 Pretty 52 called Altomare's performance "spellbinding".On April 26, 2017, Altomare performed the song live on "The Today Show" accompanied by a full orchestra, as part of the program's "Best of Broadway" week.One of the most significant ways in which the musical deviates from its source material, Ahrens and Flaherty decided that "Journey to the Past" would not be Anya's first song in the show, arguing that her journey had not yet truly begun that early in the narrative.