Annie! The Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Music by Charles Stone, lyrics by Martin Charnin and book by Thomas Meehan.
What isn't there to love about this story? 11 year old red-headed Annie is at an orphanage, run by Miss Hannigan, who bullys and threatens the little orphan girls to keep them in line. The girls dream of finding parents and happiness. Annie decides she wants to find her family with her new found dog, Sandy.
Then, Grace Farrell, Oliver Warbucks assistant picks her to live in "Daddy" Warkbucks palatial home for the Christmas holidays. He vows to help her find her realy parents, but when a scheme by Miss Hannigan and her brother Rooster, to claim the reward gets found out, it is revealed Annie's parents have died. Warbucks and Annie become a family.
The original Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 21, 1977. The show closed on January 2, 1983 and ran for a total of 2,377 performances, setting a record for the longest running show at the Alvin Theatre, now the Neil Simon Theatre.
The Musical was so popular, that it was produced on film by Columbia Pictures in 1982. Slight tweaks in the story line, but another fairly decent adaption.
I do prefer the live on stage version, but it is a great sing-a-long either way, and a tear jerker!
You will fall in love with Annie, her orphan friends and their story. The film is a great substitute for the musical, and extremely well cast. Hire it out! And tell me your thoughts
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I LOVE Annie!! I did the musical when i was a little girl - played the role of "Pepper", Annie's orphan friend. It was such a great show!
ReplyDeleteThe music is so catchy!! And such a joy to watch. Where can i buy the musical movie version??
Haven't seen any of the live productions but i sure would love to...the movie was really greatt! still remember so many of the songs... xo
ReplyDeleteI also did the musical when I was little, playing Annie!
ReplyDeleteThe music's great, although "Little Girls" is probably a bit of a contraversial sing-song these days...!
You can hire Annie out at any video store, maybe ask them if they know where you can buy it?