Miss Hannigan | Annie Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Kathy Bates (1999 film) Cameron Diaz (2014 film) Miss Hannigan is the main antagonist of the Broadway musical, and the films (except that later, she becomes a minor character in Annie: A Royal Adventure! ). Personality Edit Her personality varies depending on the version, similar to Annie. In the original comic strips' she is known as Ms. Agatha. She is an old matron and the head mistress of the orphanage. She is less abusive and cold hearted as the other portrayals and she is not drunk. But she is very stubborn and stern. In the first strip' she denied Annie her one a year treat of Ice Cream for Dinner because she did not fix her bed. In the 1982 film, she is depicted as a pompous, lazy, funny, drunk, flirtatious, self-absorbed and obnoxious woman who despises children and will do anything to get rich, played by Carol Burnett.

In the 1999 film, she is hateful, psychopathic, arrogant and aggressive, and is also an obese woman - played by Kathy Bates as an opposite to Burnett's slender and self-absorbed but more passive and lazy character. Diaz's portrayal in 2014 is a vain, selfish, self-centered, greedy, drunken, flirtatious, arrogant, nasty, and power-hungry control freak who loves herself but hates the kids. She doesn't realize her actions and selfishly believes she's still a beautiful woman, very similar to Burnett's portrayal, albeit younger and more seductive. Portrayers of the character Edit She is first portrayed by the late Dorothy Loudon on Broadway, Carol Burnett in the 1982 Columbia film, Carol Cleveland in its 1995 (1996 internationally) sequel Annie: A Royal Adventure! (with her voice dubbed by the late Mary Kay Bergman), Kathy Bates in the 1999 Disney telefilm and by Cameron Diaz in the 2014 Film .

In some stage performances in the 2010s, she was played by Andrea McArdle, who had first played Annie, and later played the Star-to-Be in the 1999 film. Italic text Miss Hannigan | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Type of Villain Wrathful Chid-Abuser, Killjoy, Greedy Villainess Miss Agatha "Aggie" Hannigan is the main antagonist of the musical Annie and its 1999 film adaptation, while she is a minor character in its 1995 sequel, and the secondary antagonist turned anti-hero of its 1982 and 2014 adaptations. The alcoholic caretaker of the Orphanage in New York City, she despises children, particularly girls, but nonetheless loves her job. Her cohorts are her brother and his girlfriend Rooster and Lily St. Regis (the former of which is in jail for unknown reasons prior to the events of the films).

In both film adaptations, Miss Hannigan wakes up the orphan girls and makes them scrub the floor until it shines "like the top of the Chrysler building" (In the 1982 version, she does it after hearing Annie sing to Molly, but in the 1999 film version, it was after she catches Annie trying to sneak out to find her parents.) (According to the 1982 film, if it didn't happen, their backsides would). The same day, Annie (the protagonist) hides in the laundry basket (which Mr. Bundles takes away). As Annie is brought home by a cop that Miss Hannigan sends (along with a stray dog named Sandy), the latter (Miss Hannigan) threatens to send Sandy to the sausage factory. Because of this, Grace Farrell (the board of the orphans and secretary of Oliver Warbucks), who decides to take Annie to Mr. Warbucks' house for a visit, takes Sandy with her. While Annie is gone, Rooster and Lily escape from jail and pay her a visit. They intend to use the situation that Annie is at a billionaire's house for wealth, but without knowledge.

Contents [ show ] 1982 theatrical film Portrayed by Carol Burnett (who later voiced the Sour Kangaroo in Horton Hears a Who in 2008). She serves as the secondary antagonist turned anti-heroine. In the 1982 film version, Miss Hannigan goes with her helpers (who are taking Annie away), and suddenly changes when Rooster is about to catch and kill Annie (who has escaped onto the drawn B&O Bridge) because they didn't tell her that they were planning to kill her and is knocked down for trying to stop him. When Rooster slides back down (due to Punjab knocking him after catching Annie), Miss Hannigan scolds him and beats him with her purse calling him a "reprobate." Rooster and Lily are then arrested. Later, she, now a good woman, and is among the guests at a party where FDR and the First Lady are enjoying themselves. 1995 TV sequel: A Royal Adventure! Portrayed by Carol Cleveland (and voice dubbed by the late Mary Kay Bergman). Miss Hannigan is only a secondary character and may not really be villainous.

She appears when Molly is first talking to Annie while the latter is delivering papers (and a small homemade pie to her), looking for the former. Later, she is shown again when Annie and her friend Hannah knock on her door. Annie claims she and Hannah had all the fun doing the chores she had them do, and ask to repay her by taking part of her burden off her hands for a whole week. Since Miss Hannigan doesn't get it, Annie offers to take Molly with them on their trip to London, giving her "one less little brat to worry about for seven days." Miss Hannigan refuses the idea, causing Hannah to point out that she (Miss Hannigan) is meaner than she (Hannah) can remember. There, Miss Hannigan appears again, yelling for the ship (known as the Queen Mary) to be stopped because Annie and Hannah had stowed Molly away on the ship. Nobody listens, and she is never seen or heard from again, but spoken of. 1999 TV film Portrayed by Kathy Bates (known for playing Annie Wilkes in Misery).

In the 1999 Disney film version, after Miss Hannigan and her brother (pretending to be Annie's parents, the "Mudges") try to get her, and the orphans reveal who she really is (after blackmailing Lily into revealing what would happen to Annie right after accidentally revealing the secret), she and her helpers are arrested by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secret Service. 2014 update Portrayed by Cameron Diaz (who also portrayed Elizabeth Halsey ). Unlike in any other version, Miss Hannigan's first name is Colleen. Miss Hannigan appears in the 2014 film adaptation as the secondary antagonist turned anti-heroine (the main antagonist being Guy , although she appeared to be the main villain at first). She is the love interest of a cashier named Lou, but she doesn't have a crush on him and rejects anything of his. Unlike in any other version, Miss Hannigan runs a foster home in Harlem. When Miss Hannigan wakes up the girls and squirts them, she demands they clean up the foster home like their lives depend on it, and make sure that it includes the bathroom, but not to touch her medicine cabinet... oh, and no singing or dancing.

