bwayphreak234 said: "Last year I saw Bandstand and Anastasia on back to back nights. I disliked both, but I remember thinking while seeing Anastasia on Wednesday night (after seeing Bandstand Tuesday night) how much better Anastasia would have been with Laura Osnes and Corey Cott as Anya and Dimiti."
I honestly would have bored out of my mind with those two. Christy, while still in the cookie cutter Princess mold, there is a small window of grit and tough survivor in her persona. Only a shadow but it's there. She even had decent comic timing when it's called for. I think they only reason we don't see it more is the writing. McNally really didn't write what one would call a good book, it's quite lackluster. I love Laura to bits, but there's not one sliver of grit, toughness, or comic wit to her natural persona. I've seen her live three or four times now and even when there's a moment that calls for good comic timing, she does not deliver. For example, the moment Anya is railing at who she thinks is Dimitri for his con scheme, while the Empress enters and she turns and sees it's not him, it's actually reads well with Christy, and I can't in any way see Laura delivering moments like that well. I actually gave a good chuckle at Christy's delivery, but I doubt I would have done so with Laura, because comedienne, she is not. She just doesn't have good comic timing. I can't imagine she didn't try for Anya though.
And funny, Laura and Christy are the same age, but Laura actually looks her age, Christy reads much younger. I was fooled for ages into thinking she was mid 20's or so. Laura just looks the slightest bit too old for it.
Updated On: 2/24/18 at 11:42 AM
. She's a Tony nominee and a safe bet - surely, she was the front-runner. I just don't know the reason and thought someone here might be able to shed some light. Scheduling conflict? I do see she might be perceived as less gritty/too refined for Act I, but surely there was more to not securing her for this role than that, right? 
