Warbucks soon decides he wants to adopt Annie, but when he learns about her dream of finding her parents and the secret of the half-locket she has treasured for so long, he sets his own feelings aside and orders an exhaustive search for Annie's parents.Īnnie went on to win seven Tony awards and became the third longest running musical of the 1970s with 2,377 performances. Billionaire Oliver Warbucks invites Annie to spend Christmas with him in his mansion, and together, they each discover new happiness.
Life in the orphanage had been rough under the strict hand of Miss Hannigan, but Annie's life was about to change. The show, which places Annie, Daddy Warbucks and Annie's mutt, Sandy, in New York City in the midst of the Depression, opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977.Īs an infant, Annie had been abandoned on the front steps of The New York City Municipal Orphanage with a note from her parents promising to return for her someday. The idea of turning Harold Gray's "Little Orphan Annie" into a musical comedy was the inspiration of lyricist-director Martin Charnin, who convinced Charles Strouse and librettist Thomas Meehan to join in creating it.
Who was the blondie I bumped into on the way in?Īnnie, one of the orphans, is gonna go live with him. Rooster? They finally let you out of prison. (GRACE gives ROOSTER a disdainful look and exits.) If you get her coat, I’ll take her along right now. Warbucks has decided to invite an orphan to spend the Christmas holidays at his home.Īnnie, would you like to spend the next two weeks at Mr. I’m Grace Farrell, private secretary to Oliver Warbucks. What’s the one thing I always taught you: never tell a lie! MISS HANNIGAN acts like her true self again.) Oh, poor punkin, out in the freezin’ cold with just that thin sweater. Why any kid would want to be an orphan, I’ll never know. Now, for this one’ s shenanigans, you’ll all get down on your knobby little knees and clean this dump until it shines like the top of the Chrysler Building. My mother and father left a note saying they loved me and they were coming back for me. As she reaches to open the door, MISS HANNIGAN, flings open the door.) I gotta go find them.Īnnie, you’re crazy.
ANNIE starts putting things into a small basket.) You call this clean, Annie? Annie? Annie? (BUNDLES grabs the laundry with ANNIE in it and exits.) (As BUNDLES is talking, ANNIE sneaks into the laundry bag.) Clean sheets once a month, whether you need em or not.
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