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Jacquelyn Whitaker, Cassidy McCleary. Annie characters breakdowns including full descriptions with standard casting requirements and expert analysis.
- Annie
Based on Little Orphan Annie, the popular comic strip by...
- Annie
Learn about the characters, plot and casting of Annie, the Tony Award-winning musical based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Find out how to perform this comedy fairy tale set in 1930s New York City.
Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray (which in turn was inspired from the poem Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley).
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre).[1]
The characters in Annie’s music play are the orphans from Miss Hannigan’s infamous orphanage. While the exact order of their ages may vary, the youngest orphan is always Molly (or July), followed by Pepper, Tessie, Kate, and Duffy.
Annie, born Annie Bennett in the theatrical adaptations and later known as Annie Bennett Warbucks, or Annie Bennett Stacks is the protagonist of the comics, the Broadway musical, and the films of the same name. She is a spunky, optimistic, energetic eleven-year old (10 in the 1982 film) orphan girl.
The document also provides descriptions of other characters in the musical Annie. Annie is a streetwise yet vulnerable orphan girl who finds a new family with billionaire Oliver Warbucks. Miss Hannigan is the cruel orphanage matron who dislikes her job and the children.