When they come, she tells the girls to look well-cared-for (though she tells Annie to pray) by doing something, like reading or putting a puzzle of a kitty-cat together. Eventually, Guy did a fake DNA test to make it look like a particular couple really is Annie's parents and he betrays Hannigan by cutting her out of the deal. Upon learning of Guy's betrayal, Hannigan quits on him and reforms, especially when Lou points out that there is a gold-hearted woman inside her, and when Stacks mentions that Annie has been bragging on how wonderful Hanningan's singing voice is. She ends up feeling really guilty over her part of the plan to have Annie's "real parents" come take her away, and enlists the girls to get her to Stacks so she can confess. She reveals Guy's plan and betrayal to Stacks and Grace. Enraged, Stacks fires Guy and Grace punches him in the face before taking part in the chase. Hannigan is last seen dancing with the others during the credits.

Gallery ANNIE The Musical - About About “ANNIE DELIVERS A TINGLE THAT STARTS AT THE SPINE AND WENDS ITS WAY TOWARD THE TEAR DUCTS.” -The Washington Post THE SHOW Leapin’ Lizards! The world’s best-loved musical returns in time-honored form. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed by Liza Gennaro, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new incarnation of the iconic original. Featuring book and score by Tony Award®-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, ANNIE includes such unforgettable songs as “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” “Easy Street,” “I Don’t Need Anything But You,” plus the eternal anthem of optimism, “Tomorrow.” CLICK ON A QUOTE TO READ OUR GREAT REVIEWS! -Rochester Democrat & Chronicle FUN FACTS ANNIE is based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip Little Orphan Annie. The comic strip premiered in the 1920s in the New York Daily News, and became one of the most widely read strips in the 30s and 40s.

Lyricist-director Martin Charnin bought a coffee table book called “The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie” as a Christmas gift for a friend in 1970. The clerk at the bookstore was too busy to wrap the book, so Charnin took the book home to wrap it. Instead, he read it and fell in love with the strip, and set out to secure the rights, Christmas week of 1970. The friend never got the book. Charnin championed the idea to colleagues Charles Strouse, a two-time Tony-winning composer, and Thomas Meehan, a short story writer for The New Yorker. It took a great deal of campaigning to get them interested, but the team was finally formed in 1971, when they began to write the musical. TIMELINE 1972-1976 – DEVELOPMENT & GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION After being completed, the musical was auditioned for 23 producers, all of whom turned it down.

Finally, in the summer of 1976, Michael Price agreed to present it at the Goodspeed Opera House, where it underwent numerous changes, until Lewis Allen and Mike Nichols decided to produce it as their first Broadway venture. 1977 – ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION The original 1977 production ran at the Alvin Theatre (now renamed the Neil Simon Theatre) for 2,377 performances and won 7 Tony Awards®, including: Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Choreography The production starred Reid Shelton (Oliver Warbucks), Dorothy Loudon (Miss Hannigan), Sandy Faison (Grace Farrell) and Andrea McArdle (Annie). Sarah Jessica Parker and Allison Smith also starred in the title role during the original Broadway run. Trained by Tony Award® Honoree Animal Trainer William Berloni, the original dog that portrayed Sandy became the “longest running dog on Broadway,” never missing a performance. ANNIE has been revived twice on Broadway (1997 & 2012). In 2007, ANNIE played Madison Square Garden in New York for 5 weeks, and grossed $8 million - a record for the Garden.

As of now, it is the 13th longest running American musical in Broadway history. ANNIE has been translated into 28 languages the world over and has played in 34 different countries. 1982 – COLUMBIA PICTURES FILM ANNIE was first made into a movie in 1982. It was sold to Columbia pictures for $9.5 million, which represented the biggest sale in theatre history, exceeding the $6 million price-tag on A Chorus Line. The 1982 movie starred Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Ann Reinking, Geoffrey Holder, and Aileen Quinn as Annie. 1999 – WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY TV MOVIE A made-for-TV version, produced by The Walt Disney Company, was broadcast in 1999 and starred Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, Kristen Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, and Alicia Morton as Annie.

2014 – SONY/COLUMBIA PICTURES REMAKE ( A second movie version, produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith, opens December 2014, starring Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz, Bobby Cannavale, and Quvenzhané Wallis (Academy Award nominee for Beasts of the Southern Wild) as Annie. Many of the little girls in ANNIE went on to extremely successful show business careers: Andrea McArdle, Sarah Jessica Parker, Molly Ringwald, Alyssa Milano, Allison Smith, Jamie Lynn Seigler, Debbie Gibson, and Catherine Zeta Jones (who played Molly in London). Some of actresses to play Miss Hannigan have been: Dorothy Loudon, Alice Ghostly, Kathleen Freeman, Jane Connell, Betty Hutton, June Havoc, Ruth Kobart, Aline Robertson, Carol Burnett, Nell Carter, Kaye Ballard, Sally Struthers, Martha Raye, Faith Prince, Katie Finneran, Cameron Diaz, and Glee's Jane Lynch. Oliver Warbucks has been played, amongst others, by Reid Shelton, Conrad John Shuck, Ron Raines, Harve Presnell, and Anthony Warlow.

Broadway Stars such as Sutton Foster, Gary Beach, Jan Maxwell, Rita Rudner, and Shelly Burch have all played roles in ANNIE over the years. “Tomorrow” has been recorded by Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Cissy Houston, Grace Jones, Idina Menzel, Jack Topping, and more. “Tomorrow” has become one of most sung Broadway songs in history. Annie Annie Annie by Thomas Meehan Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The musical ran for nearly six years on Broadway, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre).[1] It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical’s songs “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” are its more popular pieces.

It returned to Broadway in 2012.[2] It’s the Hard Knock Life — Annie & Orphans It’s the Hard Knock Life (Reprise) — Orphans Tomorrow — Annie We’d Like To Thank You Herbert Hoover —Hooverville-ites Little Girls — Miss Hannigan Little Girls (Reprise) — Miss Hannigan I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here — Grace, Annie & Servants N.Y.C.

