The Anastasia Musical: A Fairy Tale with a Footnote to History The current Broadway production of Anastasia has been met with generally favorable reviews for its spectacle and entertainment value.
However, one cannot help but feel a sense of disconnection between the lavish production and the historical events it attempts to dramatize.
The story of Anastasia, the putative daughter of Tsar Nicholas II who supposedly survived the family's execution by the Bolsheviks in 1918, is a familiar one.