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Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce that their smash hit production of the musical ANNIE will embark on a UK tour opening at Curve, Leicester on Saturday 25 February 2023.

This production enjoyed sell-out UK and Ireland tours throughout 2015/16 and in 2019, as well as extended seasons in both the West End and Toronto – and now it's back on tour once again!

With its award-winning book and score, this stunning production includes the unforgettable songs ‘ It’s the Hard Knock Life ’, ‘ Easy Street ’, ‘ I Don’t Need Anything But You ’ and ‘ Tomorrow ’.

WHAT IS ANNIE THE MUSICAL ABOUT?

Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage.

Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks.

Spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search…

ANNIE THE MUSICAL TOUR 2023 CAST & CREATIVE

Starring as Miss Hannigan …

Full cast for the 2023 UK tour of Annie is as follows:

• Miss Hannigan – Craig Revel Horwood / Jodie Prenger 
• Annie – Zoe Akinyosade / Harlie Barthram / Sharangi Gnanavarathan
• Oliver Warbucks – Alex Bourne
• Rooster – Paul French
• Grace Farrell – Amelia Adams
• Lily St. Regis – Billie Kay

and Emily Barnett-Salter, Alistair Beattie ,  Sergi Ibanez, Matthew Sweet, Rosalind James, Belle Kizzy Green, Ellie May-Wilson, Martin McCarthy, Phoebe Roberts, Lukin Simmonds, David Burrows, Dawn Williams, and Tommy Wade-Smith.

The producers of Annie cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist, which is always subject to illness and holidays.

• Book –  Thomas Meehan
• Music – Charles Strouse
• Lyrics – Martin Charnin
• Director –  Nikolai Foster
• Set & Costume Design – Colin Richmond 
• Choreography –  Nick Winston
• Lighting –  Ben Cracknell
• Sound Design –  Richard Brooker

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Annie The Musical Tour Cast

Full Cast Announced for Michael Harrison and David Ian’s ‘Annie’ Musical Tour in UK and Ireland

Michael Harrison and David Ian reveal the full cast for the highly anticipated UK and Ireland tour of their hit production of the musical Annie , opening at Curve, Leicester on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The musical features a star-studded cast, including previously announced Craig Revel Horwood and Paul O’Grady, who will be joined by Scottish BAFTA winner Elaine C Smith and Jodie Prenger, all playing the role of Miss Hannigan at different venues.

Alex Bourne will play the role of Oliver Warbucks, Paul French will play Rooster, Amelia Adams will play Grace Farrell, and Billie-Kay will play Lily St. Regis. The title role of Annie will be shared by Zoe Akinyosade, Harlie Barthram, and Poppy Cunningham. They will be joined by three teams of talented young performers playing the residents of Miss Hannigan’s orphanage.

Completing the cast are Emily Barnett-Salter, Alistair Beattie, David Burrows, Sergi Ibanez, Rosalind James, Belle Kizzy Green, Ellie May-Wilson, Martin McCarthy, Phoebe Roberts, Lukin Simmonds, Matthew Sweet, Dawn Williams, and Tommy Wade-Smith.

Craig Revel Horwood is best known as a judge on the popular BBC1 show “Strictly Come Dancing.” He has received critical acclaim for his role as Miss Hannigan in this production both in the West End and on tour. Paul O’Grady is a BAFTA award-winning television, radio, and stage star, who returns to “Annie” having first played the role of Miss Hannigan in 1998. Elaine C Smith is best known for playing Mary Doll in the BBC comedy “Rab C Nesbitt” and won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actress in 2018 for her role in the BBC sitcom “Two Doors Down.” Jodie Prenger recently joined ITV’s “Coronation Street” as Glenda Shuttleworth and has a strong theater background, with West End credits including “Oliver!” and “One Man Two Guvnors.”

Annie  opens at Leicester Curve on 25th February, full tour details can be found here .

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November 2023

• Mon 20 Nov ➙ Sat 25 Nov The Bristol Hippodrome Annie - The Musical
• Tue 7 Nov ➙ Sat 11 Nov London, New Wimbledon Theatre Annie - The Musical

October 2023

• Tue 31 Oct ➙ Sat 4 Nov Belfast, Grand Opera House Annie - The Musical
• Tue 10 Oct ➙ Sat 14 Oct Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 2 Oct ➙ Sat 7 Oct Sunderland Empire Annie - The Musical

September 2023

• Mon 18 Sep ➙ Sat 30 Sep Manchester, Opera House Annie - The Musical
• Wed 6 Sep ➙ Sat 9 Sep Blackpool Winter Gardens Annie - The Musical Craig Revel Horwood

August 2023

• Tue 29 Aug ➙ Sat 2 Sep Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 7 Aug ➙ Sat 12 Aug Milton Keynes Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Tue 1 Aug ➙ Sat 5 Aug Norwich, Theatre Royal Annie - The Musical
• Mon 24 Jul ➙ Sat 29 Jul Bromley, Churchill Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Tue 18 Jul ➙ Sat 22 Jul Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Annie - The Musical
• Mon 10 Jul ➙ Sat 15 Jul Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 3 Jul ➙ Sat 8 Jul Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 19 Jun ➙ Sat 24 Jun Woking, New Victoria Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 12 Jun ➙ Sat 17 Jun Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Annie - The Musical
• Mon 5 Jun ➙ Sat 10 Jun Liverpool Empire Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 29 May ➙ Sat 3 Jun Glasgow, Kings Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Tue 23 May ➙ Sat 27 May Aberdeen, His Majesty's Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 15 May ➙ Sat 20 May Llandudno, Venue Cymru Annie - The Musical
• Mon 8 May ➙ Sat 13 May Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 1 May ➙ Sat 6 May Dartford, Orchard Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 24 Apr ➙ Sat 29 Apr Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 17 Apr ➙ Sat 22 Apr New Theatre Oxford Annie - The Musical
• Mon 3 Apr ➙ Sat 15 Apr Birmingham, The Alexandra Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Tue 21 Mar ➙ Sat 25 Mar Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Annie - The Musical Paul O'Grady
• Tue 7 Mar ➙ Sat 11 Mar Newcastle upon Tyne, Theatre Royal Annie - The Musical Paul O'Grady

February 2023

• Sat 25 Feb ➙ Sat 4 Mar Leicester, Curve Annie - The Musical

November 2019

• Mon 18 Nov ➙ Sat 23 Nov Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 11 Nov ➙ Sat 16 Nov London, New Wimbledon Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 4 Nov ➙ Sat 9 Nov Ipswich, Regent Theatre Annie - The Musical

October 2019

• Mon 14 Oct ➙ Sat 19 Oct Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 7 Oct ➙ Sat 12 Oct Sunderland Empire Annie - The Musical

September 2019

• Mon 30 Sep ➙ Sat 5 Oct Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Annie - The Musical