— Warbucks, Grace, Annie, Star-to-Be, Chorus Easy Street — Rooster, Miss Hannigan, Lily You Won’t Be an Orphan for Long – Grace & Warbucks Maybe (Reprise one) — Annie You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile — Bert Healy, Boylan Sisters You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Children) — Orphans Easy Street (Reprise) — Rooster, Miss Hannigan, Lily Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise) — Annie, Roosevelt, Warbucks, Cabinet Something Was Missing —Warbucks I Don’t Need Anything But You — Warbucks & Annie Annie — Grace, Drake & Servants New Deal For Christmas — Warbucks & Servants Pre-Broadway Tryout Annie had its World premiere on August 10, 1976 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. Kristen Vigard was the first actress to play the title role. However, the producers soon decided that Vigard’s genuinely sweet interpretation was not tough enough for the street-smart orphan. After a week of performances, Vigard was replaced by Andrea McArdle, who played one of the other orphans, Pepper.

Vigard went on to become McArdle’s Broadway understudy. Broadway Original Production The original Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 21, 1977 and starred Andrea McArdle as Annie, Reid Shelton as Daddy Warbucks, Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hannigan, and Sandy Faison as Grace Farrell. Danielle Brisebois was one of the orphans. It was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won 7, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. Replacements in the title role on Broadway included then-child actors Shelly Bruce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Smith and Alyson Kirk. Replacements in the role of Miss Hannigan included Alice Ghostly, Dolores Wilson, Betty Hutton, Marcia Lewis, and June Havoc.

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), until it was surpassed by Hairspray in 2009.[1] United States National Touring Companies During the Broadway run of Annie, there were four touring companies that were launched from the original production to tour to major U.S. cities: The 1st National Touring Company opened in Toronto in March 1978 with Kathy-Jo Kelly in the title role, Norwood Smith as Daddy Warbucks, Jane Connell as Miss Hannigan and Gary Beach as Rooster. It played in Miami from April 12 to May 13, 1978 then continued for a few more cities until it landed in Chicago where it played for 32 weeks. In April 1979, it continued on the road in with Mary K. Lombardi now in the lead as Annie. In the fall of 1980, Theda Stemler took over the part and was replaced in Boston when she grew too old.

On May 15, 1981, Louanne Sirota, who had played Annie in the long-running Los Angeles production (see below), took over the role for four months. In August 1981, Becky Snyder became the company’s last Annie, closing the tour on September 6, 1981. The 2nd National Touring Company (sometimes referred to as the West Coast or Los Angeles Production) opened in San Francisco on June 22, 1978 with Patricia Ann Patts starring as Annie and the then-unknown Molly Ringwald playing one of the orphans. The show landed in Los Angeles on October 15, 1978 for an open-ended run at the Shubert Theatre. On June 12, 1979, Sirota, just 9 years old (up until that time, all Annies had been 11 years old), took over the role from Patts.

Marisa Morell took the role in December 1979, closing the Los Angeles run and continuing on tour with the show through December 1980.Kristi Coombs then played Annie until this touring company closed in Philadelphia on January 23, 1982. The 3rd National Touring Company opened in Dallas on October 3, 1979 with Roseanne Sorrentino in the title role. This company toured to 23 cities playing mostly shorter runs of a month or less. On March 27, 1981, Bridget Walsh took over as Annie. Becky Snyder (who had closed the 1st National Tour) joined this company in the summer of 1982 and stayed with it until it closed in September of that year. Alyssa Milano played one of the orphans in 1981. The 4th National Touring Company opened on September 11, 1981 with Mollie Hall playing Annie. This production was a “bus and truck” tour, with a slightly reduced cast, that traveled the country and often played in two cities a week.

This company was still touring when the original Broadway production closed in January 1983, making Kathleen Sisk the final performer to play Annie from the original production team. This tour closed in September 1983. West End Original Production The musical premiered in the West End at the Victoria Palace Theatre on May 3, 1978. Though Andrea McArdle played the title role for 40 performances, British 12-year-old Ann Marie Gwatkin was also cast in the title role and appeared on the Original London cast recording. Miss Hannigan was played by Sheila Hancock, and Daddy Warbucks was played by Stratford Johns (later by Charles West) with Deborah Clarke playing Pepper. Annie closed on 28 November 1981, after 1485 performances. UK Tour The musical transferred to the Bristol Hippodrome for a special Christmas season before touring Britain. Because of strict British employment laws for juvenile actors, a succession of actresses took on the lead role every four months. One of the last girls to perform the role at the Victoria Palace before the show went on tour was 10-year old Claudia Bradley from Leeds who was featured on a 1981 BBC programme called Fame.

West End Revival (1999) The show was later revived at the Victoria Palace, running from 30 September 1998 to 28 February 1999. It starred Lily Savage (the female alter ego of comedian Paul O’Grady) as Miss Hannigan. Further UK tours of the show were also staged, including a one-month run at The Theatre Royal in Lincoln in 2001. Members of the original cast included Annie’s Kate Winney and Jemma Carlisle, Louise English (Grace), Vicki Michelle (Hannigan) and Simon Masterton-Smith (Warbucks). The show proved to be a success, and so for the first two tours and the Malaysian Genting Highlands Production, the role of Annie was then shared by Faye Spittlehouse and a young Lucy May Barker.

This particular production toured from 2001–2007 and resumed in September 2008.[3] Broadway Revival (1997) A 20th anniversary Broadway revival in 1997 entitled Annie, the 20th Anniversary[4] starred Nell Carter, and later Sally Struthers, as Miss Hannigan, but controversy surrounded the casting of the titular character. The original actress cast in the role, Joanna Pacitti, was fired and replaced by her understudy, Brittny Kissinger[5] (who usually played July) while battling bronchitis. Public sentiment seemed to side with Pacitti as she was the winner of a highly-publicized contest to find a new Annie sponsored by the department store Macy’s. This incident, coupled with the mixed reviews the new staging garnered, doomed it to a short run, although it was followed by a successful national tour. Kissinger, then 8, became the youngest actress to ever play Annie on Broadway. More controversy surrounding the show involved Nell Carter. Carter reportedly was very upset when commercials promoting the show used a different actress, Marcia Lewis, a white actress, as Miss Hannigan.

