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'Anastasia' musical to close on Broadway on March 31

The musical, powered by the popularity of the animated 1997 film, is about a Russian girl who may or may not be the daughter of a czar.
'Anastasia' musical to close on Broadway on March 31
'Anastasia' musical to close on Broadway on March 31

NEW YORK — The stage adaptation of “Anastasia” will end its Broadway run March 31, the producers said Tuesday.

The musical, powered by the popularity of the animated 1997 film, is about a Russian girl who may or may not be the daughter of a czar.

The show began performances on Broadway in March 2017; at the time of its closing it will have played 808 regular and 34 preview performances. The show was capitalized for up to $15 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission; it has not recouped its capitalization costs.

The show has an unusually ambitious touring schedule, especially for a musical that was not a huge success on Broadway, where it was greeted with several negative reviews. It is now on tour in the United States and running in Madrid and Stuttgart, Germany; there are runs planned in Holland, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Australia and Brazil.

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The stage adaptation features music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, whose Oscar-nominated song for the film, “Journey to the Past,” is also featured in the musical. The show has a book by Terrence McNally and is directed by Darko Tresnjak; it had a pre-Broadway production at Hartford Stage, where Tresnjak is the artistic director.

The musical’s weekly grosses, which peaked last Christmas at $1.3 million for a nine-performance week, have dropped to problematic levels — last week the show brought in $508,700 over eight performances, according to figures from the Broadway League.

The musical is produced by Stage Entertainment, Bill Taylor, Tom Kirdahy, Hunter Arnold and Dan Hinde.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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