August 2019

• Mon 19 Aug ➙ Sat 31 Aug Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre Annie - The Musical
• Tue 13 Aug ➙ Sat 17 Aug Eastbourne, Congress Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Tue 23 Jul ➙ Sun 11 Aug Birmingham Hippodrome Annie - The Musical
• Mon 1 Jul ➙ Sat 6 Jul Milton Keynes Theatre Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 24 Jun ➙ Sat 29 Jun Liverpool Empire Theatre Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 17 Jun ➙ Sat 22 Jun Dartford, Orchard Theatre Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 10 Jun ➙ Sat 15 Jun Woking, New Victoria Theatre Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Tue 4 Jun ➙ Sat 8 Jun Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 27 May ➙ Sat 1 Jun Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 20 May ➙ Sat 25 May Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Tue 14 May ➙ Sat 18 May Llandudno, Venue Cymru Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 6 May ➙ Sat 11 May Plymouth, Theatre Royal Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Tue 30 Apr ➙ Sat 4 May Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Annie - The Musical, Craig Revel Horwood
• Mon 22 Apr ➙ Sat 27 Apr Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Mon 15 Apr ➙ Sat 20 Apr Glasgow, Kings Theatre Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Mon 8 Apr ➙ Sat 13 Apr Newcastle upon Tyne, Theatre Royal Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Mon 1 Apr ➙ Sat 6 Apr Hull New Theatre Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Mon 25 Mar ➙ Sat 30 Mar Chester, Storyhouse Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Tue 19 Mar ➙ Sat 23 Mar The Bristol Hippodrome Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Mon 4 Mar ➙ Sat 9 Mar New Theatre Oxford Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson

February 2019

• Tue 19 Feb ➙ Sat 23 Feb Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Sat 2 Feb ➙ Sat 16 Feb Manchester, Opera House Annie - The Musical, Anita Dobson
• Tue 23 May ➙ Sun 18 Feb London, Piccadilly Theatre Annie - The Musical
• Mon 28 Mar ➙ Sat 2 Apr Sunderland Empire Annie (Touring)
• Mon 21 Mar ➙ Sat 26 Mar Nottingham, Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Annie (Touring), Lesley Joseph

December 2015

• Tue 15 Dec ➙ Sun 3 Jan New Theatre Oxford Annie (Touring)

November 2015

• Tue 17 Nov ➙ Sat 21 Nov Woking, New Victoria Theatre Annie (Touring)
• Tue 10 Nov ➙ Sat 14 Nov London, New Wimbledon Theatre Annie (Touring)

October 2015

• Tue 13 Oct ➙ Sat 31 Oct Birmingham Hippodrome Annie (Touring)
• Tue 6 Oct ➙ Sat 10 Oct Hull New Theatre Annie (Touring)

September 2015

• Tue 29 Sep ➙ Sat 3 Oct Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Annie (Touring)
• Tue 15 Sep ➙ Sat 26 Sep Manchester, Opera House Annie (Touring)
• Mon 7 Sep ➙ Sat 12 Sep Plymouth, Theatre Royal Annie (Touring)

August 2015

• Mon 31 Aug ➙ Sat 5 Sep The Bristol Hippodrome Annie (Touring)
• Mon 24 Aug ➙ Sat 29 Aug Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre Annie (Touring)
• Mon 17 Aug ➙ Sat 22 Aug Norwich, Theatre Royal Annie (Touring)
• Mon 10 Aug ➙ Sat 15 Aug Eastbourne, Congress Theatre Annie (Touring)
• Mon 3 Aug ➙ Sat 8 Aug Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion Annie (Touring)
• Tue 28 Jul ➙ Sat 1 Aug Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Annie (Touring)
• Tue 21 Jul ➙ Sat 25 Jul Llandudno, Venue Cymru Annie (Touring)
• Sat 11 Jul ➙ Sat 18 Jul Newcastle upon Tyne, Theatre Royal Annie (Touring)
• Tue 8 Apr ➙ Sat 12 Apr Glasgow, Kings Theatre Annie (Touring)

October 2013

• Tue 1 Oct ➙ Sat 5 Oct Dunfermline, Alhambra Theatre Annie (Touring)

August 2012

• Thu 23 Aug ➙ Sat 25 Aug Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall Annie (Touring)
• Thu 2 Aug ➙ Sat 4 Aug Manchester, Palace Theatre Annie (Touring)

December 2011

• Sat 17 Dec ➙ Sat 31 Dec Cambridge Corn Exchange Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Mon 5 Dec ➙ Sat 10 Dec Scunthorpe, Baths Hall Annie (Touring), Su Pollard

November 2011

• Tue 29 Nov ➙ Sat 3 Dec Sunderland Empire Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 22 Nov ➙ Sat 26 Nov Blackpool, Grand Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 15 Nov ➙ Sat 19 Nov Derry, Millennium Forum Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 8 Nov ➙ Sat 12 Nov Manchester, Palace Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 1 Nov ➙ Sat 5 Nov Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard

October 2011

• Tue 25 Oct ➙ Sat 29 Oct Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Mon 17 Oct ➙ Sat 22 Oct York Barbican Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 11 Oct ➙ Sat 15 Oct Festival Theatre (Malvern Theatres) Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 4 Oct ➙ Sat 8 Oct Lighthouse, Poole Annie (Touring), Su Pollard

September 2011

• Tue 27 Sep ➙ Sat 1 Oct Glasgow, Kings Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 6 Sep ➙ Sat 10 Sep Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Thu 1 Sep ➙ Sat 3 Sep Lincoln, New Theatre Royal Annie (Touring), Su Pollard
• Tue 19 Apr ➙ Sat 23 Apr Croydon, Fairfield Halls Annie (Touring), Su Pollard

Annie to head back on a UK tour next year

The sun will come out in 2023

The beloved musical Annie is set to return to theatres across the UK as producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that their production will hit the road next year.

The UK tour of Annie will begin on 25th February 2023 at the Curve theatre in Leicester with casting for the production to be announced soon.

Following Leicester, the tour will visit Newcastle, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Oxford, Southampton, Dartford, Stoke-on-Trent, Llandudno, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Liverpool, Woking, Cardiff, Bradford, Southend, Bromley and Norwich with more venues to be announced.

Based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, Annie the musical tells the story of a young orphan living in New York during the Great Depression stuck in an orphanage led by the cruel Miss Hannigan. But her fate changes when she's chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of billionaire Oliver Warbucks.

Annie has become a musical theatre staple since it opened on Broadway in 1977 getting three film adaptations (plus a live TV version for NBC) and has iconic songs such as ‘It’s the Hard Knock Life’, ‘Easy Street’, ‘I Don’t Need Anything But You’ and ‘Tomorrow’.

Annie has Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin and a Book by Thomas Meehan. It is directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster with set and costume design by Colin Richmond, choreography by Nick Winston, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Richard Brooker.

Further venue information and tickets can be found on the official Annie tour website .

