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‘Anastasia’ at Playhouse Square astounds</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia>Bob Abelman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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Journal</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">I could go on and on
about the coincidental yet serendipitous timing of a pro-tsarist musical being
staged on the heels of President Trump’s </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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address and impeachment acquittal.</FONT></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Let’s, instead,
side-step politics for a moment and focus on how “Anastasia,” currently on tour
and at Playhouse Square, is the thoroughly entertaining musical theater
equivalent of a </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">But not, you know, Disneyland’s
“The Mad Tea Party” or Universal Studio’s “Despicable Me.”
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