This week we chat with Zoe Jeffrey about which of life's truths can be gleaned from not-a-Disney-film turned Broadway show - Anastasia!

The Hollywood Reporter reviewer, David Rooney, wrote "The seamlessness and storytelling economy of that opening sequence is quite impressive, deftly handling the ambiguity surrounding Anastasia's fate, while her family is murdered by revolutionaries. But the long first act gets bogged down, and while Ahrens and Flaherty certainly know how to craft a narrative-driven song, the music is more often serviceable than inspired. McNally's book dutifully follows the Disney-princess model...The second act picks up considerably with the 1927 move to Paris..."

- FURTHER READING -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_(musical)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_(1997_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

https://anastasia-broadway.fandom.com/wiki/Anastasia_Broadway_Wiki

https://anastasiathemusical.com/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118617/

https://music.apple.com/us/album/anastasia-original-broadway-cast-recording/1239977872

https://open.spotify.com/album/2dDzJlbHoVGKMGZF4wQfla

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