#lila coogan

[thephantomofanastasia]

I love the altered blocking in the first national tour.

#anastasia #anastasia the musical #broadway musicals #anastasia tour #musical #anastasia musical #lila coogan #jason michael evans #anya #gleb vaganov #glenya #in my dreams #once upon a december #last dance of the romanovs #still #neva flows

[anastasiamusicalupdates]

The cast of the First National Tour performing Learn To Do It and Once Upon a December.

#anastasia the musical #anastasia first national tour #lila coogan #jake levy #edward staudenmayer #learn to do it #ensemble #once upon a december

[allthefights]

I'd find you again

#Lila Coogan #Jake Levy #Anastasia the musical #anastasiaedit

[izloveshorses]

Just out of curiosity what's wrong with zadkins!dimya? I never got to see the show at all (just bootlegs) so I don't know anything.

I do agree with the 1NT though. I have no idea what they were thinking with Lila Coogan. She pronounces every single thing she says the same way?

anon you have no idea how much this ask delighted me. i'm in tears. i'm so so so excited this made my whole week.

first-- lila was only casted bc she knew lynn ahrens, i believe. this happened a lot with anastasia at the time unfortunately, when it came time to replace the principal cast they kept choosing people they knew or people who were already in the show instead of finding new talent. stephen (steven? i can't be bothered to remember) covered dmitry on broadway so they hired him as principal dima on tour and that was such a waste too tbh 💀 other than a few delightful people here and there, 1nt was such a bland and forgettable cast to me. 2nt superiority <333

now. for zadkins. a couple years ago i would've answered this privately bc his stans would've eaten me alive, but it appears no one left here cares for him anymore anyway ashdljfdjk so!!! i'm gonna be mean. so sorry. or not sorry. i don't really care anymore lol.

man. another bad case of promoting someone mediocre instead of hiring and training someone new. he always kind of gave me an ick, like on a Regular Person level, but for now let's focus on his performance:

the man cannot sing. he yells. he cannot act. he yells! i'm like not an expert or anything on either but i know a bad singer when i hear one lol. there's a moment in my petersburg where he growls? yuck. he and christy, as talented as she is, had no chemistry. not even like compared to christy and derek (which was like ~Magical Chemistry~), they just had zero chemistry period. even off stage their interactions felt weird and forced. i think he tried too hard to be Different™ from derek that he ended up playing dmitry wildly off book. i mean, you Should come with a new and fresh take on the character, that's fair. but he was almost playing a completely unrecognizable character altogether. (the glebya stans love his dmitry for a reason)

and then he kept thowing little fits off stage-- he got a tattoo when he wasn't supposed to, complained about being compared to derek, etc. he was kind of strange with christy sometimes. on one of her live streams during playtime (the 15 minute stretch between crossing a bridge and iacot, where she would invite the little girls and other folks off stage to hang out in her dressing room) he said he saw her in spring awakening, a show with some nudity, and she was clearly uncomfortable by the way he said it. he was also weird online, there was one instance where a teenage girl tweeted and asked him to come to her birthday party and he?? showed up????? he was also dating ashley park at the time and i think the breakup was messy 💀

his stans were awful. i know it's not his fault, but god. they were so loud, constantly complaining about derek for some reason? a man who minds his own business??? bc the only way you can support your fave is by hating everyone else on main?? the infighting was insane. you had to be there.

and oh man. when they announced cody simpson was replacing him.... it got so much worse. they were tearing that little blond australian man (who can actually sing and act, mind you) to shreds. every review was scathing when the show needed a boost. zach threw a fit about it too, because his contract was ending early (i mean. the show was actively losing money because he was so terrible. so yeah of course they're gonna replace him with a stunt cast ashdljfk) and you compare that and his stans to derek and derek stans just quietly mourning his exit and enduring but otherwise minding our business.... yeah. the only anastasia obc member with a bad attitude fr

so you pair that (the Yikes that is zadkins!dima) with max von essen's gleb (as much as i loved him he was also a miscast, i believe he's said the same) both yelling at anya the whole time with the mediocre 1nt cast,,,, of course you have people walking away from the show going 'so,,, what the hell was that. i could've just watched the movie.'

this is just speculation but i truly believe if i had to pinpoint an origin as to why the show isn't open anymore i would say principal zadkins at such a crucial time was their downfall. the second year is so important to get people to come back and to get new audience members at the same time and they botched it. instead of bringing in new talent they just stuck with mediocre people who already knew the tracks. the show had all the ingredients for being the next wicked, but damn. casting for anya, dmitry, and gleb are so important. you really need people who Get It to portray them, and if you have one weak link the whole show falls flat. and for several months, before cody was brought on and before constantine returned to play principal gleb, christy altomare was carrying the whole thing on her little shoulders.

and THEN you have the whole year two Red Dress marketing campaign, which misinterpretted the show So Badly as ~just another princess show~ to compete with frozen across the street... yeah of course it tanked. but that's another topic.

so! in conclusion........,,, summer-winter 2018 was a dark time for fanastasias ashldkjfjk we were in the Trenches

i would also like to let the record show the fact that we got masters who returned Twice in the same month to film derek/obc in september 2017, which are the bootlegs that are probably the most circulated other than hartford, and returned again in january 2019 to film cody and constantine, and returned AGAIN for closing in march. two whole bootlegs of my guy cody simpson and uhhhh zero for zadkins <3 as god intended <3

this isn't even half of it but this is what i remember from The Dark Time. anyone else is welcome to chime in, this is a safe space to be a hashtag hater <3

#asks #Anonymous #anastasia broadway #the fandom lore so many of the new girlies don't even know about....... welcome <3 #i have witnessed it All i have Clarity i could write a paper on the rise and fall of this show and i will willingly blame it on that man #long post

[pureanonofficial]

Will we end this fairy tale?

