ANNIE Revival to Play the Palace

[macbeth]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 3:37pm

I've got it on good authority that contracts are being signed this week if they haven't been already for ANNIE to officially take the Palace this fall.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 3:47pm

Mistake number 1.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 3:57pm

Well, I never saw ANNIE on Broadway. My first Broadway musical was DREAMGIRLS in 1982...and I am only familiar with the show via the 1982 movie and 1999 TV version, and of course the cast recordings for all the incarnations thus far...I didn't go see the revival
with Nell Carter because honestly I wasn't interested.

I do however want to see this on stage at least once in my lifetime so this upcoming production may be it.

Updated On: 3/24/12 at 03:57 PM

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 4:06pm

Tough luck for the queens, I guess.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 4:07pm

I guess PRISCILLA will move to New World Stages.

[jwsel]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 4:26pm

On a possibly related note, Charles Shaughnessy tweeted this morning about a singing lesson and then wrote, "Could I be the 'Daddy Warbucks' Broadway has been looking for?? Stay tuned!"

That could be wishful thinking on his part, but I think he would be a good choice. He was great in My Fair Lady in Boston last year.


Updated On: 3/24/12 at 04:26 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 5:14pm

I wonder how this will fare in such a big theatre... Any thoghts?

[ChildrenwillListen]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 5:21pm

Yeah what's going on with Priscilla?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 5:23pm

On a possibly related note, Charles Shaughnessy tweeted this morning about a singing lesson and then wrote, "Could I be the 'Daddy Warbucks' Broadway has been looking for?? Stay tuned!"

That could be wishful thinking on his part, but I think he would be a good choice. He was great in My Fair Lady in Boston last year.

I would weep openly.

[shrekster224]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 6:29pm

I'm actually a fan of Priscilla, so I think it would be awesome for them to move to a smaller theater. They don't have much of a stable set besides the bus, so I'd imagine if it came down to it moving would at least not be a logistical issue if they found a theater.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 11:05pm

Updated On: 3/25/12 at 11:05 PM

[castlestreet]

Posted: 3/24/12 at 11:44pm

This isn't news- it was reported in the New York Times a few days ago that one of the reasons Pricilla is still open is because the Palace is where Annie is going in the Fall-and the Nederlanders don't want an empty theatre - hardly breaking news

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 3/25/12 at 1:00am

Well it's news to me, and definitely bittersweet news at that.

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 3/25/12 at 2:30am

flippity flop.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 3/25/12 at 9:11am

The original production of Annie played four theatres while on Broadway - it ended its six year run playing more than a year at the Uris (now Gershwin) and back when that theatre had over 1900 seats. If the new production is even half as entertaining as the original production was, it should be OK at the Palace.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 3/25/12 at 3:33pm

The Palace does seem a bit big for Annie but I think if they can expand the production like they did with the London Palladium/Drury Lane production of Oliver!, it should do well.

[ArchMcH]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 7:54am

I'm not sure anyone has told the Priscilla folks ... surely they'd have to know!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:16am

[b]I'm actually a fan of Priscilla, so I think it would be awesome for them to move to a smaller theater. They don't have much of a stable set besides the bus, so I'd imagine if it came down to it moving would at least not be a logistical issue if they found a theater.[/b]

One of the big reasons Pricilla went to the Palace to start with was because they didn't want to have to get a new bus following the Toronto run so I doubt another theatre would cut it to save money.

I give Annie 6 months.

[castlestreet]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:19am

6 months? Really? I'm not a fan of the Rosie casting- but this is Annie- I don't care if the Palace is a huge theater or not. I think we are all burying this production a little too soon.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:28am

Would be nice at the Neil Simon, just like the original.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:28am

Would be nice at the Neil Simon, just like the original.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 10:45am

6 months? Really? I'm not a fan of the Rosie casting- but this is Annie- I don't care if the Palace is a huge theater or not. I think we are all burying this production a little too soon.

Considering the last revival played for all of 7 months I don't have high hopes for this. The world doesn't exactly seem to be clamoring for Annie. It's been touring for consistently for the last 6ish years.



Updated On: 3/26/12 at 10:45 AM

[wonkit]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:05am

Like GODSPELL, a good amateur production of ANNIE can be very satisfying. It is not, after all, SWEENEY TODD.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:13am

If that revival of West Side Story could be a smash hit at the Palace with no names attached, Annie could do it as well. It's not a far-fetched idea at all.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 3/26/12 at 11:30am

>I'm not a fan of the Rosie casting<

No such casting announcement has been made by the production itself. I wouldn't believe a word from Rosie's PR team until the Annie producers announce casting.

>I give Annie 6 months.<

Annie lasted six years in its original production. The 20th Anniversary production was a tattered, threadbare, dispiriting affair with an ill-cast Nell Carter and a production that was like a badly faded mimeograph version of the great original. New York really hasn't gotten a lavish, full-scale Annie since the original closed in 1983 - almost 30 years. If the tepid West Side Story revival can last two years at the Palace, and if Priscilla, which never seemed to quite catch fire at the box office, can still last a year, Annie - unless something goes horribly wrong with it - should fare just fine at the Palace.