Any thoughts on live action Anastasia - Ahrens/Flaherty

[Steve C.]

Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:30pm

While it seems that Disney owns the "animated to stage" crown(tiara), I saw the Ahrens-Flaherty musical Anastasia again recently and think that could transfer to the stage with the usual amount of rewrites and pre-production. The score and songs are very good, there are showstoppers, like St. Petersburg and all the Paris songs, the Anya and Dimitri romance is very Disney-like, it even has a cute puppy and a funny bat for the kiddies. I also think how great it was to hear Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Andrea Martin, Hank Azaria among an all-star vocal cast. I can't remember them all, the girl singing Anya is very good; maybe even Kelsey Grammar as the bad guy. I think this would have played better on Broadway than Doctor Zhivago.

Updated On: 8/10/15 at 10:30 PM

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:43pm

A stage version premieres next season at Hartford Stage to be directed by Darko Tresnjak. In June, there was a workshop featuring Elena Shaddow and Ramin Karimloo.

Updated On: 8/10/15 at 10:43 PM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:45pm

Apparently, you are not aware of the stage adaptation in the works right now that'll be trying out at Hartford Stage next year with a book by Terrence McNally and Darko Tresnjak at the helm...

[hork]

Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:51pm

More like Anesthesia.

(I'm not a fan)

[brdway411]

Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:56pm

Isn't there already like 3 threads about this? 

[Steve C.]

Posted: 8/11/15 at 1:35am

Geez, didn't mean to ruffle any feathers! I just didn't remember and when I get a little time to read some of the boards I don't really go back months to see what people were saying 2 or 3 months ago. I'm glad it seems to be happening anyway.