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Have you heard? Annie, the Tony Award-Winning Production is coming to Lansing, MI next week! This is a show I always wanted to see on TV as a child and never did (though I do know one of the popular songs from it, and have belted it out many a'time. The sun will come out tomorrow...bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun. Count your blessings you can't hear me singing because while I like to do it, those around me never seem to feel the same. ;)
Have you seen Annie? Would you love to see it live? If you're in the Lansing area, I urge you to pick up your tickets now. It could be a great way to relax with the family, which is always nice, but is especially so during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.
Have you heard? Annie, the Tony Award-Winning Production is coming to Lansing, MI next week! This is a show I always wanted to see on TV as a child and never did (though I do know one of the popular songs from it, and have belted it out many a'time. The sun will come out tomorrow...bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun. Count your blessings you can't hear me singing because while I like to do it, those around me never seem to feel the same. ;)
Have you seen Annie? Would you love to see it live? If you're in the Lansing area, I urge you to pick up your tickets now. It could be a great way to relax with the family, which is always nice, but is especially so during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.
ANNIE
Part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton
Center Series
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 16 – Sunday, December 21, 2014
Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Friday at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Location: Cobb Great Hall
Tickets: $34.00 - $69.00 ● plus applicable fees
Ticket Office: whartoncenter.com
517.432.2000 or
1.800.WHARTON
EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Wharton Center is proud to announce
that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play December 16 – 21, 2014, in the Cobb
Great Hall. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this
production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning
original. Tickets to see ANNIE, part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton
Center Series, are available at the official source to purchase Wharton Center tickets online,
whartoncenter.com, at the AutoOwners Insurance Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.
ANNIE has a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse
and lyrics by Martin Charnin. All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards® for
their work. Choreography is by Liza Gennaro, who will incorporate selections from her
father Peter Gennaro’s 1977 Tony Award®-winning choreography.
The original production of ANNIE opened April 21, 1977, at
the Alvin Theatre and went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best
Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Cast Show
Album and seven Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan)
and Best Score (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin). The show remains one of the
biggest Broadway musical hits ever.
It ran for 2,377 performances after it first opened, has
been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 37 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.”
The celebrated design team includes scenic design by Tony
Award® winner Beowulf Boritt (Act One, The Scottsboro Boys, Rock of Ages), costume design by
Costume Designers Guild Award winner Suzy Benzinger (Blue Jasmine, Movin’ Out, Miss
Saigon), lighting design by Tony Award® winner Ken Billington (Chicago, Annie, White
Christmas) and sound design by Tony Award® nominee Peter Hylenksi (Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway,
Motown). The lovable mutt “Sandy” will once again be trained by Tony Award® honoree
William Berloni (Annie, A Christmas Story, Legally Blonde). Musical supervision and
additional orchestrations are by Keith Levenson (Annie, She Loves Me, Dreamgirls). Casting is
by Joy Dewing CSA and Holly Buczek CSA, Joy Dewing Casting (Soul Doctor, Wonderland,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat). The tour is produced by Troika
Entertainment, LLC.
This brand-new production features a 25-member company: in
the title role of Annie is Issie Swickle, a 9-year-old actress from Davie, FL, making her
tour debut. Gilgamesh Taggett will star as Oliver Warbucks. In the role of Miss Hannigan is
Lynn Andrews. Also starring in the tour are Ashley Edler as Grace, Garrett Deagon as Rooster,
Lucy Werner as Lily and Allan Ray Baker as FDR. Sunny, a 4-year-old rescue terrier mix,
stars as Sandy. The Orphans are Angelina Carballo, Adia Dant, LillyBea
Ireland, Sydney Shuck, Lilly Mae Stewart and Isabel Wallach.
ANNIE is generously sponsored by Capital Region Community
Foundation, The Centennial Group, Farm Bureau Insurance, Jackson National Life
Insurance Company and Physicians Health Plan.
I want to go. Yes I do.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
Is it sad to say that I've never been to a show like this? I mean I remember seeing Annie years ago on tv but other than that...I really need to do this
ReplyDeleteI've only seen the movie; I would love to see it live! Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteThe songs are sure easy to get stuck in ones head
ReplyDeleteWe've waiting anxiously for the new movie to come out. Never seen it in play form, will have to add that to our to-do list.
