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Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production – just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

Annie, directed by Jenn Thompson, features the iconic book and score, written by Tony Award®-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

Audio Description available during the 2:00pm performance on Saturday, January 27 and the 7:30pm performance on Sunday, January 28. Learn more here .

ANNIE runs approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes including one intermission.

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Annie the Musical

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ANNIE THE MUSICAL

Book, Music and Lyrics by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin

Scenic Design Wilson Chin

Costume Design Alejo Vietti

Lightning Design Phillip Rosenberg

Sound Design Ken Travis

Hair Design Ashley Rae Callahan

Orchestrations Dan Delange

Animal Director and Trainer William Berloni

Music Supervisor Matthew Smedal

Music Director Jennifer Christina

Music Coordinator Talitha Fehr

Casting Hardt Casting, LLC

Tour Booking Agency Bond Theatrical

Producer & Tour Management  Crossroads Live

Company Manager Soldanela Rivera

Assistant Company Manager Aaron Martin

Production Stage Manager Anna Klevit

Assistant Production Stage Manager Katy Gentry

General Management Deanna Marie Kirsch

Executive Producer Jayna Neagle

Production Managment Networks Presentations Walker White

Music Supervision and Vocal Arrangements Stephen Oremus

Directed By Jenn Thompson

Choreography By Patricia Wilcox

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Annie......................................................................... Rainier (Rainey) Treviño Molly................................................................................................ Jade Smith Duffy.......................................................................................... Arianna Guller July ........................................................................................ Savannah Austin Tessie............................................................................ Kylie Noelle Patterson Kate ............................................................................................ Addy Jaymes Pepper........................................................................................... Avery Hope Miss Hannigan ..................................................................... Stefanie Londino Grace Farrell...................................................................... Julia Nicole Hunter Oliver Warbucks.................................................................. Christopher Swan Rooster Hannigan.................................................................... Jeffrey T. Kelly Lily St. Regis...................................................................... Samantha Stevens Star to Be............................................................................... Savannah Fisher Burt Healy ................................................................................. Kaleb Jenkins Drake ........................................................................................ Tony Mowatt FDR......................................................................................... Mark Woodard

Sandy ........................................................................................ Georgie Ensemble ................... Savannah Fisher, Jerquintez A. Gipson, Caroline Glazier, Chance K. Ingalls,

Kaleb Jenkins, Tony Mowatt, Kaylie Mae Wallace, Nick Traficante, Jaelle Laguerre

Understudies Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Annie— Avery Hope For Miss Hannigan— Jaelle Laguerre, Caroline Glazier For Oliver Warbucks— Tony Mowatt , Mark Woodard For Rooster— Kaleb Jenkins, Nick Traficante

For Molly- Addy Jaymes

For Grace Farrell and Lily St. Regis- Caroline Glazier, Kaylie Mae Wallace

For FDR- Tony Mowatt

Swings Callie Alexa, Brooke Olivia Gatto, Trent Tyson  

Dance Captian Callie Alexa

Assistant Dance Captian Trent Tyson

There will be one 20-minute intermission

Who's Who In The Cast

RAINIER (RAINEY) TREVIÑO ( Annie ) is humbly honored to bring this spunky icon of optimism and resilience to life. Forever grateful to the Annie creatives and Paul Hardt. Special thanks to Kim Pedell, Marc Tumminelli, Lisa Wallace, Hugh Copeland, Candice Heidelberg-Denison, Amelia DeMayo, Gulnara Mitzanova, Dianna Swenson, Hurrah Players, my family and friends. @rainiertrevino

STEFANI LONDINO  ( Miss Hannigan ) Stefanie is a NYC-based actor/musician/songwriter. National tours: Annie (Miss Hannigan), A Bronx Tale (Rosina), Fiddler on the Roof (Shaindel). Off-Broadway: The Mayor of Williamsburg (HERE Arts Center), What Do Critics Know? (The York Theater), Flak House (Actors Temple Theater), Red Wine in Paper Cups (TheaterNOW). Regional: My Name is Asher Lev (Playhouse on Park), Honky Tonk Angels (STONC). BFA University of Utah ATP. Lead singer of rock band West Side Waltz, music out everywhere! Endless gratitude to Hubs, JB, Boo. Follow the shen-Hannigans on IG @stefanielondino

CHRISTOPHER SWAN ( Oliver Warbucks ) is delighted to be returning to Annie for year two. Previously seen as Wilbur opposite Nina West in the 20th anniversary tour of Hairspray. Other national tours include R&H’s Cinderella (Sebastian), Guys and Dolls (Nathan Detroit), My Fair Lady (Doolittle) and the first national of A Christmas Story: The Musical (The Old Man). Regional: Footloose (The Rev), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre by the Sea), Angels In America (Ark Rep). Boston Conservatory graduate and U.S Army veteran. Thanks to Jenn and Patti and much love to my wife Laura. IG: @chriswanlives

JULIA NICOLE HUNTER  ( Grace Farrell ) is thrilled to be returning to Annie. She is originally from Nashville TN, but currently based in New York City. Previous credits include: In The Heights (Nina) at the Walnut Street Theatre; The Color Purple (Nettie); Nunsense (Sister Amnesia); and a principal vocalist for Burn The Floor and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Forever grateful for her family and friends for their endless love and support! IG: @ju1ia.nico1e

JEFFREY T. KELLY ( Rooster Hannigan ) is ecstatic to be joining the company of Annie! AMDA NYC grad, recent credits include Fluke (Million Dollar Quartet, Shadowland Stages) & Tommy Devito (Jersey Boys, Playhouse on the Square). Thanks to the fam, Chondra Profit/FSE Team, and the entire Annie creative team for the support and opportunity! IG: @jeffreytkellytheatre

SAMANTHA STEVENS ( Lily St. Regis ) National tour debut! Samantha is a proud Brit based in NYC. Favorite Regional Credits: White Christmas (Betty), Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Kinky Boots (Lauren), The Handmaid’s Musical (Offred). Sometimes ‘Marilyn’ ( www.MonroeMoments.com ). Special thanks to Paul, Jenn, Patti & Matt. For Mom across the ocean & Dad amongst the stars. IG: @SamanthauStevens

MARK WOODARD ( FDR, Understudy for Warbucks ) Mark is overjoyed to be returning for the second year of the Annie North American tour! Regional Credits: Disney’s Newsies (Gateway Playhouse); Oklahoma! (Ogunquit Playhouse); 42nd Street (The REV); The Producers, Bells Are Ringing, South Pacific (PIttsburgh CLO); A Christmas Carol (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Spamalot, Mamma Mia, (Palace Theatre, NH). Television: Guest Star & Co-Star roles: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “SVU,” “Billions,” “As The World Turns,” “Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter.” IG: @actnman88

SAVANNA AUSTIN  ( July ) Savannah is thrilled to make her national tour debut with Annie! Endless gratitude to Christian Arts Theatre, Rance Wright, Angela Pulsifer, LA Talent, her coaches, family and friends. Savannah thanks her mom, dad and God. Inspiring others to continue to dream big! MATILDA (Matilda: CAT production) IG: @savannahbanana_12

ADDIE JAYMES  ( Kate, Understudy for Molly ) Addie is grateful to be making her national tour debut. Special thanks to her family and friends, Jenn Thompson, Patti Wilcox, Paul Hardt Casting, Daniella Castoria, Ginna Claire Mason, Nancy Carson, Allan Fawcett, Lauryn Ciardullo, Starlight PAC, and the amazing production team. Recent credits: “Annie Warbucks” (Annie, Surflight Theatre). IG: @addie_jaymes

ARIANNA GULLER ( Duffy ) is delighted to make her national tour debut! Favorite roles: “Matilda” (Matilda), “Charlie Bucket” (Willy Wonka), “Belle” (Beauty and the Beast). Gratitude to Connecting Talent, my amazing teachers Jose Cruz, Daniel Stocker, Kirk Geritano, Philip Chen, Dance Molinari, Mom, Dad, Estee and Grandma. A dream come true! IG: @ariannagullerofficial

AVERY HOPE ( Pepper ) National tour debut! Leapin’ Lizards! Previous credits include Kelly Clarkson’s NBC Christmas Special (featured singer); Panda Corner (Candymaker). Avery is grateful for the support from her dad, mom/vocal coach, family, and friends. Special thanks to Carson-Adler Agency, Paul Hardt Casting, Michael Lavine, and Crossroads Live! IG: @averyhope_official

KYLIE NOELLE PATTERSON ( Tessie )  Debuting on the Annie national tour has been a dream for Kylie. This California girl hopes to inspire others to explore their passion in theater. She is grateful to Royal Theater Academy and her friends and family for their support.

JADE SMITH ( Molly ) Jade is so excited to be a part of the Annie tour. This has always been her dream to play the role of “Molly” in the iconic theatrical production of Annie. She is so grateful to be a part of this amazing cast. She would like to thank all of her cast mates, production, her agent Bonnie Shumofsky at Stewart Talent and her management at Parkside talent.

SAVANNAH FISHER ( Ensemble/Star to Be ) previous credits include national tours; Jesus Christ Superstar (“Soul Singer”), Dog Man the Musical! (“Flippy”). Regional; Guys and Dolls (“Sarah Brown”), Godspell and Ragtime. Other favorites include: Sister Act (“Deloris Van Cartier”) and The Wiz (“Glinda”). A very special thanks to my loving family, friends, D’Marreon and The Price Group agency! IG: @savannahmfisher

JERQUINTEZ A. GIPSON ( Ensemble ) received a B.F.A in Musical Theatre and a Minor in Dance. Some theatre credits include: national tour: Elf The Musical (“Store Manager”). Regional: Sister Act(“Eddie”), The Color Purple (“Preacher/Adam”), Kinky Boots (“Lola”), Trouble in Mind (“John Nevins”) and much more. He enjoys performing any chance he gets and loves to inspire others to never give up. Thank you to Carla (Mother) and Terriney (Sister) for everything. To see more of him: Instagram @Jxlonzo

CAROLINE GLAZIER ( Ensemble, Understudy for Grace Ferrell, Lily St. Regis and Miss Hannigan ) National tour debut! Off-Broadway: Friends! The Musical Parody (“Rachel Green”). Other credits: The Sound of Music (“Maria”), Sweeney Todd (“Ensemble”), Cabaret (“Sally Bowles”). University of Michigan: BFA Musical Theater. Thank you to HKA, as well as my family, friends, and fiancé Aaron for supporting me and my dreams!

CHANCE K. INGALLS  ( Ensemble ) is excited to be making his tour debut with Annie! He’s from Kapolei, HI, and earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre from Oklahoma City University. He is so grateful for the people in his life who support him. He couldn’t do it without them!

KALEB JENKINS ( Ensemble, Burt Healy, Understudy for Rooster Hannigan and Drake ) National tour: Hairspray (“Brad”). Regional: Parade (“Britt Craig”), Oklahoma! (“Curly”), Into the Woods (“Baker”), Saturday Night  Fever. Charlotte, NC native. CCU alum #chantsup! Many thanks to Josh at ASA, Paul Hardt, the Annie team, and my wife/bff Karen. IG @kalebjacejenkins, TikTok @kaleslaw

JAELLE LAGUERRE  ( Ensemble, Understudy for Miss Hannigan ) Leaping Lizards Jaelle is thrilled to return for her second year with the red head musical! Recent credits include Cinderella, Buddy Holly, A Christmas Carol (NSMT) Rock of Ages (The Engeman Theatre) Six (NCL) Mamma Mia (Argyle Theatre). Syracuse University (BFA) Love to her parents, brother and God. Thanks to HkA, Paul, Jenn, Pattie and the creatives! IG: @Jaellelaguerre

TONY MAWATT ( Ensemble, Drake, Understudy for Warbucks and FDR ) National tour: CATS (2021-2023). Off-Broadway: Little Match Girl (St. Luke’s Theatre), Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg (HERE). Select NYC/Regional: “Lumière” in Beauty and the Beast (Rodeheaver Auditorium), “Leo Frank” in Parade(Bullet Theatre Collaborative), Twisted Operettas (Joe’s Pub), An Octoroon (Kean Stage), The Producers, Legally Blonde (Woodstock Playhouse). IG: @baloneytones

NICK TRAFICANTE ( Ensemble, Understudy for Rooster Hannigan ) Nick is a Pittsburgh native and a recent graduate of Ithaca College BFA MT! Regional: Evita (“Ensemble”) at The REV Theatre Co. and A Chorus Line(“Bobby”) and Mamma Mia! (“Sky”) at New London Barn Playhouse. Special thanks to Avalon Artists Group, Mom, Johnny, Elena, and Santina. IG: @nicktraf

KAYLIE MAE WALLACE ( Ensemble, Understudy for Grace Farrell and Lily St. Regis ) National tour debut! Kaylie is a Pittsburgh native with a BFA in Musical Theatre from University of Michigan. Now residing in NYC, her favorite credits include: Grey Gardens (“Young Little Edie”), Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd. Thanks to Jenn, Patti, Jen, Paul, Crossroads Live, and all my loved ones!

