Anya

The rare 1965 Broadway musical 'Anya' is a sweeping, romantically lush historical epic that dramatizes the mysterious, globally famous survival myth of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov following the fall of imperial Russia. Featuring a gorgeously classical score by Robert Wright and George Forrest expertly adapted from the timeless symphonic themes of Sergei Rachmaninoff, the narrative follows a desperate, amnesiac young woman in 1920s Berlin who is recruited by an exiled Cossack general to prove she is the lost royal heir. Directed by George Abbott at the Ziegfeld Theatre, the lavish production starred Constance Towers, Michael Romanoff, and Lillian Gish.