ANYA

ANYA

Composer: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Lyricist: Robert Wright and George Forrest

Opened: November 29, 1965, Ziegfeld Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 16

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below. The show was substantially revised and subsequently mounted under the titles A SONG FOR ANASTASIA; I, ANASTASIA; THE ANASTASIA GAME; THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR; and ANASTASIA: THE MUSICAL.

Act One Finale (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA; uses some music based on "My Kind Of Love" and the same music as "That Prelude!"; music based on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prelude in C# Minor):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano) (as "Anna's Fairy Story" and instrumental fragment of "Prelude To Disaster")
2. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Judy Kaye, Len Cariou, Steve Barton with Regina Resnik, George Lee Andrews, David Green, Walter Willison, Willi Burke, and Marcy DeGonge, and with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

The Anastasia Waltz (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA; music based on Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (George Forrest, piano)
2. The Anastasia Game Demo (instrumental fragment played by George Forrest, piano)
3. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Len Cariou with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

Born Aristocrat (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA using music of "Snowflakes And Sweethearts"; music based on Rachmaninoff's Polka de W.R. and Suite For Two Pianos, Op. 17):

1. Commerical Demo, Frank Music (M) AN-1/2 (unknown singer)
2. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)
3. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Steve Barton with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]
4. Classics From Hollywood To Broadway: Songs By Robert Wright and George Forrest, CD/Koch Schwann 3-1064-2 (Steven Kimbrough with the Frankfurter Rundfunkorchester conducted by Peter Falk)

Entr'acte (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA; music based on Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor):

1. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos)

I Can See Her Now (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA using music from the "Gulf Of Finland" segment of "Six Palaces"; music based on Rachmaninoff's Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4):

1. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Len Cariou, Walter Willison, George Lee Andrews, and David Green with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

I Live Again (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA; music based on Rachmaninoff's Floods Of Spring, Op. 15, No. 11):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)
2. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Judy Kaye with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]
3. Classics From Hollywood To Broadway: Songs By Robert Wright and George Forrest, CD/Koch Schwann 3-1064-2 (Melanie Holliday with the Frankfurter Rundfunkorchester conducted by Peter Falk)

Lost And Found (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA; music based on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)
2. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Judy Kaye, Len Cariou, and Steve Barton with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

Now Is My Moment (cut):

1. Commerical Demo, Frank Music (M) AN-1/2 (unknown singer)

Prelude and The Unfinished Melody (revised intro written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA using music of "A Song From Somewhere" and "A Quiet Land"; music based on Rachmaninoff's from Prelude in C# Minor an Symphony No. 2, Op. 27):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano) ("The Unfinished Melody")
2. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Judy Kaye, Len Cariou, Regina Resnik, Steve Barton, George Lee Andrews, David Green, Walter Willison, Willi Burke, and Marcy DeGonge with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

A Song From Somewhere (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA, different from song with same title in ANYA; music based on Rachmaninoff's from Symphony No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)
2. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Judy Kaye, Willi Burke, and Marcy DeGonge with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

Thanks To Her (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA using music of "On That Day"; music based on Rachmaninoff's Dream, Op. 38, No. 5; Scherzo from String Quartet):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)
2. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (George Lee Andrews, David Green, and Walter Willison with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

Think Upon Something Beautiful (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA using same music as "The Unfinished Melody" and "That Song"; music based on Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)
2. The Anastasia Game Demo (instrumental fragment played by George Forrest, piano)
3. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Judy Kaye and Regina Resnik with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]
4. Classics From Hollywood To Broadway: Songs By Robert Wright and George Forrest, CD/Koch Schwann 3-1064-2 (Steven Kimbrough with the Frankfurter Rundfunkorchester conducted by Peter Falk)

Think Upon Something Beautiful (reprise) and Finale (written for I, ANASTASIA, THE ANASTASIA GAME, THE ANASTASIA AFFAIR, and ANASTASIA using same music as "The Unfinished Melody" and "That Song"; music based on Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2):

1. The Anastasia Affaire, CD/Bay Cities BCD 3025 (Regina Resnik with Judy Kaye, Len Cariou, Steve Barton, George Lee Andrews, David Green, Walter Willison, Willi Burke, and Marcy DeGonge, and with Albin Knopka and Seth Rudersky, pianos) [reissued as Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837]

What Might Have Been (cut from Lowell, MA production of THE ANASTASIA GAME; same music as cut version of "Anna's Fairy Story" #1):

1. The Anastasia Game Demo (unidentified singer with George Forrest, piano)

Unrecorded Songs:

Anna's Fairy Story #1 (original version with different music and lyrics) (cut from Lowell, MA production of THE ANASTASIA GAME)
The Imperial Russian Anthem (M: Peter I. Tchaikovsky) (instrumental cut from Johannesburg production of I, ANASTASIA)
Love And A Legacy (cut)
Meaningless (cut from Johannesburg production of I, ANASTASIA)
A Sense Of Love And Humor (cut)
Two Waltzes (cut from Johannesburg production of I, ANASTASIA)