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Doctor Doolittle

During the First World War, Hugh Lofting began sending illustrations to his children about a physician who could talk to the animals. He went on to publish the stories with the first one released in 1920. The stories had their first big screen adaptation in 1967 with Rex Harrison as the titular character. The film and stories were adapted for the stage with the first run taking place at the Hammersmith Apollo with Phillip Schofield in the leading role.

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Now many of us know that Legally Blonde was based on the hit 2001 film starring Reece Witherspoon, but did you know that the film was based on a book of the same name? Author Amanda Brown wrote a novel based on her own experience at Stanford Law School. Before the book was even published, the manuscript caught the attention of Hollywood and both the book and film were released in 2001 with the musical adaptation first opening in 2007.

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables is considered one of the best novels of the 19th century and it's fair to argue that Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's musical adaptation is one of the greatest musicals of all time. Having opened in the West End in 1985, it now holds the record as the world's longest running musical.

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins made her debut in P. L. Travers' children's stories with the first book released in 1934. It took Walt Disney 20 years to convince Travers to allow the film to be made - but she wasn't a fan of the final product. When she was approached by Cameron Mackintosh for the stage adaptation, one of her conditions was that nobody from the original film could be involved with the production. This meant that the Sherman Brothers were barred from writing the additional music.

Roald Dahl's beloved story of an intelligent young girl that had telekinetic powers was brought to the stage in 2010 when it opened in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Matilda the Musical has music and lyrics by Tim Minchin transferred to the West End in 2011 and won an impressive seven Olivier Awards .

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The Phantom of the Opera

There have been many adaptions of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera - including multiple musicals. But it's Andrew Lloyd Webber's version that became an icon of the genre of musical theatre. The musical first opened in 1986 and is now the second longest running West End musical and the longest running Broadway show.

South Pacific

A collection of short stories about the Pacific Campaign in World War II by James A. Michener was published in 1947. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific which opened on Broadway in 1949.

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PPAC announces children’s casting call for 2022-23 tour of Annie

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Know a child actor who’s ready to make it on Broadway? Well, here’s their chance to shine.

The all-new tour of ANNIE , one of the best-loved musicals of all time, is now accepting casting submissions on its website. Actors must submit a performance video along with an application at the site below. Hurry – the deadline is April 21.

ANNIE will be at PPAC as part of their Encore Series, January 31 – February 5, 2023.

Click here to learn more: https://annietou r.com/casting/

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Your home for information about the touring broadway productions in north america, ‘annie’ national tour to begin fall 2022.

Leapin’ Lizards! TROIKA Entertainment, LLC announced today that an all-new tour of Annie will hit the road in the fall of 2022.

This new tour of the iconic Tony Award ® -winning production is directed by  Jenn Thompson , who at the age of 10 stepped into the role of “Pepper” in the Original Broadway production. Scenic designs for the touring production are by Wilson Chin , whose work was most recently featured on Broadway in the critically acclaimed production of  Pass Over .

“This show, with its iconic title character, continues to delight generations of theatre-lovers old and new by joyfully singing directly into the face of great adversity with perseverance, guts and guile,” said director Jenn Thompson. “For decades, Annie has continued to shine brightly, not only as an appeal to our better angels, but also as an example of the thrill of hope, hard-won: promising a better ‘Tomorrow’ not only for Annie herself, but for all who need her message now more than ever.”

TROIKA Entertainment’s COO and Executive Producer, Kori Prior adds, “We are thrilled and excited to have Jenn Thompson helm this new tour of Annie . She brings such admiration and connection to the material that we know this production will be fresh, new and full of the heart that makes Annie the show we all love.”

A multi-week city tour schedule beginning in the fall of 2022, as well as the full design team, will be announced later this spring.  For more information, visit  AnnieTour.com . Visit our show page to keep track of where the show will go as engagements are announced.

BIOGRAPHIES

JENN THOMPSON  ( Director ). Recent credits include  MonsterSongs  (developmental workshop TheaterWorks Hartford),  Into The Woods  (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival),  The Music Man  (Goodspeed),  Anne of Green Gables: A New Folk Rock Musical  (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival);  A Doll’s House, Part II  (TheaterWorks);  Shiller’s Mary Stuart  (Chicago Shakespeare Theater);  Conflict  (Mint Theater, NYC);  Oklahoma!  (Goodspeed),  The Secret Garden  (Denver Center),  Miss Bennet, A Christmas at Pemberley  (Rep Theatre of St. Louis). Jenn’s production of  Women Without Men  (Mint Theatre) garnered 2016 Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival as well as 5 Drama Desk Award nominations including Outstanding Director and Revival. Former Co-Artistic Director of Off-Broadway’s TACT/The Actors Company Theatre. Jenn was a 2012 finalist for the SDC’s Joe A. Callaway Award, for excellence in New York City directing. Up next:  Anne of Green Gables  (Goodspeed),  Diary of a Wimpy Kid  (Children’s Theatre Company) and  Chains  at the Mint Theater in NYC.  jennthompsondirector.com

WILSON CHIN  ( Set Designer ). Broadway and Off-Broadway:  Pass Over  (Broadway, Lortel Award nomination),  Next Fall  (Broadway),  Cost of Living  (Manhattan Theatre Club),  A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet  (DR2),  Space Dogs  (MCC),  The Thanksgiving Play  (Playwrights Horizons). With director Jenn Thompson:  The Secret Garden  (Denver Center Theatre),  Oklahoma  and  Anne of Green Gables  (Goodspeed Musicals). Opera:  Lucia di Lammermoor  (Lyric Opera of Chicago),  Eine Florentinische Tragödie / Gianni Schicchi  (Canadian Opera, Dora Award). Film/television:  Pass Over  (dir. Spike Lee), “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” (HBO), “Blindspot” (NBC). Eastern Region Board member of Local USA 829. Instagram: @wilsonchindesign

TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT  ( Producer ). For more than 30 years, TROIKA Entertainment has been producing, managing, booking, and bringing the Broadway experience to audiences around the world. As an innovative, full-service theatrical production company, we pride ourselves on creating high-quality productions and being adaptable to the ever-changing needs of the present and future marketplace. Current productions include  CATS, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical ,  My Fair Lady, The Phantom of the Opera  and  Tootsie.   www.TROIKA.com

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Julie Stevens

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It took me a month to finally find a moment to write down my thoughts on the tour which came to Red Bank NJ in early March. The performances and direction were wonderful and I recommend this production to all.

The 2022-24 National Tour by Troika Entertainment came to the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ for only four performances, and I attended both on Saturday March 4, 2023. I didn’t know what to expect, as sadly the show has drifted away from its original form over forty years. I was soooo happy to see a production that I really enjoyed! I cannot praise director Jenn Thompson enough for restoring so much of the original dialogue, staging, and bits of business. Yay!

