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Anastasia the Musical National Tour Review

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Anastasia the Musical opened on Broadway in 2017 starring the amazing Christy Altmore. In October 2018, the first national tour started starring Lila Coogan.  The musical opens up with the family ballroom dancing and then the family is killed. Ten years later Dmitry, played by Steven Brower,  and Vlad, played by Edward Staudenmyer) overheard the Empress is giving a large money reward to anyone who finds Duchess Anastasia. The two of them holds auditions to find a woman who can trick the Empress. Anya arrives at the audition because she needs food and shelter. As she learns about Duchess Anastasia she starts to remember her past. Dimitry starts to fall in love with her. In Act 2, they safely arrive in Paris even when Bolshevik Gleb chasing Anya down to kill her. In Act two had a comic relief with Vlad and Countess Lily's romance song. It really didn't do much for the plot but it was a fun number. Countess Lilly talks to the Emperis into meeting Anya at the ballet. Is