NBC's ANNIE LIVE! (2021) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 17

[BwayLB]

Posted: 11/14/21 at 11:23am

I first saw Megan play Glinda in LA back in 2007. Been a fan of her since

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 11/15/21 at 8:45am

MissJennifer said: "Regarding how much of Harold Gray is left in the show after all these revisions...

With all due respect to these posters and to Gray, the original stage show had wandered far afield from Gray's original strip even in its earliest form. Gray would have spit NAILS if he'd seen a show based on his work that presented FDR and the New Deal in a sympathetic light, and even had a song praising the New Deal...he hated FDR and his New Deal like poison! It seemed every other strip in the thirties and forties had Warbucks slamming both...Warbucks even faked his death for a time while FDR was president but returned after FDR's death because "the climate of the country agrees with me more now." Gray believed strongly in the pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps philosophy and thought the New Deal interfered too much in people's lives and encouraged them to become too soft. So I'm not too bugged about further revisions that wander afield from Gray, since the original show did that in the first place!"

I'm sure none of that matters to Gray's family. Anytime Annie is "drawn out" for something new, they see a little "new deal" of their own

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/15/21 at 11:09am

Loopin’theloop said: "That’s a really sweet cameo for Andrea McCardle, having her as Eleanor Roosevelt meaning she gets a verse of tomorrow."

It’s McArdle. Andrea McArdle.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/15/21 at 1:18pm

Alan Toy to hop on board as FDR:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Alan-Toy-Joins-ANNIE-LIVE-As-President-Franklin-Delano-Roosevelt-20211115

He has been living with polio since he was three years old.

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 11/15/21 at 1:29pm

Jordan Levinson said: "Alan Toy to hop on board as FDR:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Alan-Toy-Joins-ANNIE-LIVE-As-President-Franklin-Delano-Roosevelt-20211115

He has been living with polio since he was three years old."

Wow. That's incredible. Excited to see him.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/16/21 at 2:32pm

Full cast:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Full-Cast-Revealed-for-NBCs-ANNIE-LIVE-20211116

Nerd out, everyone!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/16/21 at 2:38pm

That new promo that was just released is really poorly put together. Looks very cheap.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 11/16/21 at 3:00pm

Jordan Levinson said: "Full cast:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Full-Cast-Revealed-for-NBCs-ANNIE-LIVE-20211116

Nerd out, everyone!"

Long time Waitress fans will find two very familiar faces in there.....

[Loopin’theloop]

Posted: 11/16/21 at 6:40pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Loopin’theloop said: "That’s a really sweet cameo for Andrea McCardle, having her as Eleanor Roosevelt meaning she gets a verse of tomorrow."

It’s McArdle. Andrea McArdle.

"

Quick, send for Bob Fossie and Barbara Streisand to cart me off to gay jail immediately.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 12:29pm

ANNIE LIVE Soundtrack
Digital 12/3
CD 1/21

https://annielive.lnk.to/albumBW

Updated On: 11/22/21 at 12:29 PM

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 12:34pm

"Tomorrow" in rehearsal.

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 12:35pm

Very eagerly awaiting the soundtrack release!

Also, gotta love Alvin Hough, Jr. on the piano in that rehearsal footage.

Updated On: 11/22/21 at 12:35 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 12:41pm

This CAST. What an exciting night this will be! 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 1:02pm

Have we received any word on if they're cutting Hooverville or adding in any material from the movie?

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 1:25pm

I'm not sure how accurate this this, but here is the soundtrack according to IMDb:

Annie Live! Soundtrack

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 11/22/21 at 1:46pm

Over the years, has the title/lyric changed to “It’s a Hard Knock Life” from the original “It’s the Hard Knock Life”? (Just going off of that list, who knows how accurate it is.)

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 12:34pm

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 12:52pm

EVERYONE LOOKS SO GOOD

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 4:10pm

Missed opportunity not including "Why Should I Change A Thing?" when you have a singer like Harry Connick, Jr. in the picture, assuming the IMDb listing is true.

Also, the "Hard Knock Life" title confusion is funny, considering everyone I've ever heard sing it outside the show context sings "a" instead of "the," but "the" is the word. Having said that, it's difficult to get "the" to pop; even when you sing it right, it sounds like "a." (More interestingly, the script and score say "we got kicked," for example, but I’ve never heard any version actually sung that way. Everyone says "get." It’s more immediate, and I suspect it’s actually a rewrite that happened in rehearsals, and just never made it into the materials.)

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 5:46pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Have we received any word on if they're cutting Hooverville or adding in any material from the movie?"

It’s everything from the original show. 

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 5:53pm

Andrea McArdle has departed the show due to family issues. Her dad is reportedly unwell. 

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 6:30pm

It’s a bummer about Andrea, I was looking forward to seeing her, but family definitely comes first. Maybe they’ll call in Aileen Quinn.

[pmensky]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 6:35pm

NOWaWarning said: "It’s a bummer about Andrea, I was looking forward to seeing her, but family definitely comes first. Maybe they’ll call in Aileen Quinn."

Carol Burnett would make a great Eleanor.

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 6:44pm

Hope her father recovers fully and quickly!

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 11/24/21 at 6:46pm

Jordan Levinson said: ""

Looks fabulous! But where is MEGAN?!?! Are her costumes not ready yet or something? I'm so excited to see her in this.