Wanda Sykes to play Miss Hannigan? — Page 2

Wouldn't be surprised if my family goes to see this for Wanda. It is right near my hometown in Delaware County.

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How does the role of Miss Hannigan work with a black performer? When she and her brother claim they are Annie's parents how is that recieved by the audience? Is a black actor also cast as Rooster?

At the start of this thread someone said Hannifan has been cast this way before. Curious to know how this worked out.

I would love to see Sykes in this.

I saw the show a long time ago with Sally Struthers as Hannigan. I thought it was Hannigan who pretended to be Annie's mother. But it was long time ago and I could be remembering Kathy Bates performaces from the TV movie.

Updated On: 8/10/10 at 02:16 PM

"Wanda Sykes is just as much of a household name as Kathy Griffin, no?"


You do realize the 'D-List" thing is a joke right? Kathy Griffin sells out all over the country. She sold out Carnegie Hall. She has won 2 Emmys for the show as well as being a NY Times bestseller and Grammy nominated.

Wanda Sykes worked on "The New Adventures Of Old Christine", her own talk show, and had an HBO standup at the same time, as well as touring all over the country. Both ladies are very successful and hardly on The D-List.

There's a line (well, at least in the '82 movie) where Lily says to Rooster of Miss Hannigan, "You and her have the same mother?" I always liked that line, with its subtle little jab. So Miss Hannigan's dad could have been black, I guess, whether or not Rooster's is.

Mostly I freaked out when I saw this subject line b/c I thought it was about the Broadway cast. If Beth Leavel doesn't play Miss Hannigan on Broadway then the world is just ridiculous.

Bump.

Did anyone see this?