![]() ![]() ![]() Regis.īroadway revived the comic strip musical briefly in 1997, but the current Theatre Charlotte revival seems far more propitiously timed as we edge past the trough of a deep recession, unsure whether we're destined to dip again. Perhaps we're inwardly pleading "No more, please!" after mass onslaughts of floor-swabbing orphanettes and their "Hard Knock Life," but then we have the salty consolations of "Hooverville" and the multiple misadventures of the raffish Hannigan sibs and Lily St. "Call up Al Smith," snaps plutocrat Oliver Warbucks, "and find out what Democrats eat!" Of course, watching the little redhead melt the bald-pated Warbucks is one of the paramount delights of Annie after she has smitten us. Thomas Meehan, who also penned the books for The Producers and Hairspray, chipped in with a pretty sharp script here, too. ![]() For generations of pre-teen girls, the first bite of the theater bug was prepping to audition for the title role, standing near a piano and belting out Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin's most beloved song. "The sun will come out tomorrow" has never been stop-the-presses news, but sung by a plucky little orphan girl, the cliché has been melting the hearts of theatergoers ever since Annie hit Broadway in 1977.
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