The sun will come out tomorrow… because we’ve got Annie – thanks to Resorts World Manila that is taking on a beloved classic for its next major musical.
Along with Full House Theater Company, RWM will be staging the original Broadway musical “Annie” for its seventh major production this September at the Newport Performing Arts Theater.
The much-loved musical based on Harold Gray’s popular comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” opened in 1977 and ran for a record-setting six years at the former Alvin Theater in midtown-Manhattan, New York. Everyone couldn’t help but fall in love with this charming 11-year-old orphan girl looking for her long lost parents, stuck in Miss Hannigan’s orphanage until her life takes on a different turn.
With music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan, “Annie” was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won in seven categories including Best Musical, with such popular musical numbers like “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard Knock Life” included in the production.
Since then, “Annie” has been staged in numerous productions in many countries and has even been adapted into film three times, starting with Aileen Quinn as Annie and Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks in 1982 and most recently in 2014 which featured Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx.
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