#Anastasia #Anastasia the musical #Gleb Vaganov #Anya Romanov #Glenya #Jason Michael Evans #Lila Coogan #anastasiaedit #musicaledit #broadwayedit #theateredit #pureanonedits #This line is from the musical Anastasia Affaire #and it's the only good lyric in the whole thing.

[broadwaytwinsies]

#anya #lila coogan

[andsjuliet]

@projectbway event 01: performance - journey to the past (broadway.com performance)

- one step at a time, one hope then another, who knows where this road may go?

#lila coogan #anastasia #anastasia the musical #anastasia tour #musicaltheatreedit #broadwaygifs #projectbway #pbpurple #idk how i feel about this coloring but oh well #creations: gifs #p: lila coogan #mt: anastasia #anastasia: tour #edit challenge: projectbway

[derekklenadaily]

Broadway Plus' Instagram Story (March 4, 2021)

#derek klena #broadway #christy altomare #john bolton #lila coogan #Anastasia Cast #Anastasia #broadway plus: anastasia reunion #broadwayplus #social media #instagram #video

[lucasvina]

Heyy, I'm looking for Anastasia US Tour full audio bootlegs, could trade for other Anastasia audios if anyone's insterested. k bye

#anastasia #broadway #lila coogan #jason michael evans #us tour #anastasia broadway #christy altomare #anastasia tour

[earith]

lilcoogs “I didn’t know it was the last time, we never do, we never know which goodbye is the last” - Terrence McNally

It is with a heavy heart that the Anastasia tour is officially closed, with the final performance playing on March 12th, 2020 in Fayetteville Arkansas. A millions of thanks and happy trails to all the crew and cast past and present. You made this show the most amazing experience for me and I am eternally grateful. I cannot wait til I can see you all again, this story will live on within all of us.

Happy trails Anastasia First National Tour. You were one for the books. .

📷 📸: @markmackillop #home #love #family #anastasiabroadway #anastasianationaltour #broadway

#lila coogan #anastasia us tour #anastasia the musical #=(

[anastasiamusicalupdates]

Lila Coogan as Anya in the First National Tour.

#anastasia the musical #anastasia first national tour #lila coogan #anya ballet #anya blue ballet

[musical-dreamcasts]

Mean Girls - Lila Coogan as Cady Heron, requested by anon

Birthday: September 9, 1993 (age 27)

Birth Place: Ossining, New York

Theatre credits include: Anastasia “Anya” Romanov (Anastasia), Alternate Jane Banks (Mary Poppins), Penny Pingleton (Hairspray), Young Violet (Violet), Cosette (Les Misérables)

(Pictured on the right is Danielle Wade, who is currently playing the role in the US national tour)

#mean girls #anastasia the musical #mary poppins #hairspray musical #violet the musical #les miserables #lila coogan #cady heron #anastasia romanov #anya romanov #jane banks #penny pingleton #cosette

[bartok-the-magnificent]

My top 10 favorite actors who have played Anya in Anastasia

10. Kathryn Boswell (broadway swing)

9. Beth Stafford Laird (tour understudy)

8. Alexandra Alexandrova (Germany understudy)

7. Judith Caspari (Germany)

6. Lila Coogan (1st national tour)

5. Meg Ryan (movie (voice))

4. Jana Gómez (Spain)

3. Liz Callaway (movie (singing))

2. Tessa Sunniva Van Tol (Netherlands)

1. Christy altomare (obc)

#Kathryn Boswell #Beth Stafford Laird #Judith Caspari #Lila Coogan #Meg Ryan #Jana Gómez #Liz Callaway #Tessa Sunniva Van Tol #Christy altomare #broadway #theatre #musicals #anastasia

[pureanonofficial]

#Glenya #Gleb Vaganov #Anya Romanov #Anastasia #Anastasia the Musical #Lila Coogan #Jason Michael Evans #theateredit #musicaledit #anastasiaedit #pureanonedits

[christinealtomare]

jasonmichaelevans: Big thank you to D.C. and the stunning Kennedy Center for a month that I’ll never forget! The venue. The city. The people. The love. It was a month of overwhelming gratitude and countless blessings. Off to Providence in the morning! #anastasiatour

#jason michael evans #lila coogan #anastasia the musical #anastasia tour #anastasia cast #anastasia musical #stephen brower #production: tour #cast: 1nt #q

[christyaltomaredaily]

mollybales: Ain’t no party like an @abbydephilips party. Between the food, the LEMONADE BAR, and the company, it was the best way to end the summer. Thanks for being you, Abby, and for bringing great women together to talk about your taste in dessert and decor. ✨💐🍋🥂

#molly franco #christy altomare #molly rushing #abby dephillips #lauren nicole chapman #Desi Oakley #amy castro #gianna yanelli #krystina alabado #Lila Coogan #kara lindsay #Oyoyo Joi #social media #instagram #photos #others