CALLIE ALEXA ( Swing, Dance Captain ) is delighted to be making her national tour debut! Credits include: Mary Poppins, Elf, 42nd Street, Beehive, Annie (Prather Productions). International/Cruise Lines: RCCL, RWS, MSC. Much love to her Mom, Sister and supporters all over! Thank you to casting and creatives! Smile, darn ya, smile! IG: @callieaalexa

BROOKE OLIVIA GATTO  ( Swing ) Brooke is delighted to be touring with Annie! Credits include: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (national tour), and Into the Breeches (International City Theatre). BFA: Cal State Fullerton. Special thanks to her family, friends, and agents at FSE! IG: @brookeoliviagatto

TRENT TYSON ( Swing, Assistant Dance Captain ) is elated for his national tour debut! Previous credits: Kinky Boots (Slow Burn), A Chorus Line (Interlakes), A Christmas Carol (ZACH), Production Singer/Dancer on Celebrity Cruise Lines. Boston Conservatory ’21, ZACH Theatre PPC Alumni. Huge thanks to Brian at The Hell’s Kitchen Agency and my amazing friends and family!

GEORGIE  ( Sandy ) was adopted in spring 2022 by Bill Berloni from a private owner and his story mimics “Sandy’s.” One of Bill’s trainers was leaving a kill shelter in Central PA where she volunteers when a man came walking out with Georgie. The trainer asked the man if he was giving up this dog and his reply was, “I tried to leave him here but they said they were full and told me to go to the shelter in the next county.” The trainer said, “If you give me 24 hours I may have a home for him.” 24 hours later, he was at the home of Bill and began his new life as an actor. Last year he was the understudy to “Sandy” and this year is proud to have taken over the role.

BAILEY  ( Understudy for Sandy ) was rescued by Bill Berloni from Puppy Love Rescue in Louisiana. He is a Poodle mixed with something large. Theater: Finding Neverland, “Porthos;” National Tour: Peter Pan “Nana;” Shakespeare Theater, Washington DC, Because Of Winn Dixie (Understudy) “Winn Dixie;” Goodspeed Musicals and Annie“Sandy” at the Children’s Theater of Minneapolis.

THOMAS MEEHAN  ( Book ) is a three-time Tony Award winning librettist for the Broadway musicals Annie,1977; The Producers,2001 (co-written with Mel Brooks); and Hairspray, 2003 (co-written with Mark O’Donnell). He collaborated on many Broadway musicals including I Remember Mama; Ain’t Broadway Grand; Bombay Dreams (with Meera Syal); Cry Baby (with Mark O’Donnell); Young Frankenstein (with MelBrooks); Elf, The Musical (with Bob Martin); Chaplin (with Christopher Curtis); Rocky; the upcoming Dave, The Musical (with Nell Benjamin); and the off-Broadway musicals, Annie Warbucks; Death Takes a Holiday (with Peter Stone) and the upcoming The Lady Eve (with Maury Yeston). He was a long-time contributor of humor pieces to The New Yorker, which we republished in a collection entitled Yma, Ava, Yma, Abba, Yma, Oona, Yma, Ida, Yma Aga... and Others, by Simon and Schuster. Mr. Meehan, in collaboration with the poet J.D. McClatchy, co-authored the libretto of the opera 1984, composed by Lorin Maazel, first performed at London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 2005. He was an Emmy Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs, To Be or Not To Be, The Producers and One Magic Christmas. He was a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

MARTIN CHARNIN  ( Lyrics ) Martin’s career in the entertainment industry began in 1957 when he created the role of Big Deal (one of Jerome Robbins’ authentic juvenile delinquents) in the original company of West Side Story. He played the role for exactly 1,000 performances. Since then, he was involved in over 140 theatrical, television, film, and night club productions as a director, producer, composer, or lyricist. He is one of the dozen people who have won Emmys, Tonys, and Grammys, and the Peabody Award for Broadcasting. Annie, which came to Broadway in 1977, originally ran for 2,377 performances, and has been revived there three times. He directed Annie 19 times (after directing the original production in New York), in London, Montreal, Amsterdam, and Melbourne as well as Annie’s 14 national U.S. companies. He collaborated with Charles Strouse, Vernon Duke, Marvin Hamlisch, Mary Rodgers, and twice with Richard Rodgers on I Remember Mama and Two by Two. He wrote for, or directed, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margaret, Jack Benny, Anne Bancroft, Betty Hutton, Sutton Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Jane Lynch, Tony Bennett, Jason Alexander, and Jay-Z, among countless others, and for his wife, Shelly Burch (who originated a leading role in the original company of Nine). Most recently, “Tomorrow” from Annie became one of the 100 most performed musical numbers in the last century. 

CHARLES STROUSE  ( Music ) A graduate of New York’s P.S. 87, Townsend Harris H.S., and the Eastman School of Music, Charles has studied composition with Aaron Copland, Arthur Berger, and David Diamond in the US and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Charles has composed copious chamber music, two piano concertos, a string quartet and two operas. After which, being broke like most composers, he was a rehearsal pianist and dance arranger for many shows, played in bar rooms, ballet classes, at weddings and strip joints (a particular boon for one who was to write the music for the film The Night They Raided Minsky’s). One morning in 1960 he awoke to find he had written (with Lee Adams and Mike Stewart) Bye Bye Birdie (Tony Award), which is still among the most performed musicals in America, followed by Golden Boy with Sammy Davis, Jr. (Tony Nomination). Then came, Applause (Tony Award), It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, Rags (Tony Nomination) and Annie(Tony Award). In-between, therehave been scores for movies including Bonnie and Clyde and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Throughout his career, Charles has received the Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Frederick Lowe and the Leonard Bernstein Awards for musical achievement. He is married to director/choreographer Barbara Siman and is the father of Benjamin (attorney, author, composer), Nicholas (psychotherapist), Victoria (screen writer) and William (also a screen writer).

JENN THOMPSON ( Director ) is thrilled to be helming the national tour of Annie after having appeared as Pepper in the original Broadway run, many moons ago. Recent credits include the World-Premiere musical Anne of Green Gables-A New Musical at Goodspeed Opera House (available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, etc.) where she has also directed Gypsy, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma! and The Music Man. Other recent credits include Diary of a Wimpy Kid-The Musical at Children’s Theatre Company in association with Kevin McCollum and Buena Vista Theatrical (watch for upcoming album release) as well as Chains and Conflict for Off-Broadway’s celebrated Mint Theatre, where Jenn’s 2016 production of Women Without Men garnered both Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival as well as 5 Drama Desk Award nominations including Outstanding Director and Revival. In addition to extensive productions in NYC, Jenn’s work has been seen at theaters across the country including; Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Denver Center, Hartford Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Portland Stage, City Theatre, Barrington Stage, Theater Aspen, Theaterworks Hartford, Pioneer, The Rev, Arizona Theatre Company, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and many more. Jenn is married to actor Stephen Kunken, they live in Brooklyn NY with their daughter Naomi. This is for Martin, Charles, Tom and Peter. jennthompsondirector.com

PATRICIA WILCOX  ( Choreographer ) choreographed Motown the Musical, for which she won the Fred Astaire Award and an NAACP Award. Motown enjoyed long runs on Broadway and in the West End, and numerous tours here and abroad. Also, on Broadway and on tour, Ms. Wilcox choreographed A Night with Janis Joplin. At Encores! Off-Center, she choreographed the critically acclaimed Little Shop of Horrors, which starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Greene. National tours: An Officer and a Gentleman, Children’s Letters to God, Bowfire (and the resulting PBS special), Blues in the Night (NAACP Nomination), and Seussical. Selected regional: The Secret Garden (Denver Center); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Children’s Theatre Company); Beautiful (The Muny), The Music Man (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), Bye Bye Birdie (Connecticut Critics Circle nomination) and Gypsy at Goodspeed Opera House. Her work has been seen at The Kennedy Center, The Old Globe, The Alley Theatre, The McCarter Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus, ATC, and Paper Mill Playhouse. Ms. Wilcox created original works for the Houston Symphony, Minnesota Pops, Phoenix Symphony, Lyrics & Lyricists at the 92nd Street Y, Broadway Under the Stars, Norwegian Cruise Line, as well as for ice-skating medalists for three Winter Olympics. Pattiwilcox.com

WILSON CHIN ( Scenic Design ) Broadway: Cost of Living, Pass Over (Drama Desk and Lortel Award nominations), Next Fall. Off Broadway: Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Public Theater, Signature Theatre. With director Jenn Thompson: The Secret Garden (Denver Center Theatre), Oklahoma and Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed Musicals). Opera: Turandot (Washington National Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Eine Florentinische Tragödie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera, Dora Award winner). Film/television: PassOver (dir. Spike Lee), “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” (HBO), “Blindspot” (NBC). Eastern Region Board member of Local USA 829. Instagram: @wilsonchindesign

ALEJO VALETTI ( Costume Design ) Broadway’s Holiday Inn, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (West End–Olivier Nomination, National Tour, Japan and Australia), and Allegiance (Drama Desk Nomination). Designed for Radio City Rockettes, Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC Opera and City Center Encores among others. He has extensively worked in Regional Theatres across the U.S., commercial projects, operas, and for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He is the recipient of the 2010 TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. IG: @alejo_vietti_costume_design

PHILIP S. ROSENBERG  ( Lighting Design ) Broadway and West End: Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, The Elephant Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and It’s Only a Play. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, Theatre Works, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Huntington Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, The McCarter Theatre, Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage Company, TACT, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Two River Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse.

KEN TRAVIS ( Sound Design ) Broadway: In Transit, Disney’s Aladdin (MX, UK, DE, JP, AU, US), Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The Three Penny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias. Numerous national tours and regional productions at theaters across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

ASHLEY RAE CALLAHAN  ( Hair & Wig Design ) (She/Her) is an Emmy Nominated Hairstylist. Her design work includes Annie (national tour) West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Muny) Evita (ART, STC & NYCity Center) Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (NWS & Maltz Jupiter) and Once Upon a One More Time (STC). Broadway & Television Associate/Assistant Designer Credits include: New York New York, Beetlejuice, Ain’t Too Proud, NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live!, Summer, The Color Purple Revival, Holiday Inn, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Allegiance. Television/Movies Hairstyling: The Crowded Room, Stranger Things, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ghosted, Oppenheimer, Eileen, Law and Order: SVU & The Gilded Age.

