Anastasia – das Musical

In the organizer's words:

The myth of the whereabouts of the youngest daughter of the Tsar

Book by Terrence McNally / Music by Stephen Flaherty / Vocal lyrics by Lynn Ahrens / Inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Pictures film in collaboration with Buena Vista Theatrical / Based on the play by Marcelle Maurette, adapted by Guy Bolton / German by Wolfgang Adenberg and Ruth Deny

When little Anastasia receives a music box as a present from her grandmother, she has no idea that she is holding a kind of key to her future. A short time later, her grandmother has disappeared and Anastasia's family is murdered. The country and its people are in the grip of revolution when news arrives from distant Paris that the Tsar's mother will pay a large reward if anyone brings her beloved grandchild - Anastasia - to her. Incentive enough for two soldiers of fortune in St. Petersburg, sorry: Leningrad, to fulfill this wish.

The myth surrounding the whereabouts of the youngest daughter of the tsar, Anastasia, persisted throughout the 20th century until it finally had to give way to the bitter truth in 2006 - and thus became a fairy tale. The animated film of the same name by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, which was released in cinemas in 1997, is also a fairy tale. Stephen Flaherty, whose songs shaped the film, was asked to adapt the movie into a musical in 2012. Together with songwriter Lynn Ahrens and book author Terrence McNally, Flaherty succeeded in creating a musical adaptation that is loosely based on the film's plot, but is somewhat closer to reality in historical terms - and yet still influenced by the fairytale-like sounds of the film.