Elaine Marcos ( Priscilla Queen of the Desert) as Rooster's girlfriend Lily St. Finneran said she imagines her Aggie Hannigan as a fortysomething former flapper who, being unmarried, has run out of options in society, so she has landed a job at a city orphanage.Īnnie also stars Australian actor Anthony Warlow (who has played major opera and musical-theatre roles around the globe) making his Broadway debut as Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks 11-year-old Lilla Crawford (who appeared in Broadway's Billy Elliot) as Annie with Brynn O'Malley (Broadway's Wicked, Sunday in the Park With George) as Warbucks' personal assistant, Grace Farrell Clarke Thorell ( Hairspray) as scheming Rooster Hannigan and J. Finneran is younger casting than usual for Miss Hannigan, who has often been played as a middle-aged, loudmouth, battle-axe. This new staging at the Palace Theatre stars two-time Tony Award winner Katie Finneran ( Noises Off and Promises, Promises) as frazzled Miss Hannigan, who laments about "Little Girls" and cooks up a scheme with her brother to outwit Warbucks and land on "Easy Street" (the climax of which incorporates a new visual surprise).
In the decades that followed Annie, the previously underemployed Meehan became the go-to book writer for Broadway musicals, including the Tony-winning Hairspray and The Producers.
From Guys and Dolls to Gigi: Celebrating the Stage Work of Victoria ClarkĪnnie - which featured a funny-mean orphan matron named Miss Hannigan, her bad-guy brother, an industrialist named Warbucks (no question of how he made his money), his kindly secretary, a mutt named Sandy, a clutch of cute moppets and an appearance by President Franklin Roosevelt - would win Tonys for Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Martin Charnin).
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