The producers claimed that the commercials, which were made during an earlier production, were too costly to reshoot. Carter felt that racism played a part in the decision. “Maybe they don’t want audiences to know Nell Carter is black”, she told the New York Post. However, the ads did mention that Carter was in the show. “It hurts a lot”, Carter told the Post, “I’ve asked them nicely to stop it — it’s insulting to me as a black woman.”[citation needed] Later reports stated that “Nell Carter of Broadway’s ‘Annie’ denied Thursday that she called her show’s producers racist because they chose to air commercials featuring a previous Miss Hannigan–who is white–instead of her.”[6] Her statement, released by the Associated Press, read: ” ‘Yes, it is true that I and my representatives have gone to management on more than one occasion about the commercial and were told that there was nothing they could do about it,’ Carter said in a statement Thursday. ‘Therefore, I have resigned myself to the fact that this is the way it is.’ The statement also addressed the alleged charges of racism, first published in Thursday’s New York Post. Carter is black.

‘I, Nell Carter, never, ever, ever accused my producers or anyone in the show of racism,’ she said. Producers have said it is too expensive to film a new commercial.”[7] Carter was later replaced by another white actress, Sally Struthers. 1999-2000 United States Tour Starting in August 1999, the post Broadway National Tour continued with Meredith Ann Bull as Annie. In the spring of 2000, Ashley Wieronski, who had been playing Duffy, moved up to play Annie. In July 2000, Dana Benedict took over as Annie 2005-10 United States Tours Starting in 2005, a 30th anniversary traveling production of Annie by Networks Tours embarked on a multi-city tour. This production is directed by Martin Charnin. For the first year of the tour, Conrad John Schuck played Daddy Warbucks, Alene Robertson was Miss Hannigan and Annie was played by Marissa O’Donnell. Throughout the show, there were a couple of replacements, including Amanda Balon, who took over as Molly.

For the 2nd year of the tour, Annie was played by Marissa O’Donnell again.[8] This Equity Tour closed on March 25, 2007, at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2007-2008 cast included Amanda Balon, returning as Annie, David Barton as Oliver Warbucks and Lynn Andrews as Miss Hannigan.[citation needed] The 2008-09 cast for the tour featured Tianna Stevens as Annie. Early in 2009, Amanda Balon returned temporarily to play the role of Annie until Madison Kerth was rehearsed to play the title role. Also returning were Barton and Andrews. Other cast members included Mackenzie Aladjem (Molly). In the 2009-10 tour, Kerth returned as Annie along with most of the previous year’s cast.[9] Broadway revival (2012) A 35th Anniversary production opened on Broadway in 2012.

Thomas Meehan revised the musical, with James Lapine directing.[19] Lilla Crawford starred as Annie[20] with Katie Finneran as Miss Hannigan,[21] and Anthony Warlow playing “Daddy” Warbucks.[22] Featured cast includes Brynn O’Malley, Clarke Thorell and J. Elaine Marcos as Grace Farrell, Rooster and Lily St.

Regis (respectively).[23] The revival started previews at the Palace Theatre on October 3, 2012, and officially opened on November 8, 2012 receiving mostly mixed reviews.[23] Notable replacements include Jane Lynch and Faith Prince as Miss Hannigan.[24][25] On July 30, Taylor Richardson and Sadie Sink both began alternating the role of Annie, replacing Crawford.[26] This production closed on January 5, 2014, after 38 previews and 487 regular performances.[27] International Productions Annie has been produced professionally in Argentina (19821), Australia (19781, 2000), Denmark (1982), Germany(1999),Hungary (1998), Israel (2001 (אנני)1, 2010), Italy (1982,2006), Japan (1979, 1986 , 2004, 2010)2, United Kingdom (19781, 1983, 1998, Tours

 from 2000–2010), Mexico (19791,1991, 2010), The Netherlands (19971, 2005-20061), Norway (19911, 20041), Philippines (1987, 1998), Portugal (1982,1, 2010), Spain (19821, 20001, 2010), Sweden (1979 (Stockholm), 1999(Stockholm), 2005-2006(Malmö)1), Peru (2002), Zimbabwe (2003), Colombia (2006) Miami (2006), Belgium (2008–2009),Poland 1989 North America (1978, 2003) 1Indicates the production made an official cast recording.

²In Japan, a special demo recording of selected songs is made each year, with the new actress playing Annie. Stage Sequels The first attempt at a sequel, Annie 2: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge, opened at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in December 1989 to universally disastrous reviews. Extensive reworking of the script and score proved futile, and the project ended before reaching Broadway.[12] In 1993, a second attempt (with a similar plot and score), entitled Annie Warbucks, opened at the off-Broadway Variety Arts Theatre, where it ran for 200 performances. Recordings The Original Broadway Cast recording was released in 1977; a CD containing bonus tracks was released on September 15, 1998 by Sony (ASIN: B00000AG6Z). A 30th anniversary cast recording was released in 2008 on Time–Life Records.

An all-star cast of former Annie cast members includes Carol Burnett, Sally Struthers, Kathie Lee Gifford, Andrea McArdle, Conrad John Schuck, Harve Presnell, Gary Beach, Marissa O’Donnell and Amanda Balon. The rest of the cast is made up of the members of the 30th Anniversary Tour. This recording is a double CD set and includes the entire show as it is performed now on the first disk. The second disk includes songs from the sequel to Annie, “Annie 2: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge” as well as songs that were cut from or added to the original production. There is also a song from the 1977 Annie Christmas special. The booklet is made up of original drawings by Philo Barnhart, who is the creator of the characters of Ariel and Ursula in “The Little Mermaid”, and is presented in a comic book style.[13] Film and Television The Columbia Pictures film was released in 1982, with Albert Finney starring as Daddy Warbucks, Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, Ann Reinking as Grace Farrell, Tim Curry as Rooster, Bernadette Peters as Lily, and Aileen Quinn as Annie.

A sequel to the 1982 movie, Annie: A Royal Adventure! was made for television in 1995. The sequel starred Ashley Johnson, Joan Collins, George Hearn and Ian McDiarmid. Aside from a reprise of “Tomorrow”, there are no songs in the sequel. A made-for-TV Wonderful World of Disney movie version, produced by The Walt Disney Company, was broadcast in 1999; it starred Victor Garber as Daddy Warbucks, Kathy Bates as Miss Hannigan, Audra McDonald as Grace Farrell, Alan Cumming as Rooster, Kristin Chenoweth as Lily, and newcomer Alicia Morton as Annie. A documentary film, “Life After Tomorrow”, was directed and produced by one of the original Broadway and National Tour orphans, Julie Stevens and partner, Gil Cates, Jr. The film reunites more than 40 women who played orphans in the Broadway show “Annie” and reveals the highs and lows of their experiences as child actresses in a cultural phenomenon. The film premiered on Showtime and was released on DVD in 2008. Annie Jr.

is a musical licensed by Music Theatre International’s Broadway Kids, specially edited to be performed by youngsters in a shortened version. It is performed internationally every year by acting academies, programs, schools and camps.[14][15] Stage differences (1977 musical) The songs “We Thank You Herbert Hoover”, “A New Deal for Christmas”, “Something Was Missing” and “Tomorrow-Cabinet Reprise” were cut. There is only one version of “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile”, which is sung by the orphans. Also, there are only two “Maybe” reprises. The songs “I Don’t Need Anything but You” and “You Won’t Be an Orphan For Long” only feature Annie and Warbucks. Pop Culture References Annie’s popularity is reflected in its numerous mentions in popular media. References to the show appear in films such as Austin Powers: Goldmember, where Dr.

