The Sun Will Come Out

Introduce your loved ones to the best-loved musical of all time this February, with this brand-new production directed by Drama Desk nominee and former Annie cast member Jenn Thompson. 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 a new production, just as you remember it and just when we need it most. Annie features the iconic score written by Tony Award® winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

Annie Fun Facts:

• Jenn Thompson, the director of the Annie national tour, stepped into the role of Pepper in the original 1977 Broadway production. • The show has been on Broadway three times since its premiere in 1977.

It was revived on Broadway in 1997 and in 2012, as well as playing

Madison Square Garden for five weeks in 2006. • Annie has been adapted into a movie three times. The first was in 1982, which starred Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn and Carol Burnett. Disney then adapted the show into a 1999 movie starring Victor Garber, Alicia

Morton and Kathy Bates. In 2014, Jay-Z and Will Smith produced a movie version of Annie that starred Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis and

Cameron Diaz. It was also adapted into a live NBC TV show with Harry

Connick, Jr., Celina Smith and Taraji P. Henson. • Many of the child actresses who played Annie on Broadway have gone on to have illustrious acting careers. Former Annies include Sarah

Jessica Parker (Hocus Pocus, Sex in the City), Molly Ringwald (Sixteen

Candles), Lilla Crawford (Into the Woods) and Sadie Sink (Stranger Things). • According to The New York Times, there are 700-900 productions of

Annie running every year in the United States alone. • A sequel to Annie, named Annie Warbucks, premiered off-Broadway in 1993 and ran for 200 performances.

ANNIE • February 23-26

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“The fact that these gorgeous life-lessons reside in such a beautifully built and wonderfully entertaining show, only further makes the case for why Annie never disappoints and always inspires.”

- Jenn Thompson, Director

Click to read the full letter from Jenn Thompson.