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 State of the Union address and impeachment acquittal.

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 theme-park adventure ride. But not, you know, Disneyland’s “The Mad Tea Party” or Universal Studio’s “Despicable Me.”

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