Evil and Mini-Me lip-synch and perform Jay-Z’s version of the song ‘It’s The Hard Knock Life For Us’; and in the 1994 John Waters black comedy Serial Mom, where a woman is bludgeoned to death with a leg of mutton by the titular serial killer while watching the 1982 film of Annie and singing along. Annie is parodied in Reefer Madness, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt shows up as the deus ex machina at the end of the satirical musical to tell the assembled crowd, “A little orphan girl once told me that the sun would come out tomorrow. Her adopted father was a powerful billionaire, so I suppressed the urge to laugh in her face, but now, by gum, I think she may have been on to something!” References in television series include Pushing Daisies, where Emerson referred to Chuck’s father as “Daddy Dead-bucks” in the episode entitled “The Norwegians” (Season 2: Episode 10).

Zoey 101, where Marc wants the school production changed to Annie; Full House, where Stephanie Tanner sings the song in several episodes; the Family Guy episode “Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater” (1999), where the Griffin family inherits a luxury mansion, and the staff puts on a large-scale production number spoofing the song “I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here”. The same song is also spoofed in the Drawn Together episode “Alzheimer’s That Ends Well”. In the first episode of Boston Legal, Alan Shore representes a black girl who was not hired as Annie in the national tour, and wins the case with the help of Al Sharpton. In the South Park episode “Ginger Kids”, Eric Cartman and his group of Ginger Supremacists protest against Annie being played by a non-freckled, non-red-haired girl. In 30 Rock, Liz Lemon is discovered in her office after hours listening to music on her headset and singing “Maybe.” The stop motion comedy show Robot Chicken featured a sketch called “Annie’s Super Sweet 16” spoofing both Annie and MTV’s Show My Super Sweet 16.

In this sketch Annie is a ultra spoiled cruel rich brat, seemingly the exact opposite of her persona in the play.

The song “Tomorrow” is sung in many media references, including by Joe’s aunt in a scene in the movie You’ve Got Mail; in Dave, by Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver; by Lewis on The Drew Carey Show; by Jane Krakowski in the fourth season of Ally McBeal; in Roseanne, by Darlene and Becky; in Friends, by Chandler Bing, who has two copies of the Annie soundtrack (season eight’s episode “The One With The Tea Leaves”); by Reese Witherspoon in Just Like Heaven; by Donkey in the CGI movies Shrek II (although he passes out halfway through the second line) and Shrek Forever After when he is pulling the witches’ cart to Rumpelstiltskin with an unconscious Shrek inside after making the deal with Rumpelstiltskin; in a commercial for Lowe’s Hardware promoting their next-day delivery; by the Royle Family in the episode “The Queen of Sheba” of the eponymous series; by contestant Teresa Cooper on an episode of Survivor: Africa; in a Duel Masters episode, it is recited by Shobu; by Marta in School Of Rock; in Like Mike, by a couple hoping to be Calvin’s adoptive

 parents; and in Addams Family Values.

In the Ugly Betty episode “Loss the Boss” the song can be heard playing in the bedroom of Justin Suarez after he was sent there for fighting in school. Pastiche versions of the song are sung in the Disney theme park attraction It’s Tough to be a Bug! and in the Rooms To Go next-day delivery ad campaign. The long-running Broadway parody production of Forbidden Broadway took up “Tomorrow” as sung by an adult Annie (“I’m thirty years old . . . tomorrow”) pleading for a sequel to the original musical. Other prominent media references include the following: Rapper Jay-Z made heavy use of samples from the Broadway cast album’s version of “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” in his single “It’s the Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)”. In turn, Jay-Z’s take was also parodied by Sudden Death with their song “Star Trek Life” from their album Die Laughing.

The NFL Network produced two Super Bowl ads in 2004 and 2005 featuring “Tomorrow.” A series of football celebrities who were retired or didn’t make it to that year’s Super Bowl would sing the song, ending with the caption, “…Tomorrow, we’re all undefeated again.”[16][17] Best Leading Actor in a Musical – Reid Shelton (nomination) Best Leading Actress in a Musical – Andrea McArdle (nomination) Best Leading Actress in a Musical – Dorothy Loudon (WINNER) Best Direction of a Musical – Martin Charnin (nomination) Best Choreography – Peter Gennaro (WINNER) Best Book of a Musical – Thomas Meehan (WINNER) Best Original Score – Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin (WINNER) Best Scenic Design – David Mitchell (WINNER) Best Costume Design – Theoni V. Aldredge (WINNER) tying with The Cherry Orchard 1997 Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical (nomination) References 1.Morrison, William (1999) (trade paperback). Broadway Theatres: History and Architecture. Dover Books on Architecture.

Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. pp. 154–55. ISBN 0-486-40244-4. 2. Healy, Patrick.”‘Annie’ Returning to Broadway” The New York Times , June 7, 2010 3. Annie UK 2008 tour information 4. Ippolito, Caren (January 22, 1998). “Girl Adopts Acting as Current Role”. The Tampa Tribune: pp. 1. 5. Information at BrittnyKissinger.com 6. “Nell Carter Denies Charges of Racism, partial”.Los Angeles Sentinel (partial reprint at highbeam.com ), 06-04-1997 7. Names in the news, Domestic News, Dateline: New York, May 23, 1997 8. Information from NextGenKids.com 9. Information for the 2009-10 tour 10. Jones, Kenneth.”Leapin’ Lizards!

