December 2, we're opening the Playbill Vault and taking a look at Annie's original Broadway Playbill. Flip through the historical program below. Based on the Depression-era Harold Gray comic strip ...

The musical ended up being incredibly well timed. We didn't exactly have a Depression on when Annie made its first Broadway bow, but there was a recession. That might have made the musical's 1930s ...

She is everything that we could have ever hoped for in an Annie. We are so happy to have met her and think everyone will fall in love with her the way we did.” Crawford made her Broadway debut ...

Annie premiered on Broadway in 1977, featuring a score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin and a book by Thomas Meehan. Based on the Depression-era newspaper comic series, the musical centers on ...

Annie will be produced on Broadway by Arielle Tepper Madover, Roger Horchow, Sally Horchow, Roger Berlind, Jane Bergere, Roy Furman, Stacey Mindich, Daryl Roth and Nederlander Presentations ...

Another op'nin', another show! Every time a new show opens on Broadway, Playbill's social media team (made up of director Jeffrey Vizcaíno and coordinator Meredith Ammons) runs over to the ...

Though Broadway musicals closing on opening night ... so Martin Charnin (who would go on to write Annie) and Elliot Lawrence worked as best they could with needed revisions. The bleak subject ...

Dates of a Broadway run have not been announced. The cast of Annie currently features Tony Award winner Faith Prince (Guys and Dolls, A Catered Affair) as Miss Hannigan, Australian actor Anthony ...