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When it comes to comfort food, the occasional tasty surprise is always welcome, but for the most part we want what's worked for us before. "Annie," the endlessly tuneful and familiar musical about ...
In the summer of 1924, American comics readers met a new kind of heroine: a 10-year-old girl with curly red hair, a ...
She is seen being confronted by a group of angry orphans at the Old Fire Station theatre in Gloucester Green, Oxford. Jenni was a member of the Sparkle Stage Set which staged the production in 2001.
When the curtain opens on the Te Paske Theatre stage in Sioux Center early next month, the lights will illuminate an iconic ...
And of course, the musical is inspired and based on the popular syndicated newspaper comic strip drawn by the late Harold Gray, who hailed from Kankakee, Illinois. “Little Orphan Annie” was ...
This beloved Tony Award-winning musical follows the plucky orphan Annie as she captures the heart of billionaire Oliver Warbucks and embarks on a journey to find her true family. Filled with ...
Three-time Tony Award winner Charles Strouse composed the music for such classics as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause.
The musical took its inspiration from a Depression-era comic strip about Little Orphan Annie, a plucky red-haired orphan who finds herself in the care of Rockafeller-esque millionaire Oliver ...
"Annie," the endlessly tuneful and familiar musical about the irrespressible title orphan who rides from rags to riches on a wave of luck and pluck, is essentially the theatrical version of ...
He’s known for such songs as “Tomorrow,” “It's the Hard Knock Life,” “Put on a Happy Face” and the ‘All in the Family’ theme song, “Those Were the Days.” ...
Mr. Strouse adapted “Annie” from the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie.” The musical took years to assemble. Investors shied away from a production that depended on a child actor to carry ...
Chronicling the Depression-era adventures of the celebrated comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, the musical featured lyrics by Martin Charnin and a book by Thomas Meehan. It starred Andrea ...