-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Anastasia

Music: Stephen Flaherty

Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Premiere: 1997
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.A Rumor In St. Petersburg
2.Journey To The Past
3.Once Upon A December
4.In The Dark Of The Night
5.Learn To Do It
6.Learn To Do It (Waltz Reprise)
7.Paris Holds The Key (To Your Past)
8.At The Beginning (Richard Marx & Donna Lewis)
9.Journey To The Past (Aaliyah)
10.Once Upon A December (Deana Carter)
11.Viaje Tiempo Atrs [Journey To The Past, Spanish](Thalia)

1.A Rumor In St. Petersburg

PEOPLE IN LINE
AN OLD WOMAN
St. Petersburg is gloomy!
A YOUNGER WOMAN
St. Petersburg is bleak!
A SHIVERING MAN
My underwear got frozen standing here all week!
A GROUP
Oh, since the revolution our lives have been so gray!
ALL
Thank goodness for the gossip that gets us through the day!
Hey!
Have you heard
There's a rumor in St. Petersburg?
Have you heard
What they're saying on the street?
Although the Czar did not survive,
One daughter may be still alive!
The Princess Anastasia!
FRIGHTENEND MAN
But please do not repeat!
ALL
It's a rumor,
A legend,
A mystery!
Something whispered in an alleyway
Or through a crakc!
It's a rumour

That's part of our history.

A BABUSHKA
They say her royal grandmama
Wil pay a royal sum
ALL
To someone who can bring the princess back!
BLACK MARKEETER #1
A ruble for this painting!
It's Romanov, I swear!
BLACK MARKETEER #2
Count Yusopov's pajamas!
Comrade, buy the pair!
BLACK MARKETEER #3
(holding a ratty fur hat)
I got this from the palace
It's lined with real fur!
BLACK MARKETEERS
It could be worth a fortune
If it belonged to her!
DIMITRI
It's the rumor,
The legend,
The mystery!
It's the Princess Anastasia who will help us fly!
You and I friend
Will go down
In history!
We'll find a girl to play the part and teach her what to say,
Dress her up and take her to Paree!
Imagine the reward her dear old Grandmama will pay!
Who else could pull it off but you and me?
We'll be rich
VLADIMIR
We'll be rich!
DIMITRI
We'll be out!
VLADIMIR
We'll be out!
BOTH
And St. Petersburg will have some more to talk about!
ALL
SSH!
Have you heard
There's a rumor in St. Petersburg?
Have you heard
What they're saying on the street?
Hey!
Hey!

Hey!
Have you heard
There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!
Have you heard
A DELIGHTED GOSSIPER
Comrade, what do you suppose?
ALL
A fascinating mystery!
DIMITRI
The biggest con in history!
ALL
The Princess Anastasia,
Alive or dead...
WINDOW WASHER
Who knows?
2.Journey To The Past
ANASTASIA
Heart, don't fail me now!
Courage, don't desert me!
Don't turn back now that we're here.
People always say
Life is full of choices.
No one ever mentions fear!
Or how the world can seem so vast.
On a journey...to the past.
Somewhere down this road
I know someone's waiting.
Years of dreams just can't be wrong!
Arms will open wide.
I'll be safe and wanted
Fin'lly home where I belong.
Well, starting now, I'm learning fast
On this journey...to the past.
Home, Love, Family
There was once a time
I must have had them too
Home, Love, Family
I will never be complete
Until I find you...
One step at a time,
One hope, then another
Who knows where this road may go -Back to who I was
On to find my future,
Things my heart still needs to know.
Yes, let this be a sign!
Let this road be mine!
Let it lead me to my past
And bring me home...

At last!
3.Once Upon A December
ANASTASIA
Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Far away, long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart
Used to know,
Things it yearns to remember...
And a song
Someone sings
Once upon a December
4.In The Dark Of The Night
RASPUTIN
In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be -It scared me out of my wits -A corpse falling to bits!
Then I opened my eyes
And the nightmare was...me!!
I was once the most mystical man in all Russia.
When the royals betrayed me they mad a mistake!
My curse made each of them pay
But one little girl got away!
Little Anya, beware,
Rasputin's awake!
CREATURES
In the dark of the night evil will find her
In the dark of the night just before dawn!
Aah...
RASPUTIN
Revenge will be sweet
RASPUTIN AND CREATURES
When the curse is complete!