Some of the things that were reverted back to the Original Way which made me very happy:

Restoration of complete Hooverville sequence.The dialogue between Mr. Bundles and Miss Hannigan. The reference to “the Dillinger case.” No extra unnecessary business in the Oxydent Hour of Smiles, including the return of the “Masked Announcer.”  “I Don’t Need/Annie” in the correct sequence! (That was one of my most-hoped-for reversions back to the original way.) “Next thing you know she’ll be in the funny papers.” Even “And cheese!” was restored! After opening the big box to reveal Sandy, Annie runs back into Warbucks’ arms. Curtain-call order: Hannigan blows whistle for Orphans, who came out in the rainbow dresses!

I liked all of the performers very much. Ellie Pulsifer was Annie at the matinee while Vivienne Neely did the evening performance. Both were excellent. They both demonstrated good acting in “I Think I’m Gonna” and “Orphan for Long” — really reacting to what was going on. Both Annies cried through the Act 2 “Maybe” reprise.

Addison performed all of Sandy’s tricks perfectly. All of the other principals and ensemble were outstanding and their performances overcame any of the technical shortcomings and really made the production work for me. 

A few negatives:

I was unsure if the lighting was supposed to be so blotchy, or if they just didn’t have the rigging or some other technical problems. There were dark spots throughout the stage.

There were really bad sound problems at both shows I saw. In fact, the sound was so messed up at the matinee that the curtain was delayed by 15 minutes, but unfortunately the problem was not resolved. The balance between the body mikes and the Orchestra  was off; couldn’t hear any lyrics in “Easy Street.” 

There was a “bridge” superstructure visible throughout whole show, but I guess it was a framing device representing NYC. No set for mansion until Act 2 which was some flat columns and paintings. Overall very minimalistic sets as one would expect from a tour. There was NO staircase for red dress entrance. In photos on the tour’s website, there is a staircase and more set pieces. That’s disappointing that I did not get to see them. I wonder why? Maybe the theater couldn’t physically hold these additional set pieces? Or maybe not used because there were only four performances in this engagement? The Christmas tree was pretty good and Sandy did come out of a big box at the finale. 

I personally did not like the new orchestrations, but perhaps this is necessary to accommodate smaller orchestra pits on tour?

Uncovered drinks and food including popcorn were allowed in the house and the floor was completed trashed on the way out — yuck! People need to know if their kids are too young to sit through a 2.5 hour show, there were some disruptive noises throughout the audience. The souvenir stand was pretty small; I was directed to go online where more merchandise was available.

Other observations:

While Rooster did briefly brandish a switchblade, there was no paddling by Miss Hannigan. The reference stayed “would you like to meet Babe Ruth/who’s she.” Molly was almost as big as Annie. Annie’s sailor dress was a seafoam-green color, while her new coat was purple. Grace’s costumes were especially lovely, but all of the costuming was appropriate and well-done. The sound was so bad I wasn’t sure if the Kaltenborn voice on the White House radio was still the recording made by Martin. Photo of Eleanor Roosevelt on top of radio in cabinet scene and the backdrop was a huge US flag with bonus points for accuracy of 48 stars. The Cabinet had the full complement of Secretaries. I wasn’t sure, but it sounded like everyone sang “stick out my chin,” and not the revised “stick up my chin.”

I enjoyed the choreography, especially the really good movement in “N.Y.C.,” without any of the recent weird additions. Rooster and Lily were in the background, but didn’t pull focus. At the matinee A Star-To-Be did not have her “two bags” in hand (oops), but did at the evening show.

The performances and direction made this production outstanding to me. I was pleased to have seen it.

The 2022-24 National Tour by Troika Entertainment (now known as Crossroads Live) was back in NJ for only four performances, and I attended both on Saturday February 3, 2024. I saw this tour in early 2023, but I wanted to see this production again because director Jenn Thompson restored so much of the original dialogue, staging, and bits of business that I enjoyed very much in the 2023 edition. Happily, the good ol’ bits from the 2023 edition were still present. Perhaps the only one I could do without is the “and cheese!” bit since that is a 1977 in-joke. I really love seeing original things like the curtain call Rainbow Dresses and “I Don’t Need…” sequence.

Two sold-out performances; two standing ovations. NO PHYSICAL PROGRAM – only available online via website link or QR code. I really didn’t like that as of course I want a physical collectible of the performances, so now I had to print out pages from the State Theatre website to make my own souvenir. 

The Act curtain is a close-up the Brooklyn Bridge, which seemed a rather odd choice. This theatre did not have enough fly pipes to accommodate all the tour’s drops, so Warbucks’ mansion got gypped of some scenic embellishments. The staircase was present (which I did NOT see in 2023), and the Christmas tree was a bit lopsided but at least it lit up on cue. I don’t like these new orchestrations. The Bows music was new too.

The matinee was historic as I experienced something I don’t think I’ve EVER seen, from the highest professional group to the lowliest high school/community theatre: Sandy did not appear in the “Tomorrow” or “Hooverville” scenes! An usher told me later that she heard, “The understudy dog was sent home. He was not ready to perform with the understudy Annie. And the regular dog was not used to performing with the understudy Annie, so therefore, no dog at all in the first scenes.” The matinee audience was audibly confused by Annie addressing her lines to Sandy by simply looking offstage right. Several lines were cut, obviously, in “Tomorrow” and “Hooverville” to skip over Sandy. Sandy’s first appearance was the “N.Y.C.” Crossover, however, rather poorly executed as he did not stop at all in the matinee and just ran across the stage. 

At the evening show, with the “regular” Annie, Sandy performed incorrectly during the “Tomorrow” scene. As soon as Annie moved on Lt. Ward’s command to “go over there and call him,” Sandy also got up and went right to Annie. She tried her commands to get Sandy to stop/sit, but the trick was totally blown. However, at the evening show, Sandy redeemed his “N.Y.C.” Crossover by stopping, lying down completely, doing a take to the audience, and then trotting off left. During the Christmas box presentation, I noticed the female handler dressed like a Hooverville man who assists ONSTAGE with opening the giant box and keeping a hand on Sandy while everyone is singing the last few bars of “A New Deal.”

There is pre-recorded applause effect played in case the live audience doesn’t follow along with the Sound Effects Man holding up the sign (and when it’s overused, the live audience does give up with applauding). 

This time I was pretty sure that the Kaltenborn voice on the White House radio is the recording made by Martin. I think everyone sang “stick out my chin,” and not the revised “stick up my chin.”

Avery Hope, understudy Annie, performed at the matinee. I thought she did a good job.

Rainier (Rainey) Treviño, “regular” Annie, performed at the evening show. Someone needs to tell her to SLOW DOWN her dialogue. I know every line in the show and I still couldn’t understand what she was saying because she talked so fast. 