WILLIAM BERLONI ( Animal Director and Trainer ) 2011 Tony Honoree for Excellence in Theatre. William found and adopted the original Sandy for the original production of Annie. Since then, all the animals he trains are rescues. Broadway: Twenty six shows which include The Ferryman, The Crucible, Bullets Over Broadway, Lady at the Emerson Bar and Grill, Annie (original and all revivals), A Christmas Story The Musical, Legally Blonde, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Camelot, Alice in Wonderland, Oliver!, Anything Goes, The Wiz and The Wizard of Oz. Mr. Berloni is the Animal Director of the new musical Because of Winn Dixie with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Nell Benjamin. He has trained animals for hundreds of Off-Broadway, regional theatre, tours, television and movies. Recent movies include Marry Me with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. He provided the dogs to play “Nana” in Peter Pan Live, “Toto” in The Wiz Live and recently “Sandy” in Annie Live. Other television includes “Power,” “Billions,” “Sesame Street,” “High Maintenance,” “The Village,” “Modern Love,” “Little Voice,” “Almost Family,” “Betty,” “Ramy,” “Mr. Robot,” Russian Doll,” “Raising Kanan Ghost,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Girls5eva,”“Sand Dollar Cove,” “Noel Diary,” “Life and Beth,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Fleishman is in Trouble,” “Harlem,” “Three Women” and “And Just Like That.” Mr. Berloni and his family are the subjects of Discovery the docu-series entitled “Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni” in August 2015. Published author of Broadway Trails. Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter @BillBerloni. theatricalanimals.com

HARDT CASTING, LLC ( Casting ) Paul has had the honor to have served as Casting Director on the following projects: Broadway: West Side Story, Come Fly Away, August: Osage County, A Moon for the Misbegotten, On Golden Pond, Hot Feet, Caine Mutiny Court Martial and the upcoming Once Upon a One More Time. National Tours: West Side Story (US and World Tour), A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, Legends!, Whistle Down the Wind, On Golden Pond, August: Osage County, The Bodyguard, and the current running tour of Cats Regional Theatres include: Goodspeed Opera House, Bucks County Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, TheaterWorks Hartford, TUTS, Pasadena Playhouse and Asolo Rep.

MATTHEW SMEDAL ( Music Supervisor ) Randy Cohen and Randy Cohen Keyboards have programmed over 95 Broadway shows including Hamilton, Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Pretty Woman, Ain’t Too Proud, Bring It On, In The Heights, SpongeBob, Summer, Once On This Island, Anastasia, Kinky Boots, Bandstand, On Your Feet, and Rock of Ages .

TALITHA FEHL ( Music Coordinator ) has worked on over 75 national and international productions and tours since 2005. Highlights include: Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, School of Rock, Come Fly Away, Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, as well as the 2010 Olympic Ceremonies in Vancouver. She dedicates her work on Annie to the memory of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya.

DAN DELANGE ( Orchestrations ) is the resident orchestrator at Goodspeed Musicals, where he has orchestrated over 50 new and newly revived productions. His orchestrations were recently heard in the West End’s production of Show Boat, which was nominated for Best Musical Revival at the 2017 Olivier Awards in London. He has orchestrated for The Jim Henson Company, Julie Andrews, Rosie O’Donnell, Live Theatricals at Universal Studios, Manhattan Concert Productions, and for composers Paul Williams, Jerry Herman, Harvey Schmitt, Mark Hollman, Peter Link, Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz. His scores have been heard on Broadway, London’s West End, Carnegie Hall, National and European tours, film, television, and at regional theaters around the world. He’s a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

JENNIFER CHRISTINE ( Music Director )  is delighted to return to Annie for a second season this time as the Music Director! Her recent credits include Annie(national tour), Dreamgirls (international tour), Singin’ in the Rain (Ogunquit Playhouse), Bodyguard, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia! (Theatre by the Sea). Home base is Rhode Island. Follow on instagram @jen_christina and come along for the tour!

DAVE BURCH  ( Technical Director ) began his career as a scenic fabricator before transitioning to touring Broadway theater, where he has worked for the past 13 years. His favorite touring credits include The Phantom of the Opera,World Tour and Mamma Mia! (where he met his wife during a scene change). He is originally from Savannah Ga., has traveled to 30 countries and when not on the road he lives in Florida with his wife, newborn twins and their cat.

HEATHER CHOCKLEY ( Production Manager ) joined the CXL team 5 years ago after having toured, both nationally and internationally, for 15 years. After that lifetime on the road, she finds she likes not living out of a suitcase the whole time. Now based in the DC metro area, she also does a bit of political event work, and shares the crew member recruiting responsibilities at CXL.

ANNA KLEVIT ( Production Stage Manager ) is elated to be a part of Annie! National tours: My Fair Lady; Rudolph...the Musical. Selected regional credits: What We Talk About...(Old Globe); Into the Woods, Matilda, Fireflies, Culture Clash (South Coast Repertory); Memphis, Once on this Island (Moonlight Amphitheatre). This one’s for Mom and Dad.

KATY GENTRY ( Assistant Stage Manager ) Regional: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Asolo Rep, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Orlando Shakes. Most recently: Annie national tour, 2022-23. Katy holds a BFA from the University of Central Florida. 

DEANA MARIE KIRSCH  ( General Manager ) is excited to join Crossroads Live North America. She brings with her over two decades of experience, having worked on exceptional shows such as Absinthe, A Chorus Line, BAZ, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jersey Boys, Magic Mike Live, and Mat Franco. After a 12-year residency in Las Vegas, she is thrilled to return to touring musicals. 

SOLDANELA RIVERA ( Company Manager )  Over 150 credits in production and publicity for music, theater, and film. National Tour of My Fair Lady and thrilled to be a part of Annie! Soldanela holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College with a concentration in dance, and an MA in Arts Administration from TC Columbia University. Learn more at www.soldanela.com

AARON MARTIN ( Assistant Company Manager ) Aaron is originally from Adger, Alabama and a graduate of Jacksonville State University. He recently worked as the ACM on the Anastasia national tour and regionally as the ACM and the CM at Berkshire Theatre Group, Westin Playhouse, Maine State Music Theatre, and Florida Rep.

CROSSROADS LIVE ( Producer & Tour Management ) brings together some of the world’s top producers of live entertainment, now all under one banner. With offices in London, New York, Washington, D.C., Sydney, and Melbourne—our global platform ensures the best-loved titles from Broadway and the West End can be embraced by audiences around the world. Crossroads Live North America is an innovative,full-service theatrical production company delivering the Broadway experience to audiences in North America and beyond. Our 2023-2024 Season: Annie, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas, My Fair Lady, Pretty Woman, The Phantom of the Opera (China).

JAYNA NEAGLE  ( Executive Producer ) For Cirque du Soleil: ’Twas the Night Before, Paramour (Broadway, Hamburg); The Wiz (NBC production). For BASE Entertainment: Arrabal (Buenos Aires, Toronto), Jersey Boys (Johannesburg, Asian tour), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (São Paulo), The Lion King (Singapore), Jerry Mitchell’s Peepshow (Las Vegas), Wayne Brady: Making Sh%@ Up (Las Vegas)

BOND THEATRICAL ( Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity ) is an independently owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing award-winning Broadway shows and live entertainment properties. BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America. For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical.com.

NEURO TOUR ( Physical Therapy ) Carolyn Lawson PT, founder and CEO. Global leaders in live entertainment, film, and performing arts medicine. We are honored to be part of the amazing company of Annie. Highlights: Broadway: Disney’s The Lion King, Hello, Dolly!, The Music Man, The Cher Show. Tours: Movin’ Out, Tootsie, Hamilton. Concerts: P!NK, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, U2.

MUSICAL THEATRE INTERNATIONAL  ( Licensee ) MTI is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser, and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 70,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior shows are 30-and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students. MTI maintains its global headquarters in NYC with additional offices in London (MTI Europe) and Melbourne (MTI Australasia).

VASI LAURENCE ( Co-Producer ) Theater/Film: Passing Strange (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award/BestMusical) and made into an award-winning film directed by Spike Lee. Other credits: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Tootsie (National Tour), several Off Broadway shows and film projects, including the award-winning play The Housewives of Mannheim. Many thanks to Marcia and Tom Nigro, Linda and Michael Standley, and Lois Barth. We are delighted to be partnering with Crossroads Live North America. [email protected]

General Management Deana Marie Kirsch

Production Management Heather Chockley

Producer & Tour Management Crossroads Live

Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Direction Bond Theatrical 

Production Stage Manager .................... Anna Klevit Assistant Stage Manager ....................... Katy Gentry Company Manager ......................... Soldalena Rivera Assistant Company Manager .............. Aaron Martin

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BWW Exclusive: A History of ANNIE on Broadway and Beyond

Annie Live! airs on NBC tonight, December 2, 2021.

Annie features a book by Thomas Meehan , music by Charles Strouse , and lyrics by Martin Charnin . Meehan had started out as a contributor of humor to the New Yorker before he eventually transitioned into writing for the theatre. Strouse was already a very prolific composer from having co-written different musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie , Golden Boy , "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman" , and Applause . He also scored a few nonmusical films, including the 1967 classic, Bonnie & Clyde , starring Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty . Meanwhile, Martin Charnin had originally studied art in college and had no training as an actor, singer, nor dancer. Though a week and a half after his graduation, he spotted an open call ad for this untried show in the New York Times and went up against about 2,000 other hopefuls. That show turned out to be West Side Story . After having made his main stem debut as a Jet named Big Deal in the original cast, Charnin eventually transitioned into writing lyrics for several musicals such as Hot Spot , La Strada , and Two By Two .

As for how the idea of doing a musical based on Harold Gray 's comic strip came about? Charnin told The Guardian in 2016, "I guess when you're in the business of making musicals, you look for ideas, you look for source material anywhere. At that particular moment in time all of Dickens had been taken, it all had been musicalised. If I'd found it in a bubblegum wrapper I guess I'd have tried to get the rights to it. I read that book before I gave it away and ultimately ended up not giving it away, I was so taken by Harold Gray 's original drawings."

Charnin approached Thomas Meehan in 1972 to write the book. At first, Meehan was skeptical about the offer, but he eventually accepted it after reading the strip. He then researched by rereading prints, but was unable to find any material that he felt could work for a musical other than the characters of Annie, Oliver Warbucks, and Sandy. As a result, Meehan decided to write his own story instead, which he had set during the Great Depression in New York City. It was inspired by the similarly downbeat era of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War going on at the time. Meehan saw Annie, the main character of the musical, as a 20th century American female version of titular orphans from classic Charles Dickens stories such as David Copperfield and Oliver Twist . The script was accepted by both Strouse and Charnin, although considerable material had to be trimmed out.

The musical was developed at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. Only 32 little girls auditioned for the production. An at the time 19-year-old apprentice carpenter at Goodspeed named Bill Berloni was given the task of finding the right dog to play Sandy, and train him. Kristen Vigard originally starred as Annie. The world premiere took place on August 10th, 1976. The out-of-town tryout received mixed reviews from critics. Producer Lewis Allen , who believed the show could be developed further, called in his friend, Mike Nichols , to help co-produce it and become an uncredited artistic advisor. After a week of performances, the creative team not only cut songs and replaced scenes, but Kristen was let go because they thought she felt too sweet for the role of a street smart orphan. So Andrea McArdle , who was already in the show as an orphan named Pepper, took over. Although Kristen was kept as a standby for the title role by the time the show made it to New York.

The original production opened on April 21st, 1977 at the Alvin (now Neil Simon ) Theatre on Broadway to mostly rave reviews. It was directed by Martin Charnin and choreographed by Peter Gennaro . The rest of the cast included Reid Shelton as Oliver Warbucks, Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hannigan, Sandy Faison as Grace Farell, Robert Fitch as Rooster Hannigan, Barbara Erwin as Lily St. Regis, Raymond Thorne as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Laurie Beechman as A Star to Be, and Danielle Brisebois as the littlest orphan, Molly.

On June 5th, 1977, the 31st Tony Awards were held at Broadway's Shubert Theatre, hosted by Jack Albertson , Beatrice Arthur , Buddy Ebsen , Damon Evans , Jean Stapleton , and Leslie Uggams , and broadcast on ABC. The nominees for Best Musical that year were Annie , Happy End , I Love My Wife , and Side by Side by Sondheim . Annie had a total of 10 nominations going into the night. It ended up winning 7 awards for Best Musical, Best Lead Actress in a Musical for Dorothy Loudon (where she managed to beat Andrea McArdle ), Best Book of a Musical for Thomas Meehan , Best Original Score for Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin , Best Choreography for Peter Gennaro , Best Scenic Design for David Mitchell , and Best Costume Design for Theoni V. Aldridge.