At 35, ‘Annie’ Will Get a Facelift for Broadway” playbill.com , June 7, 2010 11. Jones, Kenneth.”James Lapine Will Direct ‘Annie’ on Broadway in 2012″ playbill.com , October 13, 2010 12. Rothstein, Mervyn.”Troubled ‘Annie 2’ Closing Out of Town; Revisions Planned” The New York Times , January 16, 1990 Annie Character List – | Backstage Players Company Strong vocal, dancing and acting Molly, Pepper, Duffy, July, Tessie, Kate Orphans with speaking parts Strong vocal, dancing and acting President Roosevelt Aids in the search for Annie’s parents Older adult, male Annie (Musical) | Musical Database Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit It is 1932 and eleven-year-old Annie is in the Municipal Girls Orphanage, along with Molly (age 6), Kate (age 7), Tessie (age 10), Pepper (age 12), July (age 13), and Duffy (age 13).

When Molly awakes from a bad dream at 3:00 AM, Annie comforts her. She then asks her to read the note her parents gave her in 1922, when she was left on the doorstep of the orphanage. The note says that they will come pick her up, so she is always hopeful that they are still out there ("Maybe"). Annie decides to escape to find her parents, but is caught by Miss Hannigan, who is currently suffering from a hangover. She is angered by this and forces all the girls to vigorously clean the orphanage ("Hard Knock Life"). Shortly after, Mr. Bundles, the laundry man, comes in to pick up the blankets. While Miss Hannigan is flirting with him, Annie climbs into the laundry basket and the orphans cover her up with the blankets. Once Miss Hannigan realizes she is gone, the other orphans express their frustration ("Hard Knock Life (Reprise)"). Annie successfully escapes, running into a friendly stray dog. As she comforts him, she tells him of better days yet to come ("Tomorrow"). The dog catcher is after him, so she pretends he is hers by calling him Sandy. Though at first unsuccessful, he is convinced, and she continues.

She later finds a Hooverville, where people made homeless by the Great Depression have come together as a community ("We'd Like To Thank You, Herbert Hoover"). However, a policeman named Lt. Ward (who had been sent by Miss Hannigan) catches Annie and brings her back. Grace Farrell, assistant to the billionaire Oliver Warbucks, comes to the orphanage asking for an orphan to come to his mansion for the Christmas holiday. Because Annie was in Miss Hannigan's office, Grace asks to take her, and Miss Hannigan reluctantly agrees. Once she has left, Miss Hannigan explodes with her hatred for all the girls in the orphanage ("Little Girls"). Meanwhile, at the Warbucks Mansion, the staff welcomes Annie with open arms ("I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"). When Oliver Warbucks comes back though, he is very moody and not too happy to have an orphan in his mansion. He asks Grace to take Annie to a movie, but she persuades him to come. As he and Annie begin to like each other, they enjoy a fabulous night in New York City ("N.Y.C."). Back at the orphanage, Miss Hannigan's brother, Rooster, and his floozy girlfriend, Lily, pay a visit.

She mentions that Annie is staying at a billionaire's house, and they think they could use this situation to get rich, though they do not yet know how ("Easy Street"). Warbucks sees the locket around Annie's neck, and buys her a new one from Tiffany & Co. He debates taking her "under his wing" because he does not know much about children, but decides he loves her and gives her the locket ("Why Should I Change A Thing?"). However, she bursts into tears saying it was the only thing left by her parents, and refuses to accept a new one. Grace and the staff then pledge to find her parents no matter what it takes ("You Won't Be An Orphan For Long"). Act 2 Edit Annie appears on the radio on a show by Bert Healy ("Maybe" Reprise) where Warbucks announces that he is offering $50,000 to the couple who can prove they are her parents. Healy then sings a song with the Boylan Sisters ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"). The orphans are listening, and decide to dance and sing to the song they have just heard ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" Reprise).

When Miss Hannigan hears, she barges in and demands to know what was happening. Molly announces that Annie was on the radio, and that there is a $50,000 reward for her parents. Miss Hannigan is anything but pleased. Shortly after, a couple named Ralph and Shirley Mudge arrive, saying they left a little girl here eleven years ago and have come back for her. Miss Hannigan is shocked. They soon reveal themselves to be Rooster and Lily, and explain their plan for the reward. They request information about Annie from Miss Hannigan for one third of the money, though she demands one half for this service, and tells them about the note and the locket. ("Easy Street" Reprise). Warbucks brings Annie to Washington, DC where she requests to meet the president. Warbucks thinks that it would be better if Annie waited outside, but Franklin D. Roosevelt asks her to stay. She begins to sing "Tomorrow", though shushed by the cabinet. Roosevelt, however, believes that people must be optimistic during tough times, and commands them to sing ("Tomorrow" (Cabinet Reprise)). Once back home, Warbucks tells Annie how much he loves her ("Something Was Missing").

Because her parents have not shown up, he announces he would like to adopt her ("I Don't Need Anything But You"). They decide to throw a Christmas party, and Annie wants to invite Miss Hannigan and the orphans. While preparing, the delighted staff tell of how her arrival has changed their lives ("Annie"). Judge Louis Brandeis shows up to begin the adoption proceedings, but is interrupted by Mr. and Mrs. Mudge (Rooster and Lily in disguise) who come to pick up Annie. Grace and Warbucks are shocked, because they know about the note and the locket. Still, Warbucks does not think they are her real parents. He requests that she will be allowed to stay one more night for the Christmas party, and then be taken away to their supposed pig farm in New Jersey. Early that morning, she wishes she could have been adopted, and not sent off with her "parents" ("Maybe" (Reprise)). Warbucks then receives a surprise visit from Roosevelt and his Secret Service. It is revealed by him that Annie's parents are actually David and Margaret Bennett who died when she was a baby. They then realize that Mr. and Mrs.

Mudge are really Rooster and Lily just as they show up to claim her and the money. They, along with Miss Hannigan, are arrested by the Secret Service, and everyone is delighted by Roosevelt's new deal for the economy ("New Deal for Christmas"). Characters Edit The original Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 21, 1977 and starred Andrea McArdle as Annie, Reid Shelton as Daddy Warbucks, Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hannigan, and Sandy Faison as Grace Farrell. Danielle Brisebois was one of the orphans. It was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven, including the Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. Replacements in the title role on Broadway included then-child actors Shelly Bruce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Smith and Alyson Kirk. Replacements in the role of Miss Hannigan included Alice Ghostley, Dolores Wilson, Betty Hutton, Marcia Lewis, and June Havoc. Ann Ungar understudied and played for Dorothy Loudon in the role of Miss Hannigan. She also understudied Alice Ghostley and Dolores Wilson.

