be a new musical? I could see it going both ways. "



Sorry to bring this discussion up again even though it seems to have been resolved several weeks ago, but:

Why ask if this will be a revival? Isn't this just based on the movie? I didn't think it had ever been on stage before, except for workshops. I feel sure that this will be a new musical just like any other musical based on a movie -- unless I'm missing something and there actually was a stage-adaptation of this movie previously? You may not even re-open this thread and see this question, but I'm genuinely curious as to why you think it might fall under the classics rule.

JBroadway said: "GreasedLightning said: "I, personally, am more interested in if this will fall under the classics rule and be considered a revival or will it be a new musical? I could see it going both ways. "



Sorry to bring this discussion up again even though it seems to have been resolved several weeks ago, but:

Why ask if this will be a revival? Isn't this just based on the movie? I didn't think it had ever been on stage before, except for workshops. I feel sure that this will be a new musical just like any other musical based on a movie -- unless I'm missing something and there actually was a stage-adaptation of this movie previously? You may not even re-open this thread and see this question, but I'm genuinely curious as to why you think it might fall under the classics rule.



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It was just a question...

Their story is well-known and the music is somewhat being reused from the musical film. Cinderella never had a professional stage adaptation and was considered a revival despite being billed "A New Broadway Musical" so I was just wondering.

I think my question wasn't anymore out of left field as Shuffle Along's producers petition to consider THAT a revival.

Are they the same as in this article?

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/arts-theater/hc-preview-anastasia-hartford-stage-20160505-story.html

Also, protip: When you mention seeing something on social media and it's a public account, link to it to save us all the grief.

GreasedLightning said: "
It was just a question...

Their story is well-known and the music is somewhat being reused from the musical film. Cinderella never had a professional stage adaptation and was considered a revival despite being billed "A New Broadway Musical" so I was just wondering.

I think my question wasn't anymore out of left field as Shuffle Along's producers petition to consider THAT a revival. "

R & H's Cinderella actually did have several professional stage productions, just never on Broadway- most notably, an Asian tour with Lea Salonga, productions by the New York City Opera, and a US tour that stopped at Madison Square Garden. And I would have to assume some sort of adaptation was available for licensing, as well. That was why it was considered a revival under the classics rule.

Since Anastasia has never had a stage adaptation, I can't imagine why it would be considered a revival.

Looks very...amateur

It doesn't look amateur it just looks low budget. So far it appears to be a unit set that doesn't change very much from scene to scene similar to the Hunchback stage adaptation. In both cases I think people were expecting a more elaborate physical production, but with both Hunchback and Anastasia I can understand why Disney and Warner Bros. may be hesitant to risk that much money on the projects.

Very curious to see how this turns out. Anybody going to see this next week?

CATSNYrevival said: "It doesn't look amateur it just looks low budget. So far it appears to be a unit set that doesn't change very much from scene to scene similar to the Hunchback stage adaptation. In both cases I think people were expecting a more elaborate physical production, but with both Hunchback and Anastasia I can understand why Disney and Warner Bros. may be hesitant to risk that much money on the projects.

I'm curious, where are you getting 'so far it appears to be a unit set that doesn't change very much from scene to scene'? All we have so far are some promotional photos from one scene (and we don't know if that scene takes place on this set, or is just for these early promo photos) and one picture of a set design...

It looks like good community theatre.

Maybe the lighting and camera angles didn't help the cause though.