ALL
In the dark of the night
RASPUTIN
She'll be gone!
I can feel that my powers are slowly returning!
Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell!
AS the pieces fall into place
I'll see her crawl into place!
Dasvidanya, Anya, your grace, farewell!
CREATURES
In the dark of the night terror will strike her!
RASPUTIN
Terror's the least I can do!
CREATURES
In the dark of the night evil will brew.
Ooh!
RASPUTIN
Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real.
ALL
In the dark of the night
RASPUTIN
She'll be through!
CREATURES
In the dark of the night
Evil will find her
Find her!
Ooh!
In the dark of the night terror comes true.
Doom her!
RASPUTIN
My dear, here's a sign -RASPUTIN AND CREATURES
It's the end of the line!
ALL
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
RASPUTIN
Come my minions,
Rise for your master,
Let your evil shine!
Find her now,
Yes, fly ever faster
ALL
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...

In the dark of the night...

RASPUTIN
She'll be mine!
5.Learn To Do It
VLADIMIR
You were born in a palace by the sea.
ANASTASIA
A palace by the sea?
Could it be?
VLADIMIR
Yes, that's right.
You rode horseback when you were only three.
ANASTASIA
Horseback riding? Me?
VLADIMIR
And the horse...
DIMITRI
He was white!
VLADIMIR
You made faces and terrorized the cook!
DIMITRI
Threw him in the brook!
ANASTASIA
Was I wild?
DIMITRI
Wrote the book!
VLADIMIR
But you'd behave when your fater gave that look!
DIMITRI
Imagine how it was!
VLADIMIR
Your long-forgotten past!
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
We've lots and lots to teach you and the time is gonig fast!
ANASTASIA
All right...I'm ready!
VLADIMIR
Now, shoulders back and stand up tall
DIMITRI
And do not walk, but try to float.

ANASTASIA
I feel a little foolish.
Am I floating?
VLADIMIR
Like a little boat!
DIMITRI
You give a bow.
ANASTASIA
What happens now?
VLADIMIR
Your hand receives a kiss!
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
Most of all remember this:
VLADIMIR
If I can learn to do it, you can learn to do it.
DIMITRI
Something in you knows it -VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
There's nothing to it!
VLADIMIR
Follow in my footsteps, shoe by shoe!
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
You can learn to do it too!
VLADIMIR
Now, elbows in and sit up straight
DIMITRI
And never slurp the stroganoff.
ANASTASIA
I never cared for stroganoff!
VLADIMIR
She said that like a Romanov!
DIMITRI
The Samovar.
VLADIMIR
The caviar.
ANASTASIA
Dessert and then goodnight?
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
Not until you get this right!
VLADIMIR

If I can learn to do it
DIMITRI
If he can learn to do it
VLADIMIR
You can learn to do it!
DIMITRI
You can learn to do it
VLADIMIR
Pull yourself together
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
And you'll pull through it!
VLADIMIR
Tell yourself it's easy
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
And it's true!
You can learn to do it too!
VLADIMIR
Next, you must memorize the names of the royalty.
Now here we have Kropotkin
DIMITRI
Shot Potemkin
VLADIMIR
In the Botkin.
ANASTASIA
Oh!
VLADIMIR
And dear old uncle Vanya loved his vodka
DIMITRI
Got it Anya?
ANASTASIA
No!
VLADIMIR
The Baron Pushkin
ANASTASIA
He was...?
DIMITRI
Short!
VLADIMIR
Count Anatoly
ANASTASIA
Had a... ?

DIMITRI
Wart!
VLADIMIR
Count Sergei
DIMITRI
Wore a feathered hat.
VLADIMIR
I hear he's gotten very fat.
ANASTASIA
And I recall his yellow cat!
VLADIMIR
I don't believe we told her that.
ANASTASIA
If you can learn to do it,
I can learn to do it!
VLADIMIR
Don't know how you knew it
ANASTASIA
I simply knew it!
Suddenly I feel like someone new...
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
Anya, you're a dream come true!
If I can learn to do it,
ANASTASIA
If I can learn to do it
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
You can learn to do it!
ANASTASIA
You can learn to do it.
VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
Pull yourself together
ALL THREE
And you'll pull through it!
VLADIMIR
Tell yourself it's easy,
ALL THREE
And it's true -VLADIMIR AND DIMITRI
You can learn to do it,
ANASTASIA
Nothing to it!

