New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelved- Page 3

[Smaxie]

New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelveduent #50

Posted: 2/26/14 at 4:16pm

DAME, look at the "NYC" link in my post above. There's footage of the number from the original Broadway production, in 1980 with Allison Smith as Annie. You can see the treadmills in action.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[DAME]

New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelveduent #51

Posted: 2/26/14 at 4:57pm

OMG. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[broadwayguy2]

New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelveduent #52

Posted: 2/27/14 at 2:18am

Also on YouTube, you can find video of the last tour, helmed by charnin, where the treadmills were not used but the staging was based on the original to judge the difference.

[homeimp]

New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelveduent #53

Posted: 2/28/14 at 11:32am

Put me down as another who liked the recent revival a lot. It's the first time I truly enjoyed Annie. For me it was much more real and less cartoonish than other Annies I have seen. And I include Katie Finneran's Miss Hannigan in that assessment. But I realize that's also why many didn't like it. Lilla Crawford was the first Annie I didn't find irritating. Anthony Warlow was fine, but for me Daddy W will always be a rather thankless role.

[KathyNYC2]

New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelveduent #54

Posted: 2/28/14 at 8:19pm

I loved Anthony Warlow. I thought he was the best Warbucks ever..and I have seen a bunch. Loved Lilla and I remember loving Allison Smith when I saw her years ago (quite a few times if I remember correctly). The staging and especially the choreography really was lacking in this last production but I liked it more than a lot of others did.

[Unknown User]

New Annie Tour Will Be Helmed By Charnin; Lapine's Production Shelveduent #55

Posted: 3/1/14 at 8:55am

I just don't see what's wrong with trying something DIFFERENT (Lapines version) . From a kids perspective the darkness (literally the colors) in "Herbert Hoover" and some of the more scenes depicting the depression were a bit drab, as an adult I loved him tackling the darkness of the time juxtaposed with the brightness of Warbucks' home. Charnine seems like an egomaniac to me.