Photo Flash: First Look at ANNIE in Performance - Katie Finneran, Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford and More!

Annie, the new production of the Tony Award®-winning musical, opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). For a look at the current Broadway production, scroll down!

Annie features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, with all three authors receiving 1977 Tony Awards® for their work. Annie is directed by Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony Award®-winner James Lapine and choreographed by Tony Award®-winner Andy Blankenbuehler.

The original production of Annie opened April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre and went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album and seven Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin). The show was one of the biggest Broadway musical hits of the 1970s, running for almost six years and playing 2,377 performances.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford

Lilla Crawford, Anthony Warlow and cast

Lilla Crawford and Sunny

Katie Finneran, Clarke Thorell and J. Elaine Marcos

Anthony Warlow

Jeremy Davis, Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford, Dennis Stowe, Jane Blass, Gavin Lodge, Merwin Foard and Keven Quillon

Lilla Crawford

Lilla Crawford, Junah Jang, Taylor Richardson and Tyrah Skye Odoms with Georgi James, Emily Rosenfeld and Madi Rae DiPietro

Sunny, Lilla Crawford

Katie Finneran