Most of the principals were the same from the first leg of this tour. I liked them all better this time. Stefanie Londino as Miss Hannigan garnered lots of laughs. Julia Nicole Hunter as Grace has several nice moments. Christopher Swan as Warbucks is really excellent; very good acting and line readings. It’s too bad he’s on the short side or else I would rank him very highly all-time. I found Rooster and Lily to be adequate but not outstanding. They still appear in “N.Y.C.” in an upstage bit of stealing a woman’s shopping bags. The small ensemble does good work. I really liked “N.Y.C.” again, between the choreography and scenic and lighting effects, I found it to be very successful. 

Some things that got a particularly big reaction, especially with the matinee audience: “aww” when Annie kisses FDR’s cheek, “ooh” when Rooster brandishes the switchblade, reaction to Grace’s Very Pretty Dress, big laugh on “Just think, New Jersey,” applause on “I love you, Annie Bennett.”

Conversely, there was NO live audience applause when Annie comes out in the red dress. Rooster’s “Pardon me, doll,” got NO reaction in Act II. I think “doll” is not a distinctive enough word; when it can’t be “blondie,” a word like “tootsie” might better stick in the audience’s memory from Act I to Act II.

Overall, a very enjoyable continuation of this tour.

Full Cast and Creative Team Announced for New ANNIE National Tour

The tour launches at The Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, NY on October 4-8, 2022, followed by a multi-season tour that will visit more than 50 cities in the 22-23 season.

Leapin' Lizards! The full cast and creative team has been announced for the all-new tour of the iconic Tony Award®-winning musical ANNIE.

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In the title role of Annie is Ellie Pulsifer, a 12-year-old actress from South Florida, making her tour debut. Christopher Swan will star as Oliver Warbucks. In the role of Miss Hannigan is Stefanie Londino . Also starring in the tour are Julia Nicole Hunter as Grace, Nick Bernardi as Rooster, Krista Curry as Lily and Mark Woodard as FDR. Addison, a stray mutt rescued by William Berloni through the Humane Society in 2017, stars as Sandy.

The Orphans are Riglee Ruth Bryson, Brianna Cameron, Bronte Harrison, Vivianne Neely, Kenzie Rees and Valeria Velasco.

The featured ensemble includes Kolten Bell , Bradley Ford Betros, Luther Brooks IV, Harrison Drake, Laura Elizabeth Flanagan, Jataria Heyward, Carly Ann Moore, Kevin Ivey Morrison, Leeanna Rubin , Andrew Scoggin, Sophie Stromberg and Kaley Were.

ANNIE is directed by Jenn Thompson , who at the age of 10 stepped into the role of "Pepper" in the Original Broadway production, choreographed by Patricia Wilcox (Motown, A Night with Janis Joplin ), music supervised by Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh , with orchestrations by Dan DeLange . Talitha Fehr is the Music Coordinator and Elaine Davidson is the Music Director.

The design team includes scenic design by Wilson Chin (Pass Over), costume design by Alejo Vietti (Jersey Boys), lighting design by Philip Rosenberg , sound design by Ken Travis (Disney's Aladdin), hair & wig design by Ashley Rae Callahan and casting by Paul Hardt of Hardt Casting, LLC.

The lovable mutt "Sandy" is once again trained by Tony Award®Honoree William Berloni (ANNIE, A Christmas Story, Legally Blonde).

This new multi-week tour is produced by Troika Entertainment , LLC, and launches at The Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, NY on October 4-8, 2022, followed by a multi-season tour that will visit more than 50 cities in the 2022-2023 season.

For a list of all 2022-2023 cities that have been announced to-date, please visit AnnieTour.com .

Troika Entertainment 's COO and Executive Producer, Kori Prior says, " "We're thrilled to announce our talented new cast and stellar creative team, and we are all so excited to be bringing such a fresh, new and heartfelt production to audiences across North America starting this fall."

"This show, with its iconic title character, continues to delight generations of theatre-lovers old and new by joyfully singing directly into the face of great adversity with perseverance, guts and guile," said director Jenn Thompson . "For decades, ANNIE has continued to shine brightly, not only as an appeal to our better angels, but also as an example of the thrill of hope, hard-won: promising a better 'Tomorrow' not only for Annie herself, but for all who need her message now more than ever."

Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in this new production - just as you remember it and just when we need it most. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

ANNIE features a book by Thomas Meehan , music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin . All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards® for their work.

By permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC, ANNIE is based on Harold Gray 's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" which premiered in the 1920s in the New York Daily News and became one of the most widely read strips in the 30s and 40s. Lyricist Martin Charnin bought a coffee table book called "The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie" as a Christmas gift for a friend in 1970. The clerk at the bookstore was too busy to wrap the book, so Charnin took the book home to wrap it. Instead, he read it and fell in love with the strip and set out to secure the rights. The friend never got the book.

The original production of ANNIE had its world premiere on Aug 10, 1976 at the Goodspeed Opera House (Michael J. Price, Executive Director) and opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre ( Neil Simon theatre). It went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album and seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book ( Thomas Meehan ) and Best Score ( Charles Strouse , Martin Charnin ). It closed on Broadway after playing 2,377 performances. ANNIE was revived on Broadway in 1997 and again in 2014. It has been made into a film three times (1982, 1999, 2014) and was most recently featured as a live television production on NBC. The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever; it has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 45 years.

The beloved score for ANNIE includes "Maybe," "It's the Hard Knock Life," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," "Easy Street," "I Don't Need Anything But You" and the eternal anthem of optimism, "Tomorrow."

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Thomas Meehan

(Book) is a three-time Tony Award-winning book writer for the Broadway musicals Annie, The Producers and Hairspray. In addition, he wrote the books of a dozen or so other Broadway musicals, including Richard Rodgers ' I Remember Mama, Cry-Baby, Mel Brooks ' Young Frankenstein, Elf, Chaplin and Rocky (with Sylvester Stallone ). A long-time contributor of humor pieces to The New Yorker magazine and an Emmy Award-winning TV comedy writer, he also wrote a number of screenplays, most notably for To Be or Not to Be and Spaceballs. Thomas was a proud member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

Martin Charnin

(Lyrics). Martin's career in the entertainment industry began in 1957 when he created the role of Big Deal (one of Jerome Robbins ' authentic juvenile delinquents) in the original company of West Side Story. He played the role for exactly 1,000 performances. Since then, he was involved in over 140 theatrical, television, film, and night club productions as a director, producer, composer, or lyricist. He is one of the dozen people who have won Emmys, Tonys, and Grammys, and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting. Annie, which came to Broadway in 1977, originally ran for 2,377 performances, and has been revived there three times. He directed Annie 19 times (after directing the original production in New York), in London, Montreal, Amsterdam, and Melbourne as well as Annie's 14 national U.S. companies. He collaborated with Charles Strouse , Vernon Duke , Marvin Hamlisch , Mary Rodgers , and twice with Richard Rodgers on I Remember Mama and Two by Two. He wrote for, or directed, Fred Astaire , Ethel Merman , Jack Lemmon , Ann-Margaret, Jack Benny , Anne Bancroft , Betty Hutton , Sutton Foster , Sarah Jessica Parker , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Bebe Neuwirth , Barbra Streisand , Johnny Mathis , Larry Kert , Chita Rivera , Jane Lynch , Tony Bennett , Jason Alexander , and Jay-Z, among countless others, and for his wife, Shelly Burch (who originated a leading role in the original company of Nine). Most recently, "Tomorrow" from Annie became one of the 100 most performed musical numbers in the last century.