ReplyDeleteI love Annie! When I was in sixth grade we put on a production of Annie at my school. Believe it or not, but I played Miss. Hannigan. Great show!
ReplyDeleteA great show to see live
ReplyDeleteThis was just in Boston and I totally missed it. I would have loved to have seen it!
ReplyDeleteCan you believe my girls have never seen Annie!? I would just love to take them to the live show of it!
ReplyDeleteI think that is wonderful news. I know I would go if it came here
ReplyDeleteOh I wish I could go to this. I love Annie. I grew up on Annie and I even looked like Annie!
ReplyDeleteAnnie was one of my favourite movie as a kid. Would really to see that show.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this show! I do love the movie! It's a classic!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen the show. I love that is coming near you!
ReplyDeleteI saw Annie when it first hit Broadway--I loved it and like you still remember those songs after all these years! If you haven't seen a live performance of Annie--you gotta go see it!!
ReplyDeleteI just saw the previews for this! I love Annie and I can't wait to see the new one.
ReplyDeleteI am so sad that Annie is no longer on Broadway but I'm getting tickets to the show in Philadelphia.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be an awesome movie. I loved the first one, and the cast looks great.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds wonderful. Wish I was closer.
ReplyDeleteWhat some great news, I adore the theatre! I have never seen Annie live though.
ReplyDeleteY'all are so lucky! I'd love to see this! I've never seen the theatre production.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this! I have never even seen Annie. Crazy I know but so true!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see this. I have been talking to my kids about it hoping to get them interested too.
ReplyDeleteI love Annie! I always get the songs from it stuck in my head when I watch it.
ReplyDeleteThis movie comes out on my daughters birthday! We are excited to take her to see it.
ReplyDeleteAnnie is such a great movie. I'd love to see a live production of it!
ReplyDeleteI remember we had an Annie school play before. I enjoyed it so much! I'm quite sure this is fun!
ReplyDeleteAnnie used to be one of my favorite movies to watch when I was younger. I know that probably ages me a bit but it is a great production.
ReplyDeleteI remember this movie when I was growing up. I can't wait to see the new version.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be awesome. I can't wait to see it. Amber N
ReplyDeleteAnnie is a wonderful show - I wonder if today's kids even know what orphans are!
ReplyDeleteI bet this will be a great show. I would want to go if I lived in the area.
ReplyDelete1977? That's a long run!
ReplyDeleteI actually don't even know about it - and I SHOULD lol!
ReplyDeleteAnnie is such a cute show! This will definitely be a fun event.
ReplyDeleteyou mean the movie Annie? Looks nice!
ReplyDeleteThis is the live show. :)
DeleteThis is gonna be so much fun! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this show - I really like Anne! I will check to see if it is coming to the Milwaukee area - if so I definitely want to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the movie a lot of times and I love it. Hope that one day I can see the live event too. Sounds like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteIt's an amazing show. I love it and miss it!
ReplyDeleteI have never watched it in person. I was always asked if my dad was Daddy Warbucks since I had the same name as the title character :P
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I haven't thought about Annie since I was a kid. Sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteI love musicals and Annie is one of my all time favorites! I would so love to be able to see this show live!!!
ReplyDeleteI really want to see the new Annie movie! It looks great!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an amazing show to see. I would love to go see Annie. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis is a must see live production! I always love live production.
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait for Annie! It looks so good. It has an all star line up I can't wait to see it in theatres.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an awesome movie. We are planning to watch this movie with with family. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an awesome movie. We are planning to watch this movie with with family. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteAnnie is one of my favorite musicals. I can't wait to see it.
ReplyDeleteAnnie is a classic. I would love to go see this.
ReplyDeleteI've heard about Annie but I've never actually seen it myself. It would be a wonderful experience, I think.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to go see Annie. It was one of my favorite movies growing up.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen this one live before! I think it would be wonderful to see with my kids
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I'd love to take my kids to see the play!
ReplyDeleteI love Annie! I would love to go see this show!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to go see a show like this! Sounds like a fun time :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Especially with the new movie coming out! I love Annie!
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