“At The Beginning” from the 1997 ANASTASIA film | ANASTASIA The Musical

They were strangers on a crazy adventure… Watch ANASTASIA’s Christy Altomare and Zach Adkins perform “At The Beginning,” the beloved song from the 1997 film.

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[kris.javier]

Found my wedding song.

Now I only need to find my groom hahahhaha

Edit: I still haven't. Hahahahahahaha

[cu]

I love Christy’s energy when she sings. She’s shining the brightest.

[kayahigham]

God, imagine getting to do something like this - singing, acting, having this much fun - for a living. I know it's still hard work, but music and musical theatre is my passion and my dream job and I reaaaallly hope I get to do this someday.

[alexmeyer]

The original Donna Lewis and Richard Marx duet will always be my favorite, but this is a great version, too.

[kwirkykins]

I just became obsessed with this musical last week AND THEN THEY COME OUT WITH THIS AND CHRISTY'S DUET WITH LIZ CALLAWAY
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

[powerfullysocratic]

The diction in this version is fantastic. Crispy, crystal clear consonants and vowels. Voice and overall energies are fantastic too!

[amyb]

Its such a shame that this song isn't actually in the musical

[BiBiPA]

I absolutely love how much Christy's eyes are shining while she's singing OMG the cutest

[MeganWoodard]

I am so glad they recorded this together!!! They finally gave Zach his own song!!! I am DYING to see this, it is my dream to see this show live <3.

[CarlieSheehan]

I love that Christy is belting it out with the energy of someone who grew up belting this song.
I miss the daily dose of Christy.

[shellyjelly]

I love the chemistry of when they sing together. Anyone can sing, but to be able to sing in a way that matches another person so entirely is the best gift of all. Thank you for this.

[kliedberg]

I love Christy, she sings this and every song with such passion and you can tell she absolutely loves this character.

[BG-bedi]

I'm loving this song, and it sounds like the perfect duet for Dimitri and Anastasia; and this is not the end, but the beginning of a life together for them, as her grandmother said, after their wonderful journey and another one starting

[xxwhispersxx]

I love how Christy's like, guiding him through the song since he's the newbie and she's the old vet lol. So cute.

[jessicapaul]

😍 Their voices are absolutely amazing together

[tabbyspell]

I haven’t heard Zach sing before this, but like dang they sound really good together. This is one awesome recording!

[christopherkuechmann]

Listening to Zach and Christy sing "At the Beginning" lifts my spirits always. I first saw Anastasia with my late wife Gloria back in 1997. Little did I know at the time that this song would have the impact that it does for me now.

[jingdellomes]

This was sang after our wedding ceremony at the church. Love it!

[nicolewagner]

Can everyone stop complaining that Derek isn’t in the video? Derek left the show three months ago to pursue other opportunities. Zach is a wonderful Dmitry and definitely does justice to the part. If he wasn’t good and if he didn’t have amazing chemistry with other cast members, he probably wouldn’t have booked the part. Stop being rude and let them be.

[Swango]

We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what wed have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

No one told me, that I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start

[Chorus:]
And life is a road I wanna keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is road now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Never dreaming that dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

[Chorus:]
And life is a road I wanna keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is road now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

Knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know that my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothings gonna tear us apart

[Chorus:]
And life is a road I wanna keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is road now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing on
Starting out on a journey
Life is a road I wanna keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
In the end I want to be standing at the beginning
With you