Charles Strouse

(Music). A graduate of New York's P.S. 87, Townsend Harris H.S., and the Eastman School of Music, Charles has studied composition with Aaron Copland , Arthur Berger, and David Diamond in the US and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Charles has composed copious chamber music, two piano concertos, a string quartet and two operas. After which, being broke like most composers, he was a rehearsal pianist and dance arranger for many shows, played in bar rooms, ballet classes, at weddings and strip joints (a particular boon for one who was to write the music for the film The Night They Raided Minsky's). One morning in 1960 he awoke to find he had written (with Lee Adams and Mike Stewart ) Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Award), which is still among the most performed musicals in America, followed by Golden Boy with Sammy Davis, Jr. (Tony Nomination). Then came, Applause (Tony Award), It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, Rags (Tony Nomination) and Annie (Tony Award). In-between, there have been scores for movies including Bonnie and Clyde and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Throughout his career, Charles has received the Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein , Frederick Lowe and the Leonard Bernstein Awards for musical achievement. He is married to director/choreographer Barbara Siman and is the father of Benjamin (attorney, author, composer), Nicholas (psychotherapist), Victoria (screen writer) and William (also a screen writer).

Jenn Thompson

(Director). Recent credits include MonsterSongs (developmental workshop TheaterWorks Hartford), Into The Woods (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The Music Man (Goodspeed), Anne of Green Gables: A New Folk Rock Musical (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival); A Doll's House, Part II (TheaterWorks); Shiller's Mary Stuart ( Chicago Shakespeare Theater ); Conflict (Mint Theater, NYC); Oklahoma! (Goodspeed), The Secret Garden (Denver Center), Miss Bennet, A Christmas at Pemberley (Rep Theatre of St. Louis). Jenn's production of Women Without Men ( Mint Theatre ) garnered 2016 Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival as well as 5 Drama Desk Award nominations including Outstanding Director and Revival. Former Co-Artistic Director of Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre. Jenn was a 2012 finalist for the SDC's Joe A. Callaway Award, for excellence in New York City directing. Up next: Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Children's Theatre Company) and Chains at the Mint Theater in NYC. jennthompsondirector.com

Patricia Wilcox

(Choreographer). Broadway: Motown the Musical (Astaire Award and the NAACP Award for Best Choreography), and A Night with Janis Joplin . Off-Broadway/National: Little Shop of Horrors, An Officer and a Gentleman, Children's Letters to God, Bowfire, Blues in the Night (NAACP Nomination), Seussical. Regional: A Swell Party (The Kennedy Center), The Secret Garden (DCPA), The Music Man and Bye Bye Birdie ( Goodspeed Opera House -Connecticut Critics Circle Award), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (CTC), Peter and the Starcatcher (Pioneer), Camelot (NSMT), Jesus Christ Superstar (Sacramento Music), Hair (ATC), Guys and Dolls (Paper Mill). Winter Olympics: Choreography for Ice Dancing. Pattiwilcox.com

Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh

(Music Supervisor) is a theatre and classical Conductor, Music Director, Pianist and Orchestrator/Arranger whose work has been seen in places like the Met Opera, Carnegie Hall and on various Broadway shows. She is a frequent developer of new works, serving as a Music Director and Supervisor on numerous projects. Recent credits include National Tour: Annie (Music Supervisor); Broadway Sub: Come From Away, Company, Mean Girls; Off-Broadway: Oratorio for Living Things; Out of Town: Other World, a new musical by Hunter Bell , Jeff Bowen and Ann McNamee .

Wilson Chin

(Scenic Design). Broadway and Off-Broadway: Pass Over (Broadway, Lortel Award nomination), Next Fall (Broadway), Cost of Living (Manhattan Theatre Club), A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet (DR2), Space Dogs (MCC), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons). With director Jenn Thompson : The Secret Garden (Denver Center Theatre), Oklahoma! and Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed Musicals). Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Eine Florentinische Tragödie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera, Dora Award). Film/television: Pass Over (dir. Spike Lee ), "Game Theory with Bomani Jones" (HBO), "Blindspot" (NBC). Eastern Region Board member of Local USA 829. @wilsonchindesign

Alejo Vietti

(Costume Design). Broadway's Holiday Inn, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (West End - Olivier Nomination, National Tour, Japan and Australia), and Allegiance (Drama Desk Nomination). Designed for Radio City Rockettes, Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC Opera and City Center Encores among others. He has extensively worked in Regional Theatres across the U.S., commercial projects, operas, and for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He is the recipient of the 2010 TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. @alejo_vietti_costume_design

Philip Rosenberg

(Lighting Design) is an award-winning New York City based Lighting Designer whose work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theaters across the country and on the West End in London. Broadway credits include: Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical, Pretty Woman the Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Elephant Man, and It's Only a Play. Regional theatre credits include: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford's Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe , TheatreWorks, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre , Shakespeare Theatre Company , Dallas Theatre Center , The Alley Theatre , Arena Stage , The McCarter Theatre , Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage Company, TACT, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theatre , Goodspeed Opera, Two River Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse. Prior to launching his own design career, Philip was Associate Lighting Designer on over 35 Broadway Plays and musicals. Philip is a graduate of the University of Arizona Theatre Arts Program.

(Sound Design). Broadway: In Transit, Disney's Aladdin (MX, UK, DE, JP, AU, US), Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The ThreePenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias. Numerous national tours and regional productions at theaters across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Ashley Rae CALLAHAN

(Hair & Wig Design) is an Emmy-nominated hairstylist. Her design work includes Once Upon a One More Time at Shakespeare Theatre Company , Sweeney Todd at The Muny, Evita at New York City Center, Mamma Mia! and Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Playhouse Christmas Show at Bucks County Playhouse and Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Broadway & Television Associate/Assistant Designer credits include: Beetlejuice, Jersey Boys Live, Ain't Too Proud, NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live, Summer, Six Degrees of Separation, The Color Purple revival, Holiday Inn, Beautiful and Allegiance. She has over 30 Off Broadway and regional associate design credits including Jersey Boys (Off-Broadway & Tour), Anything Goes (Arena DC), Amy and the Orphans (Roundabout), Sweet Charity (New Group), Sousatzka (Toronto) and Frozen (Disneyland).

