sing with me: Russia! Russia! Russia!

unsettled?

Picture 200 teens facing you while pumping their fists in the air and yell/singing

“Russia! Russia! Russia!”

Unsettled? but curious? You can see how this moment makes you feel this very weekend in Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Illinois and 3 different theaters in Texas.

Your state not listed there? Worry not. I am seeing a production of Anastasia in 46 states this coming year.

If you are from my home state - the super swing state Pennsylvania - you are in luck. 15 opportunities, the most in the country, and 11 next door in super swing Ohio.

Luckily, my city of Cambridge had 2 productions of Anastasia in the past year. I got to experience 200 10-year-olds standing in rows on the apron of the stage and in front of the stage, arranged in height order, choir-bleacher-style, sing out, loud and proud,

“Russia! Russia! Russia!”

I missed the Harvard Drama Club’s performance 2 months later, down the street. Smaller cast. Older humans. Maybe it looked like the Broadway version. The song kind …