Overview
Synopsis
Based on the popular Tony-winning musical Annie, Annie JR/Kids show both feature a wonderful score written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, including the Broadway smash hit, “Tomorrow”.
With a perfect combination of street-smarts and optimism, Annie warms the hearts of the audience as we witness her rise from next-to-nothing in New York City. She is determined to find her parents, who left her at the orphanage years ago. However things don’t quite work out the way she has planned. She does however thwart the plans of the evil Miss Hannigan and find a new family with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, secretary Grace Farrell, and her lovable pooch, Sandy.
Show Information
- Music
- Charles Strouse
- Lyrics
- Martin Charnin
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 2012
- Genres
- Comedy
- Settings
- Multiple Settings
- Time & Place
- December, 1933; New York City and the White House
- Cast Size
- large
- Orchestra Size
- Recording
- Dancing
- Some Dance
- Licensor
- Music Theatre International
- Ideal For
- Star Vehicle Female, Theatre For Young Audiences (TYA), Mostly Female Cast, Middle School, Ensemble Cast, Community Theatre, Elementary School, Includes Child, Early Teen, Late Teen Characters, Large Cast
Context
Annie JR/Kids are both shortened versions of the beloved Broadway smash hit Annie. Annie is based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, “Little Orphan Annie”, which ran in the New York Daily News beginning in the 1920s. By the 30s and 40s it was one of the most widely read comic strips. Lyricist, Martin Charnin was given a book of “Little Orphan Annie” strips as a Christmas gift in 1971 and was inspired to create a musical comedy based on the main character. Annie first premiered on August
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It is early December 1933, shortly after three a.m.. In the New York City Municipal Orphanage, the littlest orphan, Molly (age 6), cries out for her mother. The other orphans in the room -- Kate, the next to littlest, who is 7; Tessie, the cry baby, who is 10; Pepper, the toughest, who is 12; July, the quietest, who is 13; and Duffy, the biggest, who is 13 -- wake up and a fight ensues between Pepper and July. Annie, who is 11, has been up cleaning and breaks up the fight. She comforts Molly
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| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Lead |
Female |
Alto |
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Lead |
Female |
Soprano |
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Lead |
Male |
Tenor |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Supporting |
Male |
Tenor |
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Supporting |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Featured |
Either Gender |
Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor |
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Featured |
Female |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Featured |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Featured |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Ensemble |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Ensemble |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Ensemble |
Either Gender |
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone |
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Ensemble |
Either Gender |
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Baritone, Tenor |
Songs
- “Maybe” - Annie, Orphans
- “It's the Hard-Knock Life” - Annie, Orphans
- “It's the Hard-Knock Life (Reprise)”** - Orphans
- “Tomorrow” - Annie
- “Little Girls” - Miss Hannigan
- “Little Girls (Reprise)”** - Miss Hannigan
- “I Think I'm Gonna Like it Here”** - Annie, Grace, Servants
- “NYC” - Warbucks, Grace, Annie, Star-To-Be
- “Easy Street” - Miss Hannigan, Rooster, Lily
- “You Won't Be an Orphan For Long”** - Warbucks, Annie
- “Maybe (Reprise)” - Annie
- “You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” - Tessie, July, Kate, Orphans
- “Easy Street (Reprise)”** - Miss Hannigan, Rooster, Lily
- “I Don't Need Anything But You”- Annie, Warbucks
- “Maybe (Second Reprise)” - Annie
- “Tomorrow (Reprise)” - Warbucks, Grace, Roosevelt, Annie, Orphans, Chorus
All songs noted with a double asterisk ( ** ) are NOT included in the Kids version.
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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