ANASTASIA on Broadway at The Garden City Hotel.
The event was a dazzling entertainment showcase with amazing Broadway personalities and broadway celebrities.
A little Bit of a history about Anastasia: Legend believe it or not:
Above: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, c. 1914
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was the youngest daughter of Tzar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fiodorovna (Granddaughter of Queen Victoria).
She was murdered with all of her family by a Bolsheviks during the Red October Socialist revolution.
The legend talks of her possible escape circulated after her death, fueled by the fact that the location of her burial was unknown during the decades of Communist rule.
Above: The Winter Palace, The State Hermitage Museum
Winter Residense In St. Petersburg, Russia of the Royal family
Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic and adventure-filled new musical Anastasia comes to Broadway.
Above: From the Tony Award®-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show 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.
Anastasia features a book by celebrated playwright Terrence McNally and a lush, new score by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics). Tony Award-winning director Darko Tresnjak directs.
Above: Thank you to Left Gail King / Make a difference with Gail and Sara Anne for having PopImpressKA Journal as one of the media sponsors for this dazzling event
