That is the title of a splendid little stage play by the Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz. The play is set in a family-owned cigar factory in Ybor City, Tampa, in the early 20th century. As the hot and humid immigrant workers toil away hand rolling cigars, a “lector” entertains them by reading Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina, causing the characters’ lives and relationships to spin out of control. Shout out to my wife Sydjia for taking me to see Anna in the Tropics on Sunday afternoon.