Lyric Theatre’s production of “Anastasia: The Musical” tells story of loss, survival and reinvention
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Lyric Theatre’s production of “Anastasia: The Musical” is a story with romance and mystery, an appealing score and several big dance numbers. It also is a story of loss, survival and reinvention.
The musical opened on Nov. 11 and will be performed Nov. 13-15 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Set at the end of the Russian empire, during the Bolshevik revolution and in 1920s Paris, it tells the story of a young woman who may or may not be the only surviving member of the Romanovs, the imperial family of Russia.
Director Lara Brooks, a voice professor in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music, grew up watching the 1997 animated film and has loved the story ever since.
Read the full article by Jodi Heckel at the Illinois News Bureau.