The success of the Broadway show led to Columbia Pictures winning the film rights from a bidding war with Paramount Pictures for $9,500,000, which at the time, was the most expensive for a stage musical. Originally, Thomas Meehan was set to write the screenplay with Peter Gennaro re-creating his choreography from the Broadway production. Then Ray Stark , who had previously produced the original stage and screen iterations of Funny Girl , came on board as producer despite not even liking the source material. John Huston , who had previously helmed 1941's The Maltese Falcon , 1948's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (which he won an Oscar for), and 1951's The African Queen , was hired to direct despite having no background in musicals at all. Carol Sobieski , who had previously written for different television shows such as Mr. Novak , Peyton Place , Mod Squad , and Paper Moon , was hired to write the screenplay. Joe Layton , who had previously choreographed the original Broadway productions of Once Upon a Mattress and The Sound of Music before going on to direct No Strings , George M! , Dear World , Two By Two , Barnum , and Bring Back Birdie , was hired as choreographer.

Auditions for the title role spanned about two years, 22 cities, 8,000 interviews, and 70 child actresses. Aileen Quinn , who had previously served as a swing in the original Broadway production, was cast as Annie. The rest of the cast included Albert Finney as Warbucks, Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, Ann Reinking as Grace, Tim Curry as Rooster, Bernadette Peters as Lily, Edward Herrmann as F.D.R., and Geoffrey Holder as Punjab, a character from the original comic strip absent from the stage musical, serving as Warbucks' Indian bodyguard.

The movie took a whole lot of liberties with the source material. Among them were the setting being more around the summer as opposed to Christmas time and a climax that involved Warbucks organizing a citywide search for Annie. Not to mention that five new songs were introduced such as 'Dumb Dog', 'Sandy', 'Let's Go to the Movies', 'Sign', and 'We Got Annie' (which was previously in an early draft of the musical). Meanwhile, about six from the stage version weren't utlizied such as 'We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover', 'N.Y.C.', ''You Won't Be an Orphan for Long', 'Something was Missing', 'Annie', and 'A New Deal for Christmas'. Even though Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin were hired to write new songs, they and Thomas Meehan were not allowed on set, nor to talk to any of the cast members, until they threatened to tell the New York Times.

This wasn't the first time that a feature film adaptation of a stage musical deviated significantly from its source material (nor was it the last time). There have been several that took the right liberties to the movie's benefit like 1961's West Side Story , 1965's The Sound of Music , 1968's Oliver! , 1972's Cabaret , and 1978's Grease . Though there are others that took the wrong liberties to the movie's detriment like 1978's The Wiz and 1985's A Chorus Line . Therefore, 1982's Annie falls more into the latter group.

This adaptation was released in movie theaters nationwide on May 21st, 1982. It ended up grossing over $57,000,000 at the worldwide box office on a $50,000,000 budget. The film earned 2 Academy Award nominations for Best Art Design (which it lost to Gandhi ) and now retired category of Best Adapted Score (which it lost to Victor/Victoria ). Although Annie also received 5 Razzie Award nominations (including Worst Picture of the Year), winning one for Worst Supporting Actress for Aileen Quinn . It currently has a 57% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 28 reviews) with the critical consensus stating: " John Huston proves an odd choice to direct, miring Annie in a sluggish, stagebound mess of an adaptation, but the kids are cute and the songs are memorable."

In a 1996 interview with the Hartford Courant, Martin Charnin revealed how critical he was of the film. He said "The movie distorted what this musical was and we were culpable for the reason that we did not exercise any kind of creative control because we sold the rights for a considerable amount of money." Charnin went on to mention even further that Huston, who had never directed a musical before, and producer Ray Stark made major changes in the film that destroyed the essence of Annie . Warbucks, played by Finney, "was an Englishman who screamed", Hannigan, played by Burnett, was "a man-crazy drunk", and Annie was "cute-ed up". Worse, the emotional relationship between Annie and Warbucks was distorted. They even downplayed the hit song 'Tomorrow' because "Stark thought it was corny."

There were a couple attempts at a sequel to the original stage musical. The first under the title of Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in December of 1989. After opening to very disastrous reviews, extensive reworking of the script and score proved to be pointless, so the project was abandoned as a result. The second attempt under the title of Annie Warbucks had a different plot and score. The musical began right where the original left off. It was developed at the Goodspeed Opera House , and subsequently opened at Off-Broadway's Variety Arts Theatre on August 9th, 1993, where it ran for 200 performances after closing on January 30th, 1994. The original cast included Kathryn Zaremba as Annie, Harve Presnell as Warbucks (a role he previously played in the original production), and Donna McKechnie as Sheila Kelly. The producers considered moving the show to Broadway, and they secured a $2,500,000 investment from an investor to make that happen. However, they discovered that they couldn't make the transfer in time to be eligible for Tony Awards consideration, which was a big part of why they wanted to move in the first place. According to the rules at the time, a show had to transfer to a Tony-eligible theatre within 7 ½ months of its original opening to qualify for nominations. So therefore, the investor ended up pulling out, which pretty much put an end to those plans.

On November 18th, 1995, a sequel to the 1982 film adaptation premiered as a TV movie on ABC. No one from the first installment reprised their roles. The cast included Ashley Johnson as Annie and George Hearn as Warbucks along with Joan Collins and Ian McDiarmid as brand new characters. Even though a reprise of 'Tomorrow' is sung at the end of the film, the overall product was not a musical.

A 20th anniversary revival opened on March 26th, 1997 at the Martin Beck (now Al Hirschfeld) Theatre on Broadway. It was once again directed by Martin Charnin with Peter Gennaro returning as choreographer. Over 2,000 little girls from all over the country auditioned for the production through a highly publicized contest sponsored by Macy's. In fact, one of the little girls who tried out was Andrea McArdle 's daughter, Alexis Kalehoff , but she didn't end up making it past the first round. The title role was originally won by a native of Philadelphia named Joanna Pacitti . The rest of the cast included Conrad John Schuck as Warbucks (a role he previously played in the original production), Nell Carter as Miss Hannigan, Colleen Dunn as Grace, Jim Ryan as Rooster, and Karen Byers -Blackwell as Lily. Raymond Thorne reprised his role as F.D.R. from the original Broadway production. In the ensemble was this young girl who at the time was only 22 years old. Among the roles she got to play on her track were a dog catcher, Cecille, Ronnie Boylan, and A Star to Be. Though little did anyone know that she literally was a star to be herself as she eventually went on to get starring roles on the Great White Way, even winning 2 Tony Awards in the process for her performances in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes . That young girl was Sutton Foster .

An original song titled 'You Make Me Happy' was written just for Nell Carter , which was a duet between Miss Hannigan and Grace in Act I. The production began an 8-city tour in Houston, Texas before eventually making it to New York. Although while they were in Boston, Joanna Pacitti was battling bronchitis, so the creative team tried out some of the orphans for a new understudy before eventually settling on Brittny Kissinger , who was previously playing July. They loved her so much that they ended up firing Joanna. Brittny also at the time became the youngest actress to have ever played the title role. Meanwhile, Joanna's parents filed a lawsuit against Macy's because they felt she won the role fair and square. Although her removal from the production received national attention and she got so many audition offers after that. Joanna went on to star in a production of Annie directed by Terrence Mann at North Carolina Theatre in July of 1997.

As for the first Broadway revival, it wasn't well reviewed by critics and only received 1 Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Musical (which it lost to the Walter Bobbie -helmed staging of Chicago ). The production ended up running for 239 performances after closing on October 19th of that year.

In wake of the success of The Wonderful World of Disney's 1997 TV movie adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella , ABC began work on a television film iteration of Annie produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron . The two of them planned to rectify the errors of the 1982 version by having their adaptation be much more faithful to the source material. Irene Mecchi , who had previously co-written a few Disney animated films such as 1994's The Lion King (she went on to receive a Tony nomination for co-writing the book for its subsequent Broadway stage adaptation), 1996's The Hunchback of Notre Dame , and 1997's Hercules , was hired to write the script. As for who ended up directing...

Rob Marshall had started out working on Broadway as a performer in the original casts of The Rink and The Mystery of Edwin Drood in addition to appearing in the 1983 revival of Zorba as well as being a former Munkustrap in Cats . He eventually transitioned into working as a choreographer on Kiss of the Spider Woman as well as revivals of She Loves Me , Damn Yankees , Company , and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum . He also worked a bit on a couple of television movies, which included Cinderella . Zadan & Meron were so impressed by Rob's work throughout the process there (saying he acted like a director), that they both went to him to direct and choreograph Annie . At first, he turned it down, saying "I'm not a director, I'm a choreographer. I don't know why you're even offering me this movie. I don't know anything about film." When Rob Marshall finally agreed to direct it, Disney executives didn't want him to do the film. They said " Annie is too valuable a property. We're not gonna give it to a guy who's never directed a movie." Yet, because Zadan and Meron both really believed in him, they told the executives in response "Then we won't produce it." They knew at the time that since Cinderella was so huge, the last thing Disney wanted to do was another musical not produced by them. So they kept calling saying "Let's go over a list of directors", but Zadan & Meron said no because they really wanted Rob Marshall to do it. So Disney eventually conceded and allowed him to direct and choreograph.

The cast included Alicia Morton as Annie, Victor Garber as Warbucks, Kathy Bates as Miss Hannigan, Audra McDonald as Grace, Alan Cumming as Rooster, Kristin Chenoweth as Lily, Ernie Sabella as Bundles McCloskey, and future Modern Family star Sarah Hyland as Molly. Not to mention that Andrea McArdle got to make a cameo appearance as A Star to Be during the 'N.Y.C.' sequence. Songs from the original stage musical that didn't make it into this adaptation were 'We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover', 'You Won't Be an Orphan for Long', 'Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise)', 'Annie', and 'A New Deal for Christmas'.

The TV version of Annie debuted on November 7th, 1999. It was a huge hit in the ratings as over 26 million people tuned in, making it the second-most watched Disney film to air on ABC behind Cinderella . The following year, Annie earned 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Television Movie, winning 2 accolades for Outstanding Choreography ( Rob Marshall ) and Outstanding Music Direction ( Paul Bogaev ). In fact, one of the viewers who tuned in during Annie 's premiere was Harvey Weinstein , who at the time was running Miramax Films . He was so impressed with it, he called up Rob Marshall about directing a movie adaptation of the musical Rent . Marshall used that opportunity to give his pitch for another stage-to-screen adaptation Miramax had in development for a while, which was Chicago . After Marshall was quickly hired, he brought both Zadan and Meron on board to have them right by his side. The movie version of Chicago not only ended up becoming a sensation, but it was also among a few titles in the early 2000s that marked the beginning of a resurgence of Hollywood musicals on the big screen. The film ended up winning 6 Academy Awards and became the first movie musical since 1968's Oliver! to win the Oscar for Best Picture (as well as the most recent).

In 2003, Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island did a production of Annie directed by Amanda Dehnert . She approached the story as Annie's newfound happy home turns out to be a dream and she sadly finds herself back in the orphanage by the end. Dehnert's mission was to emphasize the poverty experienced during the period as well as the hardships caused by the Hoover administration. This was felt from the show's opening, which featured a stage populated by homeless people, dancing to a mournful version of 'Tomorrow.' Martin Charnin attended a performance, was not impressed by the re-interpretation of the ending, and asked that it be changed to better reflect the "true spirit of the show." He said to the New York Post during that run "They told me they thought Annie was a classic, like Shakespeare, so they could re-interpret it. I told them there's one difference: Shakespeare is dead; I'm not." In response, Denhert admitted that she may have taken too many liberties with the story and the dream ending was dropped from the production as a result.

