Next Thursday, Rasputin will summon a certain beloved 1997 animated feature film from Netflix, take it to his lair, and then put it in a crate where he hoards all of the movies that are no longer ...

The musical Anastasia (which premieres on Broadway later this month, with an opening slated for end of April) closely follows the story of the Fox animated movie…except when it comes to the bad guy.

Did you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who sells his soul to kill the Romanov family in the movie – showed up in your nightmares.

Anastasia (1997) Rasputin returned to Hollywood in cartoon form: The animated Disney film for children was made in 1997. It tells the story of Nicholas II’s daughter.

This Anastasia, which premiered on Broadway in 2017 (the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, as it happens), is a reworking of the movie to “age up” the story, as it were.