ALL THREE
You can learn to do it too!
6.Learn To Do It (Waltz Reprise)
VLADIMIR
It's one-two-three and suddenly
I see it at a glance -She's radiant
And confident and born to take this chance.
I taught her well.
I planned it all!
I just forgot...
Romance!
Vlad, how could you do this?
How will we get through this?
I never should have let them dance!
7.Paris Holds The Key (To Your Past)
ACCORDIAN PLAYER
Lovers!
LADY FLOWER SELLER
Ooh La La!
SOPHIE
Welcome, my friends, to Paris.
Here, have a flower on me.
Forget where you're from.
You're in France!
Children, come!
I'll show you that French joie de vivre!
Paris holds the key to your hear.
And all of Paris plays a part.
ACCORDIAN PLAYER AND FLOWER SELLER
Just stroll two by two
Down what we call "la rue"
SOPHIE AND ALL
And soon all Paris
Will be singing to you!
Ooh La La
Ooh La La
Ooh La La!
MAURICE CHEVALIER
Paris holds the key to l'amour!
FREUD
And not even Freud knows the cure.

AVIATOR
There's love in the air!
JOSEPHINE BAKER
At the Follies Begere!
ARTISTE
The French have it down to an art!
ALL
Paris hold the key to your heart!
SOPHIE
When you're feeling blue
Come to Le Moulin.
When your heart says don't,
The French say do!
CAN CAN GIRLS
When you think you can't
You'll find you can can!
SOPHIE
Everyone can can can!
SOPHIE AND CAN CAN GIRLS
You can can can too!
Whee!
Whee!
Whee!
DIMITRI
Paris hold the key to her past.
Yes, Princess, I've found you at last.
No more pretend,
You'll be gone,
That's the end...
ENSEMBLE
Paris hold the key
To your heart!
COUTURIER
You'll be "trs jolie" and so smart!
ISADORA DUNCAN
Come dance through the night
RODIN
And forget all your woes
SOPHIE AND ALL
The city of light
GERTRUDE STEIN
Where a rose is a rose!
SOPHIE AND ALL
And one never knows what will start!
Paris

Holds the key...

DIMITRI
To her...
SOPHIE AND ALL
Heart!
SOPHIE
Ooh La La!
ALL
Ooh La La!
8.At The Beginning (Richard Marx & Donna Lewis)
We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming
What we'd have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me
I was going to find you
Unexpected
What you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start
Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Live is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Never dreaming
How our dreams would come true
Now here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing

Live is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Live is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is a river I wanna keep going on....
Starting out on a journey
Life is a road and I wanna going
Love is river I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you.

9.Journey To The Past (Aaliyah)

Heart, don't fail me now!
Courage, don't desert me!
Don't turn back now that we're here.
People always say
Life is full of choices.
No one ever mentions fear!
Or how a road can seem so long
Or how the world can seem so vast.
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey...to the past.
Somewhere down this road
I know someone's waiting.
Years of dreams just can't be wrong!
Arms will open wide.

I'll be safe and wanted

Fin'lly home where I belong.
Well, starting here, my life begins
Starting now, I'm learning fast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey...to the past.
Heart don't fail me now!
Courage don't desert me!
Home, Love, Family
There was once a time
I must have had them too
Home, Love, Family
I will never be complete
Until I find you...
One step at a time,
One hope, then another
Who knows where this road may go -Back to who I was
On to find my future,
Things my heart still needs to know.
Yes, let this be a sign!
Let this road be mine!
Let it lead me to my past
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
To bring me home...
At last!
At last!
10.Once Upon A December (Deana Carter)
Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Far away, long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart
Used to know,
Things it yearns to remember...
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Far away, long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,

Things my heart
Used to know,
Things it yearns to remember...
And a song
Someone sings
Once upon a December
11.Viaje Tiempo Atrs [Journey To The Past, Spanish](Thalia)
Anda, vamos ya,
Corazn no temas!
No te vas a detener.
Me parece que tengo mil opciones
No se a quin volvere a ver.
O que tan lejos llegar
En un viaje tiempo atrs.
En algun lugar alguien me recuerda
Seuo que sera verdad
Me recibirn con gran bienvenida
Finalmente sin maldad
Y...desde ahora aprenders
En un viaje...tiempo atrs
Con mi...Familia
Se que alguna vez tambien estueve yo
A mis padres
Con amor los buscar hasta encontrarlos
Paso a paso y sembrando mi esperanza
No se en donde ir a parar
Voy a un lugar a formar mi vida
Cien misterios aclarar
Si! sta es mi seal
Hoy he de volver!
A reunirme con mi paz
Y ver por fin...mi hogar...