The timeless story. The classic characters. The unforgettable songs.
Under the loving direction of three-time Tony Award winner James Lapine, the musical you remember is back on Broadway in a brand-new production you'll never forget. The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin remain the same, with new choreography provided by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler.
“Annie,” the 1977 musical based on the 1920s “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip, returns to Broadway as if shipped to the Palace Theatre by a morale-boosting arm of FEMA. Infused with zip and charm by its sensational Annie, Noo-Yawk-tawkin’ Lilla Crawford, the show, slickly staged by James Lapine, tells you that any city or nation keeping faith with the future will rise again, come hell or high water...Coaxed by Lapine...Crawford exudes the beguiling clarity of a kid unbowed by the hard-knock life. Her Annie is as egalitarian as we’d like to believe our country, at its best, might be...Matching Crawford vowel for lazy New York vowel, the Australian Warlow proves to be an ideal Warbucks, the warmth of the performance rising scene by scene.
The real measure of any Annie is the chemistry between its Annie and its Warbucks, and here, the Lapine reboot succeeds—though not, perhaps, in the way fans of the original, the ’82 movie, the ’97 revival, or the ’99 TV movie remember. Lilla Crawford does not love the spotlight the way we collectively recall Andrea McArdle's loving it; for those of us whose Ür-Annie was the movie version’s Aileen Quinn, there’s none of her solar-powered Raphaelite beneficence. Crawford’s adorable, of course, and sings flawlessly in that trademark Annie timbre, i.e. somewhere between a spirit-bowl and a bandsaw. (An on-key bandsaw! I mean all of this as praise: That’s how Annie’s gotta sing, gosh durnit!)
1976 | East Haddam, CT (Regional) |
World Premiere East Haddam, CT (Regional) |
1977 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1978 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
1978 | West End |
London Production West End |
1978 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
1979 | US Tour |
3rd National Tour US Tour |
1981 | US Tour |
4th National Tour US Tour |
1982 | West End |
Return Engagement [London] West End |
1997 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1998 | West End |
London Revival West End |
2002 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
2004 | US Tour |
Touring Revival US Tour |
2005 | US Tour |
Touring Revival US Tour |
2012 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2017 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Playhouse Revival Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2013 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Anthony Warlow |
2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Lilla Crawford |
2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Anthony Warlow |
2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | 0 |
2013 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | 0 |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Eva Price/Christina Papagjika |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Daryl Roth |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Jane Bergere |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | James M. Nederlander |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Stacey Mindich |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Debbie Bisno |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Roy Furman |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Roger Berlind |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Sally Horchow |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Roger Horchow |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Arielle Tepper Madover |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Roger Berlind |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Sally Horchow |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Roger Horchow |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Arielle Tepper Madover |
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Annie |
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