The show closed on January 2, 1983, after a total of 2,377 performances, setting a record for the longest running show at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre), until it was surpassed by Hairspray in 2009. United States National touring companies Edit During the Broadway run of Annie, there were four touring companies that were launched from the original production to tour to major U.S. cities: The 1st National Touring Company opened in Toronto in March 1978 with Kathy Jo Kelly as Annie, Norwood Smith as Daddy Warbucks, Jane Connell, Ruth Kobart as Miss Hannigan, and Gary Beach as Rooster. It played in Miami from April 12 to May 13, 1978 then continued for a few more cities until it landed in Chicago where it played for 32 weeks. In April 1979, it continued on the road in with Mary K. Lombardi now in the lead as Annie. In the fall of 1980, Theda Stemler took over the part and was replaced in Boston when she grew too old.

On May 15, 1981, Louanne Sirota, who had played Annie in the long-running Los Angeles production (see below), took over the role for four months. In August 1981, Becky Snyder became the company's last Annie, closing the tour on September 6, 1981. The 2nd National Touring Company (sometimes referred to as the West Coast or Los Angeles Production) opened in San Francisco on June 22, 1978 with Patricia Ann Patts starring as Annie and the then-unknown Molly Ringwald as one of the orphans. The show landed in Los Angeles on October 15, 1978 for an open-ended run at the Shubert Theatre. On June 12, 1979, Sirota, just 9 years old (up until that time, all Annies had been 11 years old), took over the role from Patts. Marisa Morell took the role in December 1979, closing the Los Angeles run and continuing on tour with the show through December 1980.

Kristi Coombs then played Annie until this touring company closed in Philadelphia on January 23, 1982. Alyssa Milano played one of the orphans in 1981. The 3rd National Touring Company opened in Dallas on October 3, 1979 with Roseanne Sorrentino (who would later go on to portray Pepper in the 1982 film version) in the title role. This company toured to 23 cities playing mostly shorter runs of a month or less. On March 27, 1981, Bridget Walsh took over as Annie. Becky Snyder (who had closed the 1st National Tour) joined this company in the summer of 1982 and stayed with it until it closed in September of that year. The 4th National Touring Company opened on September 11, 1981 with Mollie Hall playing Annie. This production was a "bus and truck" tour, with a slightly reduced cast, that traveled the country and often played in two cities a week.

This company was still touring when the original Broadway production closed in January 1983, making Kathleen Sisk the final performer to play Annie from the original production team. This tour closed in September 1983. West End original Edit The musical premiered in the West End at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 3 May 1978. Though Andrea McArdle played the title role for 40 performances, British 12-year-old Ann Marie Gwatkin was also cast in the title role and appeared on the Original London cast recording. She alternated with Christine Hyland and five other Annies were cast at this point: Anne O'Rourke, Tracy Taylor, Jacinta Whyte, Helen Thorne and Gillian White, who were all to play the role over the next three years. Miss Hannigan was originally played by Sheila Hancock, and later by Maria Charles and Stella Moray; Daddy Warbucks was played by Stratford Johns and later by Charles West, with Deborah Clarke playing Pepper and Melanie Grant playing Molly. Annie closed on 28 November 1981, after 1485 performances. UK tour Edit The musical transferred to the Bristol Hippodrome for a special Christmas season before touring Britain.

Because of strict British employment laws for juvenile actors, a succession of actresses took on the lead role every four months. One of the last girls to perform the role at the Victoria Palace before the show went on tour was 10-year old Claudia Bradley from Leeds who was featured on a 1981 BBC programme called Fame. Broadway revival (1997) Edit A 20th anniversary Broadway revival, which played at the Martin Beck Theatre (now called the Al Hirschfeld Theatre) in 1997, entitled Annie, the 20th Anniversary, starred Nell Carter as Miss Hannigan, but controversy surrounded the casting of the titular character. The original actress cast in the role, Joanna Pacitti, was fired and replaced by her understudy, Brittny Kissinger (who usually played orphan July) just two weeks before her Broadway debut, while battling bronchitis in Boston. The Pre-Broadway Tour was playing the Colonial Theatre. 'Annie' Understudy and Swing Orphan Alexandra Keisman performed the role the first night Pacitti was absent. The producers then gave Kissinger the next performance.

The show then moved on to the Oakdale in Connecticut where an insert was placed in the Playbill claiming "The Role of Annie is now being played by Brittny Kissinger". Public sentiment seemed to side with Pacitti as she was the winner of a highly-publicized contest to find a new Annie sponsored by the department store Macy's. This incident, coupled with the mixed reviews the new staging garnered, doomed it to a short run, although it was followed by a successful national tour. Kissinger, then 8, became the youngest actress to ever play Annie on Broadway. More controversy surrounding the show involved Nell Carter. Carter reportedly was very upset when commercials promoting the show used a different actress, Marcia Lewis, a white actress, as Miss Hannigan. The producers claimed that the commercials, which were made during an earlier production, were too costly to reshoot. Carter felt that racism played a part in the decision. "Maybe they do not want audiences to know Nell Carter is black", she told the New York Post. However, the ads did mention that Carter was in the show.

"It hurts a lot", Carter told the Post, "I've asked them nicely to stop it — it's insulting to me as a black woman." Later reports stated that "Nell Carter of Broadway's 'Annie' denied Thursday that she called her show's producers racist because they chose to air commercials featuring a previous Miss Hannigan--who is white--instead of her." Her statement, released by the Associated Press, read: " 'Yes, it is true that I and my representatives have gone to management on more than one occasion about the commercial and were told that there was nothing they could do about it,' Carter said in a statement Thursday. 'Therefore, I have resigned myself to the fact that this is the way it is.' The statement also addressed the alleged charges of racism, first published in Thursday's New York Post. Carter is black. 'I, Nell Carter, never, ever, ever accused my producers or anyone in the show of racism,' she said. Producers have said it is too expensive to film a new commercial." Carter was later replaced by another white actress, Sally Struthers. The revival closed on October 19, 1997 after 14 previews and 239 performances.

