The musical Annie, based on the ancient comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie,' has become a rite of passage for many a young girl since it opened almost 50 years ago on Broadway.
The musical Annie, based on the ancient comic strip"Little Orphan Annie," has become a rite of passage for many a young girl since it opened almost 50 years ago on Broadway. Since then countless pre-teen lasses— in professional, semi-professional and amateur productions—have stepped into that title role with one thing in mind.
Once again, director Terri Kent and choreographer/artistic collaborator Martiń Ceśpedes fashion a smooth and entirely professional production by keeping the pace fast and fresh while attending to all the details. Sure, these days he'd probably be arrested for grabbing a girl out of an orphanage and taking her away without proper adoption procedures. But this is a comic strip world in which tomorrow will always be better, even though it never arrives since it's"always a day away."
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