DATE: 9-11 September 2016
VENUE: Empire Theatres, Toowoomba
Based on Little Orphan Annie, the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide sensation and is one of the most loved musicals of all time. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the beloved show features a wonderful score written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, including the Broadway smash hit, ‘Tomorrow’, as well as ‘It’s a Hard Knocked Life’, ‘Easy Street’, ‘Little Girls’ and ‘I Don’t Need Anything But You’.
With a perfect combination of street-smarts and optimism, Annie warms the hearts of the audience as we witness her rise from next-to-nothing in New York City. She is determined to find her parents, who left her at the orphanage years ago. Though things don’t quite work out the way she has planned, she does manage to thwart the plans of the evil Miss Hannigan and find a new family with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his secretary Grace Farrell, and her lovable pooch, Sandy.
Billing
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse”Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Original Production Directed by Martin Charnin
Presented by Mike Nichols
Based on “Little Orphan Annie” By permission of The Tribune Media Services, Inc
Originally produced by The Goodspeed Opera House Michael P Price, Executive Director
By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd.
Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY)
Creative Team
Director – Simon Duncan
Musical Director – Tim Gray
Choreographer – Rebecca Stanley
Set Design/ Accent Coach – Angela Ponting
Costume Design – Debra Nairn
Vocal Coach – Elizabeth Egan
Repetiteur – Anne Gralow
Principal Cast
Annie – Emma Johnson & Lauren Baryla
Daddy Warbucks – Martin Paroz
Grace Farrell – Jessie Parsons
Miss Hannigan – Mary Quade
Rooster Hannigan – Mike Escober
Lily St Regis – Alexandra Stewart
Sandy – Sophie the Golden Retriever
Molly – Madeleine Tooley & Claire Dixon
Kate – Annie Anderson & Ava Gleeson
Tessie – Samantha Overbeeke & Molly Boyd
July – Kate Hudson-James & Claire Tiller
Pepper – Lauren Scotton & Alana Meney
Duffy – Meg Kirby & Kaitlyn Beattie-Zarb
Drake – Edward Pietsch
Franklin Roosevelt – Russell Reynolds
Bert Healy/Bundles – Murray Siddans
Boylan Sisters – Vicki Bravery, Sarah van Tricht, Sarah Talbot
Lt Ward – David Whitford
Star to be – Isabel Lanigan
Mrs Pugh – Kelly Watts
Mrs Greer – Elisabeth Kirby
Fred McCracken – Gabe Tiller
