ANASTASIA




A RUMOR IN ST. PETERSBURG


OLD WOMAN

St. Petersburg is gloomy!

YOUNG WOMAN

St. Petersburg is bleak!

MAN

My underwear got frozen standing here all week!

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!

FRIGHTENED 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

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?



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!



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



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!



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 father 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

h!

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!



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!



PARIS HOLD THE KEY (TO YOUR HEART)


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 "tr�s 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!



AT THE BEGINNING
(RICHARD MARX AND 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.



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!



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



VIAJE TIEMPO ATR�S [JOURNEY TO THE PAST, SPANISH] 
(THALIA)

Anda, vamos ya,
�Coraz�n no temas!
No te vas a detener.
Me parece que tengo mil opciones
No se a qui�n volvere a ver.
O que tan lejos llegar�
En un viaje tiempo atr�s.

En algun lugar alguien me recuerda
Seu�o que sera verdad
Me recibir�n con gran bienvenida
Finalmente sin maldad
Y...desde ahora aprender�s
En un viaje...tiempo atr�s

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 se�al
�Hoy he de volver!
A reunirme con mi paz
Y ver por fin...mi hogar...

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