1. Annie The Musical
By:Nicholas Korpi

2. Plot 11 year old girl named Annie.
Lives in an orphanage run by a woman named Miss Hannigan.
Annie escapes the orphanage in an attempt to find her birth parents.
She was caught by a policeman, Lt. Ward, who found her at a local homeless town.
“Daddy” Warbucks, a billionaire businessman who invites Annie to his mansion and eventually adopted her.

3. History
Annie is based on a comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, which was created by Harold Gray in1924.
The first Broadway production of Annie written by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin opened at Alvin theatre on April 21, 1977.

4. The first Broadway musical of Annie ran from April 21, 1977 till January 2, 1983.
The comic created by Harold Gray was syndicated by Tribune Media Services, the comic strip actually got it’s name from a 1885 poem written by James Whitcomb Riley called Little Orphan Annie.
Little Orphan Annie encouraged a radio show in 1930.
Surprising Facts

5. Annie has been nominated for 11 Tony awards.
Awards Won
Annie has been nominated for 11 Tony awards.
Annie has won 7 awards, including best actress, best musical and much more!

6. Authors and Illustrators
Book Writer: Thomas Meehan was an American Writer and died at the age of 88.
Music Writer: Charles Strouse and Ralph Burns made the music for Annie, Charles Strouse is an American Composer and lyricist.
Lyrics Writer: Martin Charnin is an American lyricist, writer and theatre director.

7. Cast/Characters The cast and characters for the 1982 Annie musical:
Aileen Quinn played Annie
Carol Burnett played Miss Hannigan
Albert Finney- Oliver Warbucks
Ann Reinking- Grace Farrell
Toni Ann Gisondi- Molly
Rosanne Sorrentino- Pepper
April Haney- Kate
Robin Ignico- Duffy

8. Songs These songs are the most popular
Tomorrow-
It’s a hard knock life-

9. Places performed
The first performance was on August 10th, 1976 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.
The latest performance happened on June 29th till September 10th, 2017 at Westchester Broadway Theatre or as some people call it the WBT.

10. 45th Anniversary!
This is the forty fifth year Annie has been in the world of Drama, Go see the movie today and tell Annie ‘’ Happy 45th Anniversary’’!!!!!

11. The End