West End revival (1998) Edit The show was revived at the Victoria Palace, running from 30 September 1998 to 28 February 1999. It starred Lesley Joseph and then Lily Savage (the female alter ego of comedian Paul O'Grady) as Miss Hannigan and Kevin Colson as Warbucks. Further UK tours of the show were also staged, including a one-month run at The Theatre Royal in Lincoln in 2001. Members of the original cast included Kate Winney and Jemma Carlisle as Annie, Louise English (Grace), Vicki Michelle (Miss Hannigan) and Simon Masterton-Smith (Daddy Warbucks). The show proved to be a success, and so for the first two tours and the Malaysian Genting Highlands Production, the role of Annie was then shared by Faye Spittlehouse and a young Lucy May Barker. This particular production toured from 2001–2007 and resumed in September 2008. 1999-2000 United States tour Edit Starting in August 1999, the post Broadway National Tour continued with Meredith Ann Bull as Annie.

In the spring of 2000, Ashley Wieronski, who had been playing Duffy, moved up to play Annie. In July 2000, Dana Benedict took over as Annie. 2000-2001 Australian tour Edit In 2000/2001 a tour played Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Anthony Warlow starred as Daddy Warbucks with Amanda Muggleton as Miss Hannigan. A new song, "Why Should I Change a Thing", was written for Warlow. Appearing as Annie in the Sydney production was Rachel Marley. A publicist noted that "each time the show moves to a new city two casts of seven orphans plus two Annies have to be found to join the adult cast." [13 ] 2005-10 United States tours Edit Starting in August 2005, a 30th anniversary traveling production of Annie by Networks Tours embarked on a multi-city tour. This production was directed by Martin Charnin.

For the first year of the tour, Conrad John Schuck played Daddy Warbucks, Alene Robertson was Miss Hannigan and Annie was played by Marissa O'Donnell.Throughout the run of the show, there were a couple of replacements, including Amanda Balon, who took over as Molly. For the 2nd year of the tour, Annie was played by Marissa O'Donnell again. This Equity Tour closed on March 25, 2007, at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2007-2008 cast included Amanda Balon, returning as Annie, David Barton as Oliver Warbucks, Lynn Andrews as Miss Hannigan and Zander Meisner as Rooster. The 2008-09 cast for the tour featured Tianna Stevens as Annie. Early in 2009, Amanda Balon returned temporarily to play the role of Annie until Madison Kerth was rehearsed to play the title role. Also returning were Barton, Andrews and Meisner. Other cast members included Mackenzie Aladjem (Molly).

In the 2009-10 tour, Kerth returned as Annie along with most of the previous year's cast. Broadway revival (2012) Edit A 35th Anniversary production opened on Broadway in 2012. Thomas Meehan revised the musical, with James Lapine directing. Lilla Crawford stars as Annie with Katie Finneran as Miss Hannigan, with Anthony Warlow playing "Daddy" Warbucks. Featured cast includes Brynn O'Malley, Clarke Thorell and J. Elaine Marcos as Grace Farrell, Rooster and Lily St. Regis (respectively).The revival started previews at the Palace Theatre on October 3, 2012, and officially opened on November 8, 2012 receiving mostly positive reviews. Jane Lynch will take over the role of Miss Hannigan for a limited engagement lasting beginning May 14, and ending July 14, 2013.

International productions Edit Annie has been produced professionally in Argentina (19821), Australia (19781, 2000, 20111), Denmark (1982), Germany(1999), Hungary (1998), Israel (20011, 2010), Italy (1982,2006), Japan (1979, 1986, 2004, 2010)2, United Kingdom (19781, 1983, 1998, tours from 2000–2010), Mexico (19791,1991, 2010), The Netherlands (1997-19991, 2005-20071, 2012-20131), Norway (19911, 20041), Philippines (1978, 1987, 1998), Portugal (1982,1, 2010), Spain (19

821, 20001, 2010), Sweden (1979 (Stockholm), 1999 (Stockholm), 2005-2006 (Malmö)1), Peru (2002), Zimbabwe (2003), Colombia (2006) Miami (2006), Belgium (1992, 2008–2009, 2012), Poland 1989 North America (1978, 2003), Denmark (2011), Puerto Rico (2012), Australia (2012), Singapore (2012).

Indicates the production made an official cast recording. In Japan, a special demo recording of selected songs is made each year, with the new actress playing Annie. Annie (character) | Annie Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit When Annie(not 2014) was born, her mother and her father died in a fire accident. She was then sent to the orphanage in New York City. Since then, she hoped her parents would come to get her someday. Annie has been miserable ever since her life in the orphanage, and the main reason is due to the orphanage's owner, Miss Hannigan, since Hannigan often forces Annie and the rest of the orphans to work. She also forces them to say, "I/We love you, Miss Hannigan." to her. Edit Annie almost always maintains a good, positive attitude. She is very good-natured. She and the orphans are extremely innocent, which makes her a sweet girl. She has a fairly good relationship with the rest of the orphans, though sometimes she can have little tiffs with them. Annie might be optimistic and kind ' she is known for being the toughest orphan.

She is very confident that her parents will return for her..Twas Christmas Confusion All Through The House By: NikitaKaralis Definitely has some Christmas spoilers so beware! This story utilizes the 1982 characters (which I do not own) and depicts Annie's continued doubts of Santa Claus; however, her parents and St. Nick are out to prove her wrong! Trivia Edit All three original debuting actresses' names started with an "A", just like the character's: Andrea McArdle, who first played the role on Broadway; Aileen Quinn, who played the role in the 1982 Columbia film, and Alicia Morton, who played the role in the 1999 Disney telefilm. She is played by Quvenzhané Wallis in the 2014 film. That went double for Ashley Johnson (though she wasn't introduced in this role) when she played the role in the 1995 (1996 internationally) TV sequel Annie: A Royal Adventure! (See the picture above with all 4 of these Annies).

Although in the original Broadway show and 1999 film, Annie's hair starts out straight and auburn, in the 1982 film, her hair is curly and red the whole time like Annie's appearance in the original comic strip, Little Orphan Annie . Annie is African American in the 2014 version of " Annie " but in the comic strips ' Annie is hinted to be Irish .

Question: Miss Hannigan is a character in which musical that premiered in 1977?
Answer: ANNIE