A 35th anniversary revival opened on November 8th, 2012 at the Palace Theatre on Broadway. It was directed by James Lapine , the three-time Tony-winning book writer behind Into the Woods , Falsettos , and Passion , with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler , who at the time was a previous Tony winner for his work on the original Broadway production of In the Heights . Lilla Crawford starred as Annie, which she won following a nationwide search, where she beat out over 5,000 little girls who auditioned. The rest of the opening night cast included Anthony Warlow as Warbucks, Katie Finneran as Miss Hannigan, Brynn O'Malley as Grace, Clarke Thorell as Rooster, J. Elaine Marcos as Lily, and Merwin Foard as F.D.R. The production incorporated more realism by having the characters speak with thick New York accents (with the exception of Grace as she was portrayed as a Brit) as well as voice over narrations detailing what was going on in the Great Depression back in 1933.

The production received mixed reviews from critics and only 1 Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Musical (which it lost to the Diane Paulus -helmed staging of Pippin ). Replacements throughout the run included future Stranger Things star Saide Sink as Annie, Ron Raines as Warbucks, and Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan, who was followed by Faith Prince . The first big job Lilla Crawford managed to get after her run in the show was the role of Little Red Ridinghood in the Rob Marshall -directed film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine 's Into the Woods . The revival ended up running for 487 performances after closing on January 5th, 2014.

When he was interviewed by BroadwayWorld later that year, Martin Charnin expressed his thoughts on the production, saying "That was a take on it that I did not specifically approve of, but I know that in the final analysis they did what they did and we tried to make some changes - there were some really good performances in it and some good moments, but it just wasn't Annie . It was like an imitation of it - a copy or something. Who knows?! Whatever it was, it wasn't the original - and the original is really what I pride myself on being the keeper of the flame of."

The revival was originally announced to go on tour, but that got scrapped in favor of a non-equity production directed by Martin Charnin . Ahead of the tour's launch in the fall of 2014, Charnin told BroadwayWorld that "the whole point of this tour is for me to help reconnect the show to the original version of it out there; I don't want there to be anything out there that reflects any of the so-called changes that have been made to it over the course of the years."

On December 19th, 2014, a new film adaptation of Annie was released in movie theaters nationwide by Columbia Pictures . It was produced by Will Smith along with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Jay-Z, who previously did a cover of the song, 'It's the Hard Knock Life.' Originally, this movie was set up as a vehicle for Will & Jada's daughter, Willow Smith , but was replaced by Quvenzhané Wallis, who at the time was fresh off of an Oscar nomination for her starring role in 2012's Beasts of the Southern Wild . Will Gluck, who had previously helmed 2009's Fired Up! , 2010's Easy A , and 2011's Friends with Benefits , was hired to direct. Gluck also co-wrote the screenplay with Aline Brosh McKenna , who is best known for writing 2006's The Devil Wears Prada .

The rest of the cast included Jamie Foxx as Will Stacks (a modification of Oliver Warbucks), Cameron Diaz (in her final film role before subsequently retiring from acting) as Miss Hannigan, Rose Byrne as Grace, and Bobby Cannavale as an original character named Guy Danlily. Not to mention that celebrity cameos included Patricia Clarkson , Michael J. Fox, Mila Kunis , Ashton Kutcher , Bobby Moynihan , Rihanna, and Sia. The biggest difference this adaptation had from the stage musical was that the plot was updated from the Great Depression to the present day.

The 2014 version ended up grossing over $136,000,000 at the worldwide box office on a $65,000,000 budget. It went on to win the Razzie Award for Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel. This movie currently has a 28% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 162 reviews) with the critical consensus stating: "The new-look Annie hints at a progressive take on a well-worn story, but smothers its likable cast under clichés, cloying cuteness, and a distasteful materialism." What Martin Charnin told The Guardian regarding his thoughts on this particular adaptation, "they brought it into the year 2014 in order to make it something that it really isn't. We wrote a Depression musical and the whole idea was that those doldrums and problems very much in evidence before Franklin Roosevelt created the New Deal is what the subtext of the play is all about. So when you take it out, you're cutting the fourth wheel off the wagon. It doesn't work."

When Martin Charnin was asked by BroadwayWorld if he'd be open to a live presentation of Annie following NBC's 2013 live production of The Sound of Music , his response was "Doing Annie in that manner? Well, I don't think that's in the cards for at least another 5 or 10 years - until then, it won't happen." On May 12th, 2021, NBC announced that for their first live television musical since Jesus Christ Superstar back in 2018, they'll be presenting Annie for the holiday season. Bob Greenblatt and Neil Meron are producing with a creative team that consists of director Lear deBessonet , live TV director Alex Rudzinski , choreographer Sergio Trujillo , musical director Stephen Oremus, scenic designer Jason Sherwood , and costume designer Emilio Sosa .

The production stars 12-year-old Celina Smith as Annie, Harry Connick , Jr. as Warbucks, Taraji P. Henson as Miss Hannigan, Nicole Sherzinger as Grace, Tituss Burgess as Rooster, Megan Hilty as Lily, Alan Toy as F.D.R., Felice Kakaletris as Molly, Cate Elefante as Kate, Sophie Knapp as July, Tessa Frascogna as Tessie, Arwen Monzon-Sanders as Duffy, and Audrey Cymone as Pepper.

Jane Krakowski was originally cast as Lily St. Regis, but ended up leaving the production three weeks ago due to a breakthrough case of COVID-19 while working on a separate project in Ireland. So Megan Hilty has taken over. This is her second time playing the role after having previously done it at the Hollywood Bowl back in 2018. Alan Toy is the first actor to play the role of Franklin Roosevelt while personally having the same disability as F.D.R. himself. Andrea McArdle was originally set to play Eleanor Roosevelt, but departed two weeks ago due to a family matter.

The show will be broadcast in front of a live audience at Gold Coast Studios in Bethpage, New York. I hope everyone has a great time tuning into the telecast tonight! But no matter what happens, please remember one thing: The sun will come out tomorrow.

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The Broadway musical "Annie" is taking center stage in Orange tonight.

The Tony Award-winning production will be at the Lutcher Theater for one night only ON Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m.

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With its opulent settings, dazzling costumes, and a soaring score including the song favorites from the hit animated film, “Journey to the Past” and “Once Upon a December,” ANASTASIA is the spectacular new musical about discovering who you are and defining who you’re meant to be.

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1929–30 Josef Hofmann, Piano

1931–32 Robert Goldsand, Piano Sophie Braslau, Contralto Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Mischa Elman, Violin Lily Pons, Soprano

1932–33 Lucrezia Bori, Lyric Soprano Harold Bauer, Piano Nelson Eddy, Baritone Nathan Milstein, Violin Paul Althouse, Lyric Tenor

1939–40 Bruna Castagna, Mezzo-Soprano Kurt Jooss Ballet Simon Barere, Piano Barrère Little Symphony Gregor Piatigorsky, Cello Igor Gorin, Baritone

1940–41 Yehudi Menuhin, Violin Dorothy Maynor, Soprano Eugene List, Piano National Symphony Orchestra ( Hans Kindler, Cello & Conductor)

1941–42 Don Cossacks Richard Crooks, Tenor Adolf Busch, Violin Rudolf Serkin, Piano National Symphony Orchestra Hans Kindler, conductor Moissaye Boguslawski, Piano Rose Bampton, Soprano Lansing Hatfield

1942–43 Helen Traubel, Soprano National Symphony Orchestra ( Hans Kindler, Cello & Conductor) Zino Francescatti, Violin Vladimir Horowitz, Piano Julius Huehn, Bass-Baritone

1943–44 Columbia All-Star Opera Quartet Boston Symphony Orchestra Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor William Kapell, Piano Eleanor Steber, Operatic Soprano William Primrose, Violin

1944–45 National Symphony Orchestra ( Hans Kindler, Cello & Conductor) Zadel Skolovsky, piano Bidú Sayao, Operatic Soprano Rudolf Serkin, Piano Zino Francescatti, Violin Mona Paulee, Mezo Soprano  &  Charles Kullman, Tenor

1945–46 Indianapolis Symphony Fabien Sevitzky, conductor Marisa Regulesand, piano Jean Watson James Melton Ezio Pinza Nikolai & Joanna Graudan

1946–47 Rochester Symphony, Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Artur Rubinstein, piano Christopher Lynch Dorothy Kirsten Tossy Spivakovsky Busch Little Symphony, Adolf Busch, conductor

1947–48 Minneapolis Symphony, Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor, Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin, pianists Maryla Jonas Leonard Warren Yehudi Menuhin Nadine O’Connor

1948–49 New York Philharmonic Leopold Stokowski, conductor DePaur’s Infantry Chorus Eileen Farrell Eugene List & Carroll Glenn Mario Lanza Byron Janis

1949–50 Rochester Symphony Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Clifford Curzon Erica Morini Bidu Sayao Todd Duncan

1950–51 Baltimore Symphony Reginald Stewart, conductor Anna-Lisa Bjoerling Robert Casadesus Elena Nikolaidi

1951–52 Indianapolis Symphony Fabien Sevitzky, conductor Joseph Battista Arthur Whittemore & Jack Lowe Cesare Siepi Robert Shaw Chorale Ljuba Welitsch

1952–53 Rudolf Serkin Zino Francescatti Richard Tucker Carol Smith Longines Symphonette Mishel Piastro, conductor Rochester Symphony Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin, pianists

1953–54 Barbara Gibson George London Jascha Heifetz Helsinki University Chorus Martti Turunen, conductor Cincinnati Symphony Thor Johnson, conductor

1954–55 Vienna Academy Chorus Ferdinand Grossman, conductor Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Eduard van Beinum, conductor Mildred Dilling Rise Stevens Rudolf Firkusny

1955–56 Philharmonia Orchestra of London Herbert von Karajan, conductor Claudio Arrau Michael Rabin Leontyne Price The Men of Song

1956–57 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, conductor William Kincaid, flute DePaur Opera Gala Nan Merriman Leonard Pennario Beaux Arts Trio

1957–58 National Symphony Orchestra Howard Mitchell, conductor Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano Nadine Connor & Eugene Conley The Chanticleers Concerto Festival Stanley Babin

1958–59 Arthur Rubinstein New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Alexander Hilsberg, conductor Phyllis Curtin Roman Totenberg Arthur Whittemore & Jack Lowe

1959–60 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati, conductor Festival Company of Norway Grant Johannsen Rosalind Elias & Nicolai Gedda Lucerne Festival Strings

1960–61 Branco Krsmanovich Chorus of Yugoslavia Bogdan Babich, conductor Indianapolis Symphony Izler Solomon, conductor George Feyer Eric Friedman Morley Meredith

1961–62 Eileen Farrell Cornell MacNeil Jorge Bolet Modern Jazz Quartet Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Max Rudolf, conductor

1962–63 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra William Steinberg, conductor Berl Senofsky Hans Richter-Haaser Anna Moffo Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale

1963–64 Lili Chookasian New York Brass Quintet Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra Philharmonia Hungarica Miltiades Caridis, conductor Ronald Turini

1964–65 Mantovani Orchestra Annunzio Paolo, conductor Dallas Symphony Donald Johanos, conductor Ivan Davis, piano Lois Marshall David Bar-Illan The Revelers

1965–66 Monte Carlo National Orchestra Paul Paray, conductor The Helsinki University Chorus Don Shirley Trio Olegna Fuschi Shirley Verrett

1966–67 Indianapolis Symphony Izler Solomon, conductor Zurich Chamber Orchestra André Watts Frank Guarrera Arthur Whittemore & Jack Lowe

1967–68 Robert Merrill Helsinki Philharmonic Jorma Panula, conductor The Vienna Boys’ Choir John Browning Music in Maine Orchestra Paul Vermel, conductor

1968–69 Helen Vanni Richard Tucker Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor Rudolf Serkin

1969–70 NDR Symphony of Hamburg Hans Wallat, conductor Phyllis Curtin & The Romeros First Chamber Dance Company of New York André Watts

1970–71 An Entertainment for Elizabeth David Bar-Illan Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Donald Johanos, conductor

1971–72 Malcolm Frager Chamber Orchestra of Paris Paul Kuentz, conductor Itzhak Perlman Marilyn Horne

