Photo Coverage: Jane Lynch, Lilla Crawford & ANNIE Cast Sign Albums at Barnes & Noble!
By: Jennifer Broski Jun. 20, 2013
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Shout! Broadway released the new 2012 Cast Recording for Annie CD on Tuesday, June 18. To celebrate the release of the CD cast members Jane Lynch, Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford, Brynn O'Malley, Clarke Thorell, creators Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Tom Meehan and more signed copies of the album at Barnes & Noble (160 East 54th Street at 3rd Avenue) yesterday. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photo coverage below!
ANNIE, winner of seven 1977 Tony Awards including Best Musical, features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics byMartin Charnin, with all three authors receiving Tony Awards for their work. The new Broadway production of Annie is directed by Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony Award-winner James Lapine and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler. The new production opened November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway, between 46th and 47th Streets), where it is currently playing.
The album was recorded on March 3, 4 and 11 at the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios. Bonus tracks were recorded on April 8 at Entourage Studios, Los Angeles.
ANNIE was one of the biggest Broadway musical hits of the 1970s, running for almost six years and playing 2,377 performances. The score for Annie includes "Maybe," "It's the Hard Knock Life," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," "Easy Street," "I Don't Need Anything But You" and the eternal anthem of optimism, "Tomorrow". The GRAMMY Award-winning original 1977 Broadway cast album has gone platinum, selling over one million copies to date. The current Broadway production at the Palace Theatre is a clear hit, breaking the house record at the Palace Theatre with a gross of $2.05 million for the week of Christmas, 2012.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
Thomas Z. Shepard, Martin Charnin, Lilla Crawford, Clark Thorell, Jane Lynch, Georgi James, Tyrah Skye Odoms, Brynn O'Malley, Madi Rae DiPietro, Emily Rosenfeld, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse
Madi Rae DiPietro, Emily Rosenfeld, Tyrah Skye Odoms, Georgi James
Clarke Thorell, Brynn O'Malley
Thomas Meehan, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, Thomas Z. Shepard
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