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'Annie' returning to Broadway.
As the U.S. economy continues to work its way out of the Great Recession, producers are aiming to bring "Annie" back to Broadway in its first big revival since it flopped in1997.
The opening day is set for some time in late 2012.
The new production will feature a revised book and dialogue but the action of the
musical will still be set in the Depression.
The show features music by Charles Strouse and book and lyrics by Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin.
'Annie' made its Broadway debut in 1977 and won Tony Awards for best musical and six other categories including Best Actress.
The show ran for more than 2,587 performances and was adapted into a feature film in 1982 that flopped spectacularly at the world box office.
The movie was directed by John Huston.
'Annie' is based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray. The comic strip made its newspaper debut on Aug. 5, 1924, and will have a run for a little more than 85 years when Tribune Media Services discontinues the print series on June 13 this weekend.
The 1997 Broadway revival of 'Annie', which starred Nell Carter as Miss Hannigan, was poorly reviewed by critics. The new revival is being produced by Arielle Tepper Madover, who is currently a producer on the Broadway production of John Logan's 'Red'. Madover also produced such shows as '33 Variations', 'The Pillowman' and 'Spamalot'.
With this set of producers involved it is strongly felt that this will be the production that London will get and not the recent production presented by Chris Moreno that the creators saw and left very unimpressed.
Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:59pm
'Annie' returning to Broadway.
As the U.S. economy continues to work its way out of the Great Recession, producers are aiming to bring "Annie" back to Broadway in its first big revival since it flopped in1997.
The opening day is set for some time in late 2012.
The new production will feature a revised book and dialogue but the action of the
musical will still be set in the Depression.
The show features music by Charles Strouse and book and lyrics by Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin.
'Annie' made its Broadway debut in 1977 and won Tony Awards for best musical and six other categories including Best Actress.
The show ran for more than 2,587 performances and was adapted into a feature film in 1982 that flopped spectacularly at the world box office.
The movie was directed by John Huston.
'Annie' is based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray. The comic strip made its newspaper debut on Aug. 5, 1924, and will have a run for a little more than 85 years when Tribune Media Services discontinues the print series on June 13 this weekend.
The 1997 Broadway revival of 'Annie', which starred Nell Carter as Miss Hannigan, was poorly reviewed by critics. The new revival is being produced by Arielle Tepper Madover, who is currently a producer on the Broadway production of John Logan's 'Red'. Madover also produced such shows as '33 Variations', 'The Pillowman' and 'Spamalot'.
With this set of producers involved it is strongly felt that this will be the production that London will get and not the recent production presented by Chris Moreno that the creators saw and left very unimpressed.