1972–73 Cincinnati Symphony Erich Kunzel, conductor Dino Ciani, piano Ferrante & Teicher Marcel Marceau New England Conservatory Chorus

1973–74 Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, conductor & Joseph Silverstein, violin James McCracken & Sandra Warfield Peter Nero Samuel Lipman

1974–75 Rudolf Serkin Warsaw National Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor Arthur Whittemore & Jack Low Bernice Bramson

1975–76 The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Jean Martinon, conductor Alicia De Larrocha Branko Krsmanovich Chorus Lynn Harrell

1976–77 The Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan Barbara Hendricks Lili Kraus Osipov Balalaika Orchestra with 
Stars of the Bolshoi Opera & Ballet

1977–78 Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, conductor Preservation Hall Jazz Band Beaux Arts Trio Paul Schenly Isaac Stern

1978–79 National Choir of Isreal-Rinat James Galway & The New Irish Chamber Orchestra Donald Gramm Vladimir Ashkenazy Tokyo String Quartet

1979–80 James Galway & Friends Buffalo Philharmonic Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Pinchas Zukerman Kenneth Cooper Garrick Ohlsson

1980–81 Murray Perahia The American Brass Quintet Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players The Waverly Consort The Vienna Boys’ Choir Mstislav Rostropovich

1981–82 Peter Serkin Vienna Chamber Orchestra Philippe Entremont, conductor Marianna Christos & Evelyn Petros Itzhak Perlman & Samuel Sanders Ohio Ballet Carol Wincenc Richard Goode Kenneth Cooper Dave Brubeck Quartet

1982–83 Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma Cecile Licad Jean-Pierre Rampal Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Los Angeles Philharmonic The Vienna Boys’ Choir Washington Ballet Eduardo Fernandez Sharon Robinson Jeffrey Kahane

1983–84 Emanuel Ax, Young Uck Kim & Yo-Yo Ma Warsaw Philharmonic Tadeusz Strugala, conductor Juilliard String Quartet Richard Stoltzman Mummenschanz Carlos Montoya The Murray Louis Dance Company The Boston Camerata The Boston Museum Trio Stephen Burns & John Van Buskirk Dong-Suk Kang & Leslie Sixfin

1984–85 Les Ballets Trockaderos de Monte Carlo Empire Brass Quintet The Vienna Boys’ Choir Pilobolus Modern Jazz Quartet Julian Bream The King’s Singers Berlin Radio Symphony Riccardo Chailly, conductor Shlomo Mintz, violin Murray Perahia John Gibbons Lucy Shelton & Margo Garrett Carter Brey & Edmund Battersby

1985–86 Academy of Ancient Music Ensemble Royal Winnipeg Ballet Preservation Hall Jazz Band Richard Goode Jean-Pierre Rampal Ohio Ballet The Chieftains Isaac Stern Mitchell/Ruff Jazz Duo Steven Lubin Randolph Bowman Mendelssohn String Quartet

1986–87 Yo-Yo Ma The Clancy Brothers Gary Burton Jose Feghali Czech Philharmonic Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Marcel Marceau James Galway Peking Acrobats Elmer Iseler Singers Christopher Trakas Anne-Marie McDermott Anne Chamberlain Paul Neubauer Gary Burton Quintet The Boston Camerata

1987–88 André Watts Tokyo String Quartet The Vienna Boys’ Choir The Barber of Seville, New York City Opera The Chieftains Elly Ameling Finnish National Ballet Itzhak Perlman

1988–89 Jessye Norman & Geoffrey Parsons Jeffrey Kahane/David Shifrin/
Joseph Swensen Trio Canadian Brass A Christmas Carol, Nebraska Theater Caravan Emanuel Ax Christopher Parkening Pilobolus Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig Kurt Masur, conductor The Flying Karamazov Brothers Elmer Iseler Singers

1989–90 Dave Brubeck English Concert with Trevor Pinnock Royal Winnipeg Ballet Los Angeles Piano Quartet Vladimir Feltsman Dizzy Gillespie & Billy Eckstine
with Count Basie Orchestra The King’s Singers Dreamgirls, national tour La Bohème, New York City Opera Beaux Arts Trio Soviet Acrobats Jean-Pierre Rampal Horacio Gutierrez H.M.S. Pinafore, Texas Opera Theatre David Parsons Dance Company Manuel Barrueco

1990–91 Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma Midori & Robert McDonald Elmer Iseler Singers Woody Guthrie’s American Song, 
Missouri Repertory Theatre Peter Serkin Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Glen Campbell Kodo Drummers New World String Quartet The Marriage of Figaro, New York City Opera Messiah, Choral Art Society Oakland Ballet Orpheus Chamber Orchestra George Shearing Joe Williams & Joe Pass Mummenschanz Super Stuff, children’s series

1991–92 Les Ballets Africains Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Guildhall String Ensemble Canadian Brass Glenn Yarborough & the New Christy Minstrels Isaac Stern Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Philharmonia Hungarica Yehudi Menuhin, conductor Ralph Markum & Kenneth Broadway, piano Tosca, New York City Opera Ellis Marsalis & Marcus Roberts Ballet Chicago Richard Stoltzman The Chieftains Eduardus Halim Super Stuff, children’s series

1992–93 James Galway and Christopher O’Riley American Indian Dance Theatre Midori & Robert McDonald Shanghai Acrobats Hesperus Mark Russell The Vienna Boys’ Choir Garrick Ohlsson Eliot Fisk Brian Bedford The Music Man, national tour Carmen, New York City Opera Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Libana Dawn Upshaw & Jeffrey Kahane Emerson String Quartet Rebirth Brass Band Super Stuff, children’s series

1993–94 Sunday in the Park with George, national tour Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Die Fledermaus, Western Opera Theater Ondekoza Guitar Summit Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Yo-Yo Ma & Peter Serkin Jazz at Lincoln Center Cherish the Ladies Porgy and Bess,
 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields András Schiff Madame Butterfly, New York City Opera Super Stuff, children’s series

1994–95 Newport Jazz Festival Don Giovanni, Western Opera Theater Israel Chamber Orchestra The Mikado, Opera à la Carte Eduardus Halim Pinchas Zukerman & Marc Neikrug Jean-Pierre Rampal Anonymous 4 Christopher O’Riley Evita, national tour The Barber of Seville, New York City Opera Michael Moschen Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Grant Johannsen Canadian Brass Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

1995–96 Crazy for You, national tour Forever Plaid, national tour The Marriage of Figaro, Western Opera Theater La Traviata, New York City Opera Slide Hampten & the Jazz Masters Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Melvyn Tan Dubravka Tomšic Alan Feinberg The Boston Camerata Kandinsky Trio Prague Chamber Orchestra Evelyn Glennie Guitar Summit II The Pipes, Drums & Highland Dancers of the Black Watch The Vienna Boys’ Choir Paul Taylor Dance Company Ondekoza Victor Borge

1996–97 Portland String Quartet & Borealis Wind Quintet Falsettos, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Yefim Bronfman The Pirates of Penzance, Opera à la Carte Anonymous 4 La Bohème, New York City Opera History of America, Reduced Shakespeare Company Eliot Fisk Ethos Percussion Group Peter Schickele Street Sounds Herb Pomeroy Itzhak Perlman Cleo Lane

1997–98 Santiago Rodriguez Trinity Dance Company Dance Theatre of Harlem Carmen, Western Opera Theater Flying Karamazovs James Galway The Legacy of Art Blakey Quartetto Gelato Carter Brey & Christopher O’Riley Julius Cæsar, Aquila Theatre Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci, 
Opera Nacional Italiana Boys Choir of Harlem Turtle Island String Quartet Cyrus Chestnut Emerson String Quartet The Daughter of the Regiment, New York City Opera Preservation Hall Jazz Band Isaac Stern Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

1998–99 Grease, national tour A Chorus Line, national tour West Side Story, national tour Spirit of the Dance Ondekoza The Vienna Boys’ Choir The Boston Camerata Emanuel Ax Porgy and Bess Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Otello, Opera Nacional Italiana The Monks of Tibet Swan Lake, Russian National Ballet Yo-Yo Ma & Jeffrey Kahane

1999–2000 The King and I, National Tour Annie, National Tour Camelot, National Tour STOMP Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Canadian Brass Lydian String Quartet Street Sounds The Magic Flute, London City Opera Big Apple Circus on Stage Lewis & Perry Piano Duo Romeo and Juliet, Ballet de l’Opéra de Bordeaux National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique Gil Shaham

2000–01 Emanuel Ax Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight WOFA St. Petersburg String Quartet with Andrew Rangell Godspell, national tour John O’Conor Show Boat, national tour Anonymous 4 Carmen, London City Opera Chicago, national tour Mary Black Aida, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Giselle, Moscow Festival Ballet AEROS Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano Willie Nelson

2001–02 Moscow State Symphony Pavel Kogan, conductor Vladimir Feltsman, piano Tap Dogs Dianne Reeves Ivan Moravec Takács Quartet Emmanuel Pahud The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Jane Monheit Titanic, national tour The Merry Widow, London City Opera Judy Collins Ragtime, national tour Swan Lake, Grigorovich Ballet Turandot, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Cabaret, national tour Ray Charles Eileen Ivers

2002–03 Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Rent, national tour Moscow Chamber Orchestra Constantine Orbelian, conductor Dee Dee Bridgewater Tamas Erdi STOMP Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
, Endowment Benefit Performance Sleeping Beauty, St. Petersburg Ballet on Ice Richard Goode Madame Butterfly, London City Opera South Pacific, national tour Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Grieg Piano Trio Il Trovatore, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Grease, national tour Mary Chapin Carpenter The Capitol Steps

2003–04 The Music Man, national tour Herbie Hancock Quartet Porgy and Bess Prague Chamber Orchestra Yamato, drummers of Japan Cats, national tour Piotr Anderszewski Tosca, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Juilliard String Quartet Saturday Night Fever, national tour The Mikado, Carl Rosa Opera Alisa Weilerstein Preservation Hall Jazz Band THWAK!, The Umbilical Brothers Cinderella, Moscow Festival Ballet Opus Cactus, Momix Krystian Zimerman Natalie MacMaster Bobby McFerrin & Savion Glover Glenn Miller Orchestra

2004–05 Regina Carter Quintet Blues Clues Live Mendelssohn String Quartet The Capitol Steps La Traviata, Stanislavsky Opera Company 42nd Street, national tour Freddy Kempf Judy Collins Rent, national tour Christian Tetzlaff Don Giovanni, Mozart Festival Opera Frederic Chiu Deborah Voigt Leahy Romeo and Juliet, St. Petersburg Ballet The Barber of Seville, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight The Full Monty, national tour Chanticleer Paul Taylor Dance Company

2005–06 Miss Saigon, national tour Martha Graham Dance Company Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio Yamato, drummers of Japan Arlo Guthrie STOMP Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Die Fledermaus, Czech Opera Prague Natalie MacMaster Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, family series Jonathan Biss Joshua Bell Louis Lortie H.M.S. Pinafore, Carl Rosa Opera Tiempo Libre La Bohème, Teatro Lirico d’Europa In the Mood Swan Lake, Russian National Ballet Sweet Honey in the Rock Thoroughly Modern Millie, national tour Thumbelina, family series Borromeo String Quartet

2006–07 David Sedaris David Finckel & Wu Han The Snow Dragon, family series Rigoletto, Teatro Lirico d’Europa The Producers, national tour Jeremy Denk Chanticleer Christine Brewer Leipzig String Quartet Hairspray, national tour Madama Butterfly, Teatro Lirico d’Europa The Pirates of Penzance, Carl Rosa Company Cherryholmes Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, family series Romeo and Juliet, Aquila Theatre Jesus Christ Superstar, national tour Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti, leader and violin Pieter Wispelwey, cello