William Berloni

(Animal Director and Trainer). 2011 Tony Honoree for Excellence in Theatre. William found and adopted the original Sandy for the original production of Annie. Since then, all the animals he trains are rescues. Broadway: Twenty six shows which include The Ferryman, The Crucible, Bullets Over Broadway, Lady at the Emerson Bar and Grill, Annie (original and all revivals), A Christmas Story The Musical, Legally Blonde, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Camelot, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver!, Anything Goes, The Wiz and The Wizard of Oz. Mr. Berloni is the Animal Director of the new musical Because of Winn Dixie with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Nell Benjamin . He has trained animals for hundreds of Off-Broadway, regional theatre, tours, television and movies. Recent movies include Marry Me with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. He provided the dogs to play "Nana" in Peter Pan Live, "Toto" in The Wiz Live and recently "Sandy" in Annie Live. Other television includes "Power," "Billions," " Sesame Street ," "High Maintenance," "The Village," "Modern Love," "Little Voice," "Almost Family," "Betty," "Ramy," "Mr. Robot," Russian Doll," "Raising Kanan Ghost," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Girls5eva," "Sand Dollar Cove," "Noel Diary," "Life and Beth," "Inside Amy Schumer ," "Fleishman is in Trouble," "Harlem," "Three Women" and "And Just Like That." Mr. Berloni and his family are the subjects of Discovery the docu-series entitled "Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni " in August 2015. Published author of Broadway Trails. Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter @BillBerloni. theatricalanimals.com

Dan DeLange

(Orchestrations) is the resident orchestrator at Goodspeed Musicals, where he has orchestrated over 50 new and newly revived productions. His orchestrations were recently heard in the West End's production of Show Boat, which was nominated for Best Musical Revival at the 2017 Olivier Awards in London. He has orchestrated for The Jim Henson Company, Julie Andrews , Rosie O'Donnell, Live Theatricals at Universal Studios , Manhattan Concert Productions, and for composers Paul Williams , Jerry Herman , Harvey Schmitt, Mark Hollman , Peter Link , Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz . His scores have been heard on Broadway, London's West End, Carnegie Hall , National and European tours, film, television, and at regional theaters around the world. He's a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Talitha Fehr

(Music Coordinator) has worked on over 75 national and international productions and tours since 2005. Highlights include: Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, School of Rock, Come Fly Away, Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, as well as the 2010 Olympic Ceremonies in Vancouver. She dedicates her work on Annie to the memory of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya .

ELAINE DAVIDSON

(Music Director). National Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Catch Me If You Can, Mamma Mia!, The Sound of Music (China), Grease, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Evita, Cats, Bombay Dreams, Jesus Christ Superstar with Carl Anderson . A native Texan, she also performed with the National Tours of Mamma Mia!, Legally Blonde, Grease, Fosse, The King and I, Evita and Big River. Music Director for: Sister Act, Theatre Arlington, Godspell, Warner Theater, Washington DC, Forever Plaid, Norfolk, VA, Atlantic City, NJ and St Cloud, MN, and My Way, Birmingham, Alabama with creator David Grapes.

HARDT CASTING, LLC

(Casting). Paul has had the honor to have served as Casting Director on the following projects: Broadway: West Side Story, Come Fly Away, August: Osage County, A Moon for the Misbegotten, On Golden Pond, Hot Feet , Caine Mutiny Court Martial and the upcoming Once Upon a One More Time. National Tours: West Side Story (US and World Tour), A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, Legends!, Whistle Down the Wind, On Golden Pond, August: Osage County, The Bodyguard, and the current running tour of Cats. Regional Theatres include: Goodspeed Opera House , Bucks County Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, TheaterWorks Hartford, TUTS, Pasadena Playhouse and Asolo Rep.

Troika Entertainment , LLC

(Producer & Tour Management). For more than 30 years, Troika Entertainment has been producing, managing, booking, and bringing the Broadway experience to audiences in over 450 markets throughout the United States and around the world. Theatre is, at its heart, a profession of people. We believe diversity makes us stronger and we're committed to being a company that creates an inclusive, global, and welcoming home for all our touring companies, partners, and employees. Current productions include Annie , Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, My Fair Lady and Tootsie. TROIKA.com

(Executive Producer) has 20+ years of experience in almost every aspect of theatrical production, operations, human resources, business development, producing and administration. Having joined Blue Man Group in its infancy, Kori has had the opportunity to contribute to the development and expansion of a brand from a small Off-Broadway production to a worldwide theatrical phenomenon. Kori has mounted several productions including National Tours, World Tours, and multiple long-running shows in the US and abroad. She has served as Executive Producer for The Phantom of the Opera World Tour and Tootsie the Musical among others. She is a certified executive coach, who brings a wealth of executive management and leadership skills to Troika Entertainment .

Vasi Laurence

(Co-Producer). Theater/Film: Passing Strange (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award/Best Musical) and made into an award-winning film directed by Spike Lee . Other credits: Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Tootsie (National Tour), several Off Broadway shows and film projects, including the award-winning play The Housewives of Mannheim. Many thanks to Marcia and Tom Nigro, Linda and Michael Standley, and Lois Barth. We are delighted to be partnering withTROIKA. [email protected]

ELLIE ROSE PULSIFER

( Annie). This show is dedicated to all the dreamers! To the Annie National Tour, thank you for believing in me! Endless gratitude to Avalon Artists, Lisa Calli, Rance Wright, Broadway Bound, Evolution X Performing Arts, Amy Tanner, Slowburn Theatre Co. & my family. @ellie_rose_actor

Stefanie Londino

(Miss Hannigan) National tours: A Bronx Tale (Rosina), Fiddler on the Roof (Shaindel). Off-Broadway: Whiskey Pants (HERE Arts Center), What Do Critics Know? (The York Theater), Flak House (Actors Temple Theater). Regional: My Name is Asher Lev (Playhouse on Park), Honky Tonk Angels (STONC). BFA University of Utah ATP. Original rock musician @westsidewaltz @thevoxies, opened for Bon Jovi. Love to Hubs, JB, Boo. @stefanielondino

Christopher Swan

(Daddy Warbucks) was most recently seen as Wilbur in the highly successful 20th anniversary tour of Hairspray with Nina West . Other national tours include Rodger's + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Sebastian), Guys and Dolls (Nathan Detroit), My Fair Lady (Doolittle) and the First National of A Christmas Story: The Musical (The Old Man). Regional: Footloose (The Rev), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre by the Sea), Angels in America (Ark Rep). Boston Conservatory graduate and U.S Army veteran. Thank you to TROIKA and Paul Hardt Casting for this opportunity. @chriswanlives

JULIA NICOLE HUNTER

(Grace Farrell) is thrilled to join Annie as Grace. Her previous credits include: In the Heights (Nina) at the Walnut Street Theatre , The Color Purple (Nettie), Principal Vocalist for Burn the Floor and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Julia thanks her family and friends for their endless love and support.

