Although the Grand Duchess Anastasia suffered a horrifying fate, the controversies surrounding her demise catapulted her to lasting fame. The mystery of the lost Princess Anastasia prevailed for ...

A few great performances can’t save a musical that fudges history and narrative stakes in service of sentiment and sparkle The real Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov was murdered alongside her father ...

Those mid-20th-century musicals that must've sounded like a good idea at the time, but tend to be remembered today only by hard-core aficionados of the genre. They were frothy but earnest shows, set ...