2007–08 Anúna Emmylou Harris Tosca, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Matt Haimovitz Ellis Marsalis Trio Solid Blues Mavis Staples Charlie Musselwhite North Mississippi Allstars Joe Krown Mayhem Poets, family series Boys of the Lough Swimmy · Frederick · Inch by Inch, family series Lunar Sea, Momix Ingrid Fliter Limón Dance Company La Traviata, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Pink Martini Blast!, national tour Movin’ Out, national tour Spirit of Uganda Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Moby Dick Rehearsed, The Acting Company Evita, national tour Borromeo String Quartet James Ehnes

2008–09 Chicago, national tour The Magic Flute, Mozart Festival Opera Philadanco Cédric Tiberghien The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Stories, family series Aida, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Sweet Honey in the Rock Diavolo Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) Yo-Yo Ma Sweeney Todd, national tour Natalie MacMaster The National Acrobats of China The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, national tour I Musici de Montréal David Sedaris Ira Glass Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal Beakman Live!, family series Toumani Diabaté and the Symmetric Orchestra Paul Lewis Annie, national tour Pink Martini

2009–10 Pilobolus Los Lonely Boys & Alejandro Escovedo: The Acoustic Brotherhood Tour Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory Chris Botti Yamato Drummers of Japan Arlo Guthrie & Family Peter Serkin, piano Stellaluna, Family Series Hairspray, Broadway National Tour Soweto Gospel Choir ScrapArtsMusic Garrison Keillor Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway Maria de Barros Brooklyn Rider Ed Asner as FDR Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Sofia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus St. Lawrence String Quartet Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Family Series Dayton Contemporary Dance Company “From the Top” Featuring Host Christopher O’Riley Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Stefan Jackiw, violin Philip Hamilton’s Voices Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

2010–2011 Willie Nelson Occidental Brothers Dance Band International An Evening with Bill Cosby STREB Extreme Action: “Raw” Kronos Quartet “Forbidden Broadway” Jamie Adkins’ “Circus Incognitus” The Hot Club of San Francisco: “Silent Surrealism” Kirill Gerstein, Piano Balé Folclórico da Bahia National Broadway Tour: “Fiddler on the Roof” Blue Man Group Doug Varone and Dancers Mark O’Connor Quartet “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical” National Broadway Tour: “Avenue Q” Nikolai Lugansky, Piano Imago Theatre: “ZooZoo” Universes: “Live from the Edge” New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: “The Mikado” De Temps Antan Phil Kline’s “John the Revelator David Sedaris Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

2011-12 Chris Botti Creole Choir of Cuba “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” Broadway National Tour Handel & Haydn Society Good vs. Evil: Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert Neil Berg’s “101 Years of Broadway” India Jazz Suites “Shuffle.Play.Listen” Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley Michael Cooper: “Masked Marvels & Wondertales” “Mamma Mia!” Broadway National Tour “Warriors Don’t Cry” CiRCA Dan Zanes & Friends Vasen Vancouver Chamber Choir Golden Dragon Acrobats Danu Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” Trey McIntyre Project Bombino Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Imogen Cooper, Piano Jennifer Koh, Violin

2012–13 Bridgman|Packer Dance Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi Treasured Stories by Eric Carle Soyeon Lee & Ran Dank Bélo “West Side Story,” Broadway National Tour Shaolin Warriors Natalie MacMaster: “Christmas in Cape Breton” Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” Broadway National Tour Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis ETHEL: “Present Beauty” Marc-André Hamelin The Midtown Men The Bad Plus Voices of Afghanistan The Joffrey Ballet Pablo Ziegler Trio for Nuevo Tango “Rock of Ages,” Broadway National Tour Tony Trischka: The Banjo Project Spellbound Dance Company Jonathan Biss & Elias String Quartet “Hair,” Broadway National Tour “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” Imani Winds

2013-14 Potted Potter Blue Man Group Mandy Patinkin: Dress Casual with Paul Ford on piano David Finckel, Wu Han and Philip Setzer Julie Fowlis Paul Taylor Dance Company Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. David Sedaris Joan Rivers Kayhan Kaylor Richard Stoltzman with David Deveau and Sarah Shafer Cirque Alfonse: “TIMBER” Green Day’s “American Idiot” Benjamin Grosvenor Compagnie Kafig The Intergalactic Nemesis African Children’s Choir We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Children’s Choir of Africa SO Percussion: “Where (we) Live” Man of la Mancha DePue Brothers Band We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Handel & Haydn Who’s Hungry? Bobby McFerrin “Spirit You All” Pilobolus The Summer King

2014-15 Metropolis Ensemble: “Brownstone” Khumariyaan Paul Dresher Ensemble: Double Duo Minguet Quartett with Andreas Klein Sam Green and Yo La Tengo: “The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller” Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn and Del McCoury Band Savion Glover: “STePz” Big Nate Ira Glass Sister Act Alexandre Tharaud Ray Chen Preservation Hall Jazz Band Million Dollar Quartet Memphis Moscow City Ballet: “Swan Lake” Basetrack Boston Camerata with Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble SkippyJon Jones The Nile Project Nordic Fiddlers Bloc Lucky Plush: “The Queue” Mamma Mia!

2015-16 Hot Sardines Rafal Blechacz 42nd Street Debo Band Caps for Sale Shaping Sound Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Trinity Irish Dance Company TAO: “Seventeen Samurai” Matt Haimovitz & VOICE DakhaBrakha Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Disney’s Beauty & the Beast Salzburg Marionette Theatre: “The Sound of Music” True Blues and the Campbell Brothers Wu Man with Shanghai Quartet The Capitol Steps Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Companhia Urbana de Danca The Illusionists The Ying Quartet with Zuill Bailey The Lightning Thief

2016-17 Kristin Chenoweth Red Baraat (50% Co-Pro with State) Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Other Treasured Stories Ballet X Cirque Mechanics “Pedal Punk” RENT – 20th Anniversary Tour A Far Cry with David Krakauer Mike Daisey – “Khan and the Whale: The Wrath of Moby Dick” The LeeVees The Jones Family Singers JCT Trio Vocalosity Yuval Ron Ensemble with Dervish Aziz Once Handel and Haydn Society “Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs” Jenny Scheinman “Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait” BodyTraffic Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton (50% Co-Pro with State) Saturday Night Fever Golden Dragon Acrobats Ragamala Dance: “Sacred Earth” Emanuel Ax The Gloaming Annie Elephant and Piggie “We are in a Play!” Pippin

2017-18 Bandaloop (Free – Public Event) Broadway National Tour:  Jersey Boys Leslie Odom Jr. Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s  Guess How Much I Love You/My Little Storybook Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott Simon Shaheen: “Zafir” Living Voices:  Within the Silence Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: “A Celtic Family Christmas” Banda Magda Lukas Vondracek Roomful of Teeth Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound: “After the Curtain” Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Broadway National Tour:  Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella BJM – Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal Sandglass Theater: “ Babylon ” (Ovations Co-Commission) Ladysmith Black Mambazo “Charlotte’s Web” Broadway National Tour:  Kinky Boots The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Jessica Lang Dance Ariel String Quartet with Navah Perlman STOMP DBR – En Masse (Free – Public Event) Broadway National Tour:  Dirty Dancing

2018-19 Annual Benefit featuring Lady Rizo Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia’s  The Rainbow Fish Inon Barnatan Broadway National Tour:  Rock of Ages Nicole Wolcott and Larry Keigwin: “Places Please! National Geographic Live!:  Life on the Vertical Broadway National Tour:  ELF The Musical Vienna Boys Choir Dover Quartet National Geographic Live!:  Stranger in a Strange Land Alsarah and the Nubatones The Orlando Consort:  Voices Appeared Voctave Queen Nur California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio Broadway National Tour:  Legally Blonde February Vacation Theater Camp:  Jumping Jack and the Beanstalks American Contemporary Music Ensemble Living Voices:  Right to Dream Broadway National Tour:  The Sound of Music Ranky Tanky Niyaz (Co-presented with Port City Music Hall) 600 Highwaymen’s  The Fever Dreamers’ Circus Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo National Geographic Live!:  Wild Seas, Secret Shores Wild Kratts Live 2.0:  Activate Creature Power! Air Play Alexi Kenney and Renana Gutman Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Me Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of a Young Jane Goodall Broadway National Tour:  Finding Neverland

2019-20 Taylor Mac:  A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Abridged Broadway National Tour:  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Kittel & Co. Songhoy Blues Sara Juli:  Burnt Out Wife  (Ovations Co-Commission) The Kingdom Choir Magic Tree House:  Showtime with Shakespeare Palaver Strings:  Welcome Home Annual Benefit Bash featuring Rizo and Ari Shapiro NPR’s  From the Top Boston Camerata:  Free America Broadway National Tour:  Waitress Gabriela Montero: Westward The Illusionists: Live From Broadway MOMIX:  Viva MOMIX February Vacation Theater Camp:  The Wizard of Oz  (in partnership with Portland Parks and Rec) Avi Avital and Bridget Kibbey New Orleans Jazz Orchestra:  The Music of Congo Square Malpaso Dance Company International Contemporary Ensemble (Virtual Performance)

Seeking Resonance: Welcome Home (Virtual Conversation) Performances in Our Parks Featuring Daniel Bernard Roumain Flex Ave. (Virtual Performance) Living Voices: Hear My Voice (Virtual Series) Kennedy Center Arts Across America “Sacred Resonance” (Virtual Performance) VOCES8 (Virtual Performance) Performances in Our Parks Featuring Ice Dance International Paige and Friends!   (Virtual Series) Samuel James Tells the Story of Tiny Bill McGraw (Virtual Series) Step Afrika! (Virtual Series) POP 90 Annual Fundraiser Seeking Resonance: Being Future Beings (Virtual Conversation) Fauré Quartet (Virtual Performance) GlobalFEST (Virtual Performance)

A Message From Far Away – Public Art Celebration in Portland BANDALOOP Dan + Claudia Zanes Pacifica Quartet Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro: Och & Oy! A Considered Cabaret Broadway National Tour: RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour Cartography Music from the Sole: Partido Alexander Malofeev FLIP Fabrique: Six° Broadway National Tour – SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical Anaïs Mitchell + Bonny Light Horseman Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends John Cameron Mitchell’s The Origin of Love: The Songs & Stories of Hedwig Sphinx Virtuosi Step Afrika! POP Global Passport – Annual Fundraiser Requiem for an Electric Chair Written & Performed by Toto Kisaku From Bamako to Birmingham Featuring Amadou & Mariam and the Blind Boys of Alabama New York Philharmonic String Quartet Samuel James Already Home Recordings Vol. 2 Riley Watts, Heather Stewart & little house dance Hour Wolf in the Lighthouse Blue Man Group Broadway National Tour – Hairspray

GARBA360 Chicago Broadway National Tour The Last Girl A Play by Dianne ‘dee’ Clarke Farruquito: Flamenco Íntimo Fauré Quartet The Four Phantoms: A Holiday Concert Janice Carissa, piano Memphis Jookin’: The Show Featuring Lil Buck Wabanaki Stories Bridget Kibbey Presents From Persia to Iberia Jessica Vosk Peking Acrobats featuring The Shanghai Circus The Simon & Garfunkel Story Miró Quartet and Soprano Karen Slack somewhere/elsewhere Ugly Duckling Cirque Alfonse: Animal, A Farm Story Fiddler on the Roof Broadway National Tour Ballet Hispánico

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Watch the Trailer for Annie Baker Film Janet Planet

Her film debut is coming to theaters on June 21.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker ( The Flick ) is making her feature film debut with Janet Planet , a coming-of-age story she wrote and directed starring Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Sophie Okonedo. Watch the trailer below.

Janet Planet takes place in rural Western Massachusetts, where 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. It will be released in theaters June 21.

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The Conservatory's staff of trained dance and performing arts professionals truly cares about every student, and makes sure each student is properly placed and is reaching their full potential.

