#ben edquist

- Ben Edquist is a perfectly adorable Gleb

- The chemistry between Veronica Stern as Anya and Willem Butler as Dmitry was palpable and they stole every scene together.

- Legit, having an Anya and Dmitry who are roughly the same height was just so cute.

- Bryan Seastrom as Vlad was glorious.

- The passion Veronica brought to “In My Dreams” is something I haven’t seen with other casts.

- Amin Fuson as Tsar Nicholas and Count Ipotov -- and other background characters throughout scenes -- has a stunning voice. It was so beautiful. Hearing him sing the opening lines of “Stay, I Pray You” was jaw dropping.

- And the look he shared with Anya at the end of the song was heart breaking.

- Vlad flirting with people on the train was hilarious.

- “Land of Yesterday” brought back Thoroughly Modern Millie feels for me. I miss my fellow flappers.

- Anya and Dmitry being teasing and flirty through all of “In a Crowd of Thousands”.

- Veronica saying “I remember” with just enough tears and happiness that I wanted to cry for her.

- Dmitry being absolutely starstruck in seeing Anya in her blue dress, and Anya gesturing for him to get to his feet. Like I said, their chemistry was just so palpable.

- The entire ballet scene was beautiful.

- “Better knock on wood” *Dmitry knocks on his head*

- The gasps of the little girls a few rows in front of us at Gleb pulling out the gun on Anya was funny but also big mood .

- Anya showing off her red dress to Dmitry. *Tah-dah! Dmitry, look!* Babe was just adorable doing that. She was cute and awkward and I loved her for it.