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En 1870, en Russie, Anna Karenine est une femme vertueuse mariée à un haut fonctionnaire de l'administration impériale, âgé de 15 ans de plus qu'elle. Anna tombe amoureuse du beau et charmant Comte Alexis Vronsky, mais elle est déchirée par sa loyauté envers son mari et son jeune fils.
Vronsky avait d'abord courtisé Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatsky, qui l'avait préféré à Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin, un riche fermier. Quand Vronsky tombe lui aussi amoureux de Anna, Kitty tombe malade, et Vronsky, écoeuré, se retire dans sa propriété à la campagne. Kitty et Levin se déclarent finalement leur amour l'un pour l'autre.
Le choix amoureux d'Anna mène à la tragédie: son affaire avec Vronsky est révélée, et elle est chassée; finalement, elle se jettera sous un train,

Anna Karénine est un roman de Léon Tolstoï paru en 1877. L'auteur y oppose le calme bonheur d'un ménage honnête (Levine et Kitty Cherbatski) aux humiliations et aux déboires qui accompagnent la passion coupable (Vronski et Anna Karénine). Le roman est mondialement considéré comme l'un des chefs-d'œuvres de la littérature réaliste.

1 Anna Karenina est une adaption à la scène d'une oeuvre littéraire: "Anna Karénine" Léon Tolstoï.

After eighteen previews, the Broadway production, directed by Theodore Mann and choreographed by Patricia Birch, opened on August 26, 1992 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. In keeping with the theatre's small size (by Broadway standards), the staging included a sparse set, an almost bare stage, and only seven members in the orchestra. In addition to Crumb and Cunningham, the cast included Scott Wentworth as Vronsky, Gregg Edelman as Constantin Levin, Melissa Errico as Princess Kitty Scherbatssky, and Jerry Lanning as Prince Oblonsky.
Anna Karenina was received poorly by the critics. Time deemed it "earnest, intermittently moving but never quite thrilling," while the New York Times was harsher, calling the show a "series of misperceptions and errors in judgment." Other critics believed the musical's approach to be trivial, including Variety, which declared the musical "comic-strip Tolstoy".
The musical ran for only 46 performances. It received Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical (Ann Crumb), Best Book of a Musical, Best Score of a Musical, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Gregg Edelman), as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination for Lanning.

01. Journey to Moscow - Anna, Vronsky, Levin & Ensemble
02. There's More to Life Than Love - Anna & Stiva
03. How Awful - Kitty
04. Would You? - Levin
05. In a Room - Kitty, Levin, Vronsky & Anna
06. Snowstorm Scene - Anna & Vronsky
07. Nothing Has Changed - Anna
08. I Shall Work - Levin
09. How Many Men? - Kitty
10. We Were Dancing - Vronsky
11. Karenin's List - Karenin
12. I'm Lost - Anna
13. Waiting for You - Anna & Vronsky
14. This Can't Go On - Anna, Vronsky & Karenin
15. That Will Serve Her Right - Levin
16. Everything's Fine - Anna & Vronsky
17. Would You (Reprise) - Levin & Kitty
18. I Never Dreamed - Kitty & Anna
19. Only at Night - Karenin
20. Finale / Seryozha / Epilogue - Anna & Ensemble

Count Alexis Vronsky
Anna Karenina
Constantine Levin
Train Conductor
Fyodor
Basso
Foreman
Prince Stephen Oblonsky (Stiva)
Princess Kitty Scherbatsky
Dunyasha
•Party Woman
• Korsunsky
•Party Man
•Peasant
• Vasily
•Station Guard
•Man at Ball
Masha
•Gina
• Seryozha Karenin, Anna's son
• Annushka, Karenin's maid
• Nicolai Karenin, Anna's husband
• Princess Elizabeth Tversky (Betsey)
• Prince Yashvin/Finance Minister/Man at Ball

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