We've got Annie and she's got it all
What you didn’t know about everyone’s favourite orphan
Chris Moreno for Annie 2008 Ltd presents
Annie
Starring Su Pollard as Miss Hannigan
and David McAlister as Daddy Warbucks
Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin
The Lowry, Tue 28 July – Sat 1 August
Press night Tue 28 July, 7.30pm
· Interviews are available with Su Pollard
The heart-warming rags-to-riches musical, Annie, returns to The Lowry from Tue 28 July, starring Hi-De-Hi’s Su Pollard as the dastardly Miss Hannigan.
Star of stage and screen, Su Pollard reprises her role as the unlikely matron of the orphanage with David McAlister (Hollyoaks and Brideshead Revisited) making a welcome return as billionaire businessman, Oliver Warbucks.
Annie’s adventures from Miss Hannigan’s orphanage to the luxurious home of Daddy Warbucks is a story that has been told all over the world for decades. First seen on stage in 1976, the Tony award-winning show has a memorable score including It’s a Hard Knock Life, Easy Street and of course the legendary Tomorrow.
Now for some interesting trivia about Annie, one of the best loved family musicals of all time:
· The rights for Annie (1982) were sold in 1978 for $9.5 million, a record that still stands, breaking the record set when Warner Bros. paid $5.5 million for the screen rights to My Fair Lady (1964)
· Annie has been played on Broadway by Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker as well as 80s flashbacks, Molly Ringwald and Debbie Gibson
· During filming of the movie dog food was rubbed on Aileen Quinn's (Annie) face in order to make "Sandy" kiss her
· Aileen Quinn's red curly wig was so itchy that the property masters gave her a special comb with which to scratch her head
· Jack Nicholson was originally signed to play Daddy Warbucks, but dropped out after the original producer departed the project
· Steve Martin was offered the role of Rooster, but when he heard he would be working alongside Bernadette Peters (Lily) he turned the role down as they were breaking up at the time.
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Posted on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 under Press Theatre Press