Little Orphan Annie
Eleven-year-old Annie is in an orphanage, presided over by Miss Hannigan, who keeps the little girl orphans in line by bullying and threatening them. The girls are ever hopeful that they will find parents and happiness ("Maybe") while Miss Hannigan is unhappy with her situation. Annie decides to escape to find her parents, running into a friendly dog (Sandy) ("Tomorrow") and the people made homeless because of the Great Depression ("Hooverville"). However, she is returned to the orphanage. Grace Farrell, Warbucks' assistant, picks her to live in Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks' palatial home for the Christmas holidays ("I Think I'm Gonna Like it Here").
Although initially uncomfortable with each other, Annie and Daddy Warbucks soon come to love each other (You Won't Be An Orphan For Long). Warbucks wants to adopt her, but Annie insists that her parents will come for her. Over the radio show of Bert Healy, and with the help of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Warbucks offers a reward for the parents ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"). Miss Hannigan and her brother, Rooster, and his slightly ditzy girlfriend, Lily St. Regis, scheme to pretend to be the parents and collect the reward ("Easy Street"). When they are found out, it is revealed that Annie's parents have died. Warbucks and Annie become a family ("I Don't Need Anything But You").
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Annie Medley aka Little Orphan Annie
Where did she come from?
Little Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip, created by Harold Gray (1894?1968), that first appeared on August 5, 1924. The title, suggested by an editor at the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" which begins:
:Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay,
:An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away . . .
It was eight years after Riley's death when Gray created his comic strip Little Orphan Otto (1924), and the Chicago Tribune's Joseph Patterson changed the title to Little Orphan Annie. Three y...
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Alpo was rubbed on Aileen Quinn's (the girl who played Annie) face in order to make "Sandy" kiss her in the original musical.
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Little Orphan Annie Costume
Child Orphan Costume Wig
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Muffy Vanderbear as Little Orphan Annie
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Annie Gifts
Get Tickets for Annie on Tour
- Annie The Broadway Musical on National Tour - Tickets; National Tour Tickets
- Annie is still on tour and you can order tickets when it comes to your city. Click on this site to see the current venues. Don't miss this classic.
Little Orphan Movie Doll - Collectible
Little Orphan Annie The World of Annie Movie Doll
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This is a great gift for the Little Orphan Annie collector. It also makes a great toy set for a young girl who likes to use her imagination and have play time wth real or make-believe friends.
Vote for your favorite Annie Music
Annie the musical created several popular songs that are now even being translated into current Ghetto versions such as Jay-Z's Hard-Knock Life, which has mature content (foul language), however, the clean version is listed below. Also, the ever popular song Tommorrow and the rest of the songs from the musical are available on a variety of Broadway CD's.
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- kitty222 kitty222 Sep 13, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
- Oh man, I loved Annie when I was little! I even had a doll that I named Annie. Unfortunately, I only saw the movie version but I would so love to see the Broadway version sometime!
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