Take a few minutes to get acquainted with our wonderful faculty:

Erika Frank OWNER | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ERIKA FRANK 

Erika is the Owner and Artistic Director of The Conservatory School for the Performing Arts, located in Stoughton Massachusetts. Established in 2014, Miss Frank built her business from scratch and grew it into a nationally recognized performing arts center. Erika was named one of the South Shore's Stars Top 40 Under 40 for her excellence in leadership, community development, and entrepreneurial skills. Her Pre-Professional Dance and Musical Theatre students have booked professional jobs on Broadway, Film, Television, and Commercials. In just 8 years of owning her school she has successfully placed students with top talent agencies and managers such as; CTG, DDO, Carson Adler, and KTM. Most recently her pre-professional musical theatre student, originated the role of Young Anna in FROZEN’s first National Broadway Tour. Miss Frank has a 100% college placement rate, where all of her alumni have been accepted into top dance and musical theatre college programs on scholarships, and have made names for themselves as performers, choreographers, and teachers in the dance community.

A native of Stoughton, MA Miss Frank started her dance career at the age of eleven dancing in The Ballet Theatre of Boston’s production of The Nutcracker. Miss Frank has worked on major motion films and on television including, The Teen Nick Halo Award Show, Taking Woodstock, Going the Distance, and The Forger starring John Travolta. Erika is a graduate of Dean College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance, and is also a graduate of the Dance Teachers Club of Boston’s Teachers Training Program. She is a degreed active member in good standing with Dance Masters of America (certified to teach ballet, modern, jazz and tap), and is a professional member of the National Dance Educators Organization. Erika has worked as a judge and master class teacher for the On Point National Dance Competition where she adjudicates performers in all dance genres/levels, and has taught musical theatre convention classes for competitive dancers.

Miss Frank has over a decade of teaching experience working with children in diverse ages, levels, and genres. Her choreography has won numerous awards at both regional and national dance competitions, and her students have been recognized in the competitive circa through high adjudications and as top scoring soloists. Erika has worked as a choreographer in the musical theatre community for over ten years choreographing musicals such as CHICAGO, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, and LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL.

Erika is very thankful and humbled by the opportunity to give back to the upcoming generation of performers!

Amy Spanger VOCAL INSTRUCTOR | INTENSIVE | PRE-PROFESSIONAL

Amy Spanger  is a Drama Desk-nominated Broadway star, television and film actress, solo artist, musical theater teacher, and vocal coach. Broadway credits include Sunset Boulevard , Chicago , Kiss Me Kate , The Wedding Singer (Drama Desk Nomination), Rock of Ages , Elf: The Musical , Urinetown , and Matilda . She also created the role of Susan in Jonathan Larson's tick, tick... Boom off-Broadway and play Maureen in the first national tour of Rent . She played Gwendoly in The Importance of Being Earnest at Williamstown directed by David Hyde Pierce. Television and film credits include Six Feet Under , Bored To Death , Royal Pains , Law & Order: SVU , The Blacklist , Chicago Med , Synecdoche, NY and Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical . She has performed her solo shows at 54 Below, Birdland and Joe's Pub in NYC. She is a singing/acting coach and musical theater teacher. She lives in NYC with her husband, actor Brian Shepard.

Nick Silva LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY | HIP HOP | ACROBATICS | RECREATIONAL | PRE-PROFESSIONAL

NICK SILVA is a Boston born, dancer and performer currently living between NYC and Boston. At a very young age Nick found a drive and passion for dance that took him to places he couldn’t even imagine. Nick has trained extensively with some of today’s most sought after choreographers such as Dana Foglia, Rhapsody James and more in Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Ballet. Nick can be seen performing in a number of TV shows and films such as, Glee, America’s Got Talent, Big Brother, Good Morning America, The Wendy Williams Show, and Annie to name a few. He has danced behind artists such as Demi Lovato, Lindsey Stirling, Jennifer Hudson, and Halsey. As well Nick has performed broadway style and burlesque shows internationally in India, Dubai, Singapore, and Mexico. Most recently Nick had the amazing opportunity to be a featured dancer in Halsey‘s, “You Should Be Sad” music video. Follow Nick on Instagram @NickBasilSilva to keep up with what he’s up to these days!

Angela Cole

Angela is a dance artist, choreographer, and teacher based in the Providence and Boston areas. After training in classical ballet as a student, she went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Roger Williams University, where she was the recipient of the Kelli Wicke Davis Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award. Upon graduating, Angela was a 2017 Young Artist in Residence at Bearnstow, Maine, and then went on to perform as a freelance artist and teacher throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She has danced for Natalie Johnson Dance in Cambridge, MA and is co-founder of ProviDANCE Project, a contemporary dance collaborative with her artistic partner, Ellen Oliver. Angela continues to create and share her choreography in various spaces throughout New England, striving to use movement as a medium to portray the human spirit and stories of people who have inspired her. She is on faculty teaching creative movement at The Croft School and Montessori Children’s House in Providence, RI, in addition to teaching ballet, pointe, and contemporary in dance schools throughout Massachusetts. Angela is passionate about inspiring students to find joy and their own individual voice in dancing, and is very excited to meet the students at the CSPA!

Jocelyn Padilla

Miss Jocelyn has a degree in Theater Education with an emphasis on Acting and Directing from Emerson College, and is a Stoughton native. Miss Jocelyn focuses on creating a nurturing and positive energy in all her classes and as part of her constitution. Her mission is to mentor and guide her students to help them grow their skills, make better, informed professional decisions, prepare for real-world experiences and gain new perspectives on their life and career by connecting to their true, authentic uniqueness. Jocelyn has been called to share her resources with 10+years of film and stage acting, audition techniques, and modeling expertise with the students of CSPA. She provides a warm and safe space to empower her students to grow and align themselves to a life of creativity, self-confidence, success, positivity, and community impact. She is excited to be a part of CSPA 2023! 

Olga Marchenko

Olga is originally from Russia where she began her dancing education at the age of nine. Taught the Vaganova method, she acquired the best academic traditions of classical Russian ballet. After graduating from Saratov Ballet Academy at the top of her class, she joined her hometown ballet theater. Three years later Olga moved to Moscow to join the Moscow City Ballet of Smirnov-Golovanov with which she toured the world for four years, performing as a corps-de-ballet and soloist dancer. Once in Boston, she continued dancing professionally and began her teaching career in 2008. Working with children of all ages, Olga has been involved with staging and choreographing recitals during the past 14 years at different studios and in public school settings throughout the greater Boston area. Her professional teaching engagements include Boston University, Tony Williams Dance Center, BalletRox, North End Music Performance Center among others. Olga is excited to share with children her experience and love of dancing.

Madison Hollen

Madison Hollen is a "triple threat" from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She is a recent graduate of Roger Williams University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a concentration in Theater. Madison has played lead roles in the theater community, including Cha Cha in "Grease" RI, and has played numerous parts in shows throughout New England. She is a trained dancer in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, modern, and contemporary. While at RWU, Madison had the opportunity to perform and choreograph student pieces. Madison has spent over a decade training in acting, voice, and dance and is excited to share her knowledge to help mold the next generation of artists at the Conservatory School.

Erla Haxhiaj

My name is Erla Haxhiaj, I go by the name Air! I've been dancing for 19 years, living and telling my story through it all. My training is based in ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, African, popping, tap, free-styling/improv, modern, Afro-beat, and heels, burlesque, musical theater, belling dancing and street-jazz. I've been in multiple music/concept videos, trained in choir & acting as well. With this acting I have done musicals in high school & was in Hubbies Halloween filmed in MA. I've taught at Zello Dance Studio and do pop-up classes through out the year. This year I also had the opportunity to join Liv3lihood dance crew out in Providence, Rhode Island at a studio called Thr3e Live Dance Complex. Also, performing for NKTOB, being in concept videos, and tutorials for other choreographers.

Justin Parish is an American composer, baritone, and educator living on Massachusetts' South Shore. His musical philosophy is rooted in the idea that humans can accomplish more when creating together. During his time in Massachusetts, he has had the pleasure of helping students of all ages and backgrounds reach their musical goals. His specialties include vocal health/maintenance, body awareness, audition preparedness, theory lessons, and songwriting/composition. Ultimately, Justin seeks to encourage confidence and independence in each student's individual pursuits, whether in musical theater, classical music, or contemporary music of any genre. He received his BM in Music Composition and Vocal Performance from Indiana University where he studied with Patricia Stiles, Aaron Travers, and Don Freund among others. Justin enjoys life in Plymouth with his partner, Michael, and dog, Sunny.

Disney’s Frozen Welcomes Nicholas Edwards and More to the North American Tour

Nicholas Edwards has joined the North American tour of Frozen as Kristoff, along with a new Young Elsa and a returning Young Anna. The tour, which launched in Los Angeles in 2019, is currently playing through April 7 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, PA.

Edwards comes to the tour having understudied the role of Kristoff in the Broadway production. Most recently, he played Lord Capulet in Broadway’s  & Juliet . Avelyn Lena Choi, who previously made her Broadway tour debut as Young Anna, has also joined the company, alternating as Young Elsa with current cast member Savannah Lumar, while Norah Nunes returns to the company to reprise the role of Young Anna, alternating with current cast member Emma Origenes.

They join a cast that includes Caroline Bowman as Elsa and Lauren Nicole Chapman as Anna, Jeremy Davis as Olaf, Preston Perez as Hans, Evan Duff as Weselton and Collin Baja and Dan Plehal alternating as Sven. Belinda Allyn will play the role of Anna from May 14 through June 16.

Frozen also features Alicia Albright, Kate Bailey, Jack Brewer, Reese Britts, Kristen Smith Davis, Sarah Dearstyne, Leigh-Ann Esty, Michael Everett, Jason Goldston, Natalie Goodin, Michael Allan Haggerty, Zach Hess, Dustin Layton, Adrianna Rose Lyons, Michaela Marfori, Brian Martin, Kyle Lamar Mitchell, Katie Mariko Murray, Tony Neidenbach, Renée Reid, Sammy Schechter, Nick Silverio, Daniel Switzer, Natalie Wisdom and Peli Naomi Woods.

Frozen features the songs from the Oscar-winning animated film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters, Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez and EGOT winner Robert Lopez. Oscar winner Jennifer Lee pens the book, with direction by Tony and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage.

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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares Tickets

Laura Benanti's comedy show returns to New York for a limited run. 

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Tony Award-winning performer Laura Benanti is bringing her new comedy show back to the Minetta Lane Theatre. Be part of the live audience as the Broadway legend debuts all-new music, created with music director Todd Almond, and shares her hilariously bumpy journey from ingenue to recovering ingenue. Annie Tippe directs.

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Laura Benanti is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress. Ms. Benanti has an impressive television roster including Hulu’s Life & Beth , created by and starring Amy Schumer, the hit series Younger , HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot, and the second season of HBO Max’s The Gilded Age . Other television credits include guest starring roles on Cinema Toast , created by Jeff Baena and produced by the Duplass Brothers, Ziwe featuring comedian Ziwe Fumudoh, both for Showtime, as well as Inside Amy Schumer on Paramount+ (among many others). Benanti has also made widely acclaimed appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Melania Trump. Additionally, Benanti created and executive produced the HBO Max special Homeschool Musical: Class Of 2020 based on her viral social media movement: #sunshinesongs. In film, Benanti starred in Netflix’s Worth opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan, Here Today opposite Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, and was featured in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick…Boom! .  In the theater, Ms. Benanti took Broadway by storm at the age of 18 as Maria in The Sound of Music and has subsequently starred in ten more Broadway shows (musicals, straight plays, comedies, and dramas) including Into The Woods , Nine (opposite Antonio Banderas), Gypsy (for which she won a Tony Award), She Loves Me , My Fair Lady , and Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower opposite Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key. Additionally, Benanti co-authored a comedic board book for mothers entitled  M is for MAMA (and also Merlot): A Modern Mom’s ABCs , co-written with Metropolitan Opera Star Kate Mangiameli. She released a self-titled studio album for Sony Music Masterworks and tours the world performing solo concerts alongside highly celebrated musicians and orchestras. Ms. Benanti recently wrapped filming on a trio of films: Goodrich opposite Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis, Everything’s Going To Be Great opposite Bryan Cranston; and The Shade based on the award-winning short of the same name.

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