Nick Bernardi

(Rooster Hannigan) has performed all around the globe, from Europe to Australia to all over Asia. Favorite credits include: Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages Hollywood, Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever. Forever love to his family, friends, agent Todd, and his dog Indiana Bones. @bernardi_nick

KRISTA CURRY

(Lily) is the luckiest to travel the country with this fabulous character. National Tour: PJ Masks ( Luna /"> Luna Girl). Regional: Arizona Theatre Co., Village Theatre , Palos Verdes Performing Arts. Favorite roles include Milady (Three Musketeers), Lina (Singin' in the Rain), Hedy (H2$), Doralee (9 to 5), other high-voiced gals. Hi husband! Kristacurry.me

Mark Woodard

(F.D.R.). Leapin' Lizards is Mark excited to be sharing this hopeful story across America! Aside from his role as the President, he's recently played a bunch of Dads in Mamma Mia!, La Cage aux Folles, The Addams Family, Peter & The Starcatcher, Oklahoma! and My Fair Lady.

RIGLEE RUTH BRYSON

(Pepper) is so excited for her first National Tour! Kansas City regional: A Christmas Carol, KCRep. Favorite roles: Matilda (Matilda), Annie (Annie). Gratitude to my team, and love to my siblings and parents! @rigleeruth

BRIANNA CAMERON

(Kate) is a 4th grade honor student. Her credits include The LEGO Broadway Musical, "The Equalizer," "Ziwe," among others. Brianna performed at the annual Amateur Night Holiday Special Concert at the Apollo Theater. She is a proud Alumna of Broadway Artist Alliance.

BRONTE HARRISON

(Molly) is thrilled to make her National Tour debut. Bronte was adopted from an orphanage in China as a toddler and is so excited to be playing an orphan. She thanks Carson Adler, Kim Matuka, Madison Stratton , her family and God.

VIVIANNE NEELY

(July) is thrilled to make her national tour debut with Annie. Many thanks to God, my family, Ivy Artist Management, Coast to Coast, all of my coaches, and Troika Entertainment for believing in her and making her dreams come true! @Vivianne_Neely

Kenzie Rees

(Duffy) is grateful and thrilled to be making her National Tour debut! Favorite theatre credits include The Sound of Music (Marta; Dallas Theater Center ) and Matilda (Amanda Thripp; The Firehouse Theater.) @KenzieReesOfficial

VALERIA VELASCO

(Tessie) is a 12-year-old bilingual kid from Texas. Valeria is honored to be making her debut with the National Tour of Annie. Thank you to all my teachers and family that have supported me throughout my journey. @vvvaleria10

Kolten Bell

(Swing) is hyped to be swinging across the country. When it seems like there's never any light, create it. Love to all the people in my corner.

BRADLEY FORD BETROS

(Ensemble). National Tour debut! Off-Broadway: After Happily Ever After. Select Regional: Mamma Mia!, Grease (New London Barn), Annie (Wagon Wheel), Saturday Night Fever (Surflight). Proud alumna of Florida State University! @bradleyfordbetros.

LUTHER BROOKS IV

(Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut! He would like to thank God, his family and all of his friends that have supported him along the way. What's for you, won't miss you! @iamlutherbrooks

HARRISON DRAKE

(Ensemble, Drake, u/s F.D.R.). When you wake, ring for (Harrison) Drake! National Tours: Anastasia and A Bronx Tale. Regional: Fables (Lincoln Center); Annie (Ogunquit Playhouse); A Little Night Music and Les Misérables (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). @headofharr

LAURA ELIZABETH FLANAGAN

(Ensemble) is traveling the country with her fiancé. Leapin' Lizards! National Tours: A Christmas Story (First National Tour), Cabaret, My Fair Lady (China). Thanks to Mom and Dad for letting me play the Annie VHS nonstop. Love to Chris! @lauraeflanagan

JATARIA HEYWARD

(Ensemble, Star to Be) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut with Annie. Jataria's favorite credits include: Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon), Rent (Joanne) and Aida (Aida). Many thanks for the unconditional love and support of Mom, friends, family, the LINK Program and the Pantera/Murphy agency! @hey_jataria

CARLY ANN MOORE

(Swing) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut! Regional: Bright Star (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). Oklahoma City University, Music Theatre alumna. Much love to Mom, Dad, and Sissy! @carbarmo, carlyannmoore.com

KEVIN IVEY MORRISON

(Ensemble). National Tour debut! Select Regional credits: Theatre by the Sea, City Springs Theatre Company, Syracuse Stage . BFA: Syracuse University . Endless thanks to his family, friend, Paul Hardt casting and this incredible team for making art that inspires. @kevinivvey

Leeanna Rubin

(Ensemble, u/s Miss Hannigan). National Tour Debut! NYC/Off-Broadway: A Class Act, Man of La Mancha, Assassins. Recent Regional: La Mancha (Fulton). Education: MFA from USCarolina. Ann Steele Agency. Love to Josh! @leeannarubin

ANDREW SCOGGIN

(Ensemble, Bert Healy, u/s Rooster Hannigan) is from Philadelphia and is a DeSales University graduate. Favorite Regional credits include Ragtime, Evita, Annie, I Love a Piano and Grease. Love and thanks to his family, Elizabeth and Brian from HKA.

SOPHIE STROMBERG

(Swing) is a graduate of the Institute for American Musical Theatre in NYC. She would like to thank her family, friends, and her agents at Boals Winnett and Associates.

(Ensemble, u/s Grace Farrell, u/s Lily). Credits: The Wizard of Oz National Tour (TROIKA), Disney Cruise Line (Magic, Fantasy, Dream), Lyric Theatre OKC, Franklin Performing Arts Center. Proud OCU grad. Many thanks to Jenn, TROIKA, and the entire Annie team. For Henry.

(Sandy) was rescued by Bill Berloni through the Humane Society of New York In 2017. She had been a stray that was picked up and brought to high kill shelter in North Carolina before Bill found her and had her transferred to NYC. She made her theatrical debut at the Papermill Playhouse as the "stray mutt" in Annie in 2017, and played Sandy at the Forestburgh Playhouse in the summer of 2018 and other theaters around the country. She hopes to follow in the footsteps of all the great Sandys before her.

(u/s Sandy) was adopted in spring 2022 by Bill Berloni from a private owner and his story mimics Sandy's. One of Bill's trainers was leaving a kill shelter in Central PA where she volunteers when a man come walking out with Georgie. The trainer asked the man if he was giving up this dog and his reply was, "I tried to leave him here but they said they were full and told me to go the shelter in the next county." The trainer said, "if you give me 24 hours I may have a home for him." 24 hours later, he was at the home of Bill and began his new live as an actor. The show marks his theatrical debut.

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