They danced through the day And into the night Through the snow that swept Through the halls
From winter to summer And winter again Til the walls did crumble and fall
And she never wanted to leave...
A tribute to my favorite childhood movie and as of 2017 my favorite Broadway musical, Anastasia, featuring the song “Jenny of Oldstones” from Game of Thrones. I’ve had this on my mind for ages; I love thinking of song lyrics and seeing how they can be tweaked to still fit their scheme with different words or characters. As it turned out, “Jenny of Oldstones” could be Anya of Peterburg (in Russian, it’s Sankt Peterburg), dancing through the halls of the tsars who are gone, joined by the memories of those she doesn’t remember but knew so very well, then by those she’d met along her journey to the past.
I also really loved the parallels the musical made to the original. It took a more mature approach (no magical Rasputin, the “villain” is more grounded in reality and what a threat to a lost grand duchess would be at that time), but still honored the 1997 and 1956 films. So, I had fun emphasizing those similarities as well.
More explanation under the cut
