Annie at Artscape Opera House

This cracking new production of ANNIE, the world`s favourite family musical, stars Charon Williams-Ros (Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd) as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan and Neels Clasen (Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You) as Daddy Warbucks.Taryn Sudding (CATS, Sound of Music) plays Grace, with Stephen Jubber (Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Rooster and Delray Halgryn as Lilly. Mike Huff (Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music), Candice van Litsenborgh (Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors), Stefania du Toit, Jenna Robinson Child, Michelle Lane and Hope Maimane complete an all-star South African cast with a special appearance by Grant Almirall (star of Singin` in the Rain and Jersey Boys) as Bert Healey. Following an extensive 6-month nationwide search we have found the three best Annies in the country - Emma-Rose Blacher, Lilla Fleischmann and Caitlin Dicker! Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and torment at Miss Hannigan`s orphanage. Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. But spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie`s search. With its award-winning book and score, this stunning musical includes the unforgettable songs ``It`s a Hard Knock Life``, ``Easy Street``, ``I Don`t Need Anything But You`` and the eternal anthem of optimism, ``Tomorrow``.
Leapin` Lizards! You can bet your bottom dollar that you`ll love it!

Authors

• Ann Thornhill
• Charles Strouse
• Harold Gray
• Martin Charnin
• Thomas Meehan
• Tribune Media Services
• William L. Reed

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