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ANNIE Will Embark on a New National Tour Beginning This Fall

A multi-week city tour schedule beginning in the fall of 2022, as well as the full design team, will be announced later this spring. 

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Leapin' Lizards! An all-new tour of ANNIE will hit the road in the fall of 2022. This new tour of the iconic Tony Award-winning production is directed by Jenn Thompson , who at the age of 10 stepped into the role of "Pepper" in the Original Broadway production. Scenic designs for the touring production are by Wilson Chin , whose work was most recently featured on Broadway in the critically acclaimed production of Pass Over.

"This show, with its iconic title character, continues to delight generations of theatre-lovers old and new by joyfully singing directly into the face of great adversity with perseverance, guts and guile," said director Jenn Thompson . "For decades, ANNIE has continued to shine brightly, not only as an appeal to our better angels, but also as an example of the thrill of hope, hard-won: promising a better 'Tomorrow' not only for Annie herself, but for all who need her message now more than ever."

Troika Entertainment 's COO and Executive Producer, Kori Prior adds, "We are thrilled and excited to have Jenn Thompson helm this new tour of ANNIE. She brings such admiration and connection to the material that we know this production will be fresh, new and full of the heart that makes ANNIE the show we all love."

A multi-week city tour schedule beginning in the fall of 2022, as well as the full design team, will be announced later this spring. For more information, visit AnnieTour.com . For tour booking inquiries, please contact [email protected] .

Tour Schedule

SYRACUSE, NY Oct 04 - Oct 08 2022 LANDMARK THEATRE SYRACUSE

PHILADELPHIA, PA Oct 11 - Oct 16 2022 KIMMEL CULTURAL CAMPUS

DURHAM, NC Oct 18 - Oct 23 2022 DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC Oct 28 - Oct 30 2022 NORTH CHARLESTON PAC

LEXINGTON, KY Nov 03 - Nov 06 2022 LEXINGTON OPERA HOUSE

OMAHA, NE Nov 08 - Nov 13 2022 ORPHEUM THEATER

SIOUX CITY, IA Nov 17 - Nov 17 2022 ORPHEUM THEATRE

LAS VEGAS, NV Nov 22 - Nov 27 2022 THE SMITH CENTER

LOS ANGELES, CA Nov 29 - Dec 18 2022 DOLBY THEATRE

SAN DIEGO, CA Dec 27 - Jan 01 2023 SAN DIEGO CIVIC THEATRE

TUCSON, AZ Jan 03 - Jan 08 2023 CENTENNIAL HALL

SAN JOSE, CA Jan 10 - Jan 15 2023 SAN JOSE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

WILMINGTON, NC Jan 28 - Jan 29 2023 WILSON CENTER

PROVIDENCE, RI Jan 31 - Feb 05 2023 PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

CINCINNATI, OH Feb 07 - Feb 12 2023 ARONOFF CENTER

LOUISVILLE, KY Feb 14 - Feb 19 2023 THE KENTUCKY CENTER

WORCESTER, MA Feb 23 - Feb 26 2023 HANOVER THEATRE

LAFAYETTE, LA Mar 21 - Mar 21 2023 HEYMANN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FORT WORTH, TX Mar 28 - Apr 02 2023 BASS PERFORMANCE HALL

KANSAS CITY, MO Apr 18 - Apr 23 2023 KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AMES, IA Apr 25 - Apr 25 2023 STEPHENS AUDITORIUM

COLUMBUS, OH May 12 - May 14 2023 PALACE THEATRE

CHARLOTTE, NC May 30 - Jun 04 2023 BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS

Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in this new production - just as you remember it and just when we need it most. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

ANNIE features the book by Thomas Meehan , music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin . All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards for their work.

By permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC, ANNIE is based on Harold Gray 's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" which premiered in the 1920s in the New York Daily News and became one of the most widely read strips in the 30s and 40s. Lyricist-director Martin Charnin bought a coffee table book called "The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie" as a Christmas gift for a friend in 1970. The clerk at the bookstore was too busy to wrap the book, so Charnin took the book home to wrap it. Instead, he read it and fell in love with the strip and set out to secure the rights. The friend never got the book.

The original production of ANNIE had its world premiere on Aug 10, 1976 at the Goodspeed Opera House (Michael J. Price, Executive Director) and opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre ( Neil Simon theatre). It 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 ). It closed on Broadway after playing 2,377 performances. ANNIE was revived on Broadway in 1997 and again in 2014. It has been made into a film three times (1982, 1999, 2014) and was most recently featured as a live television production on NBC. The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever; it has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 37 years.

The beloved 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."

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What Is the Story of Annie ? Based on the popular comic strip, Annie tells the extraordinary story of a little orphan who spends ends up in the lap of luxury with Depression-era billionaire Oliver Warbucks. Unlike most of the other children at Miss Hannigan's orphanage, spunky Annie believes that her parents are still alive and will one day return to claim her. So when Mr. Warbucks offers to adopt her, she asks the most powerful man in America to help find her real mom and dad instead, and he agrees. Warbucks' whopping reward for Annie's parents attracts the attention of con artists Rooster, Lily and the wicked Miss Hannigan, who hatch a plot to kidnap Annie and take the $50,000 reward. But don't fret: This classic family musical has a happy ending for Annie, Daddy Warbucks and the whole gang.

"Though the story may be familiar, director James Lapine's new production feels as fresh as a Lower East Side bialy on a Sunday morning." Entertainment Weekly Jessica Shaw

"Infused with zip and charm by its sensational Annie, Noo-Yawk-tawkin’ Lilla Crawford, the show, slickly staged by James Lapine, tells you that any city or nation keeping faith with the future will rise again, come hell or high water." The Washington Post Peter Marks

"For all the freight of timeliness, this remains a sweet spot of a family musical, full of adorable, but not sticky-adorable, waifs punching the air with their teeny fists and belting 'Tomorrow' over and over until every cynic within earshot might be a believer." Newsday Linda Winer

"This enduring ode to optimism remains a sterling example of expert musical-theater craftsmanship." The Hollywood Reporter David Rooney

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Clarke Thorell has starred on Broadway as Rooster in Annie , the original Corny Collins in the Tony-winning musical Hairspray and Harry Bright in Mamma Mia! . His other credits include Titanic, The Who’s Tommy, Lone Star Love, Saturday Night and Satellites .

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Everyone's favorite red-headed orphan is back, thanks to the new Annie national tour that's traveling the nation!  Tickets for every Annie Chicago performance are on sale now, so you and your family can catch the infectiously fun tale of a spunky young orphan who sets out to find her long-lost family amid the urban jungle of Depression-era New York.  Check out the schedule below to find out how you can catch the Tony-nominated revival live and in person this fall, and get your Annie Chicago Tickets before they're gone!

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Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production – just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

ANNIE , directed by Jenn Thompson, features the iconic book and score, written by Tony Award ® -winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

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Tony Award-winning musical ANNIE is returning to Chicago this holiday season with a limited three-week engagement at The Chicago Theatre from November 12 through December 1.

ANNIE is a heartwarming musical that for generations has reminded audiences that “the sun will come out tomorrow.” And now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production that celebrates family, optimism and the American spirit as the ultimate cure for the hard knocks life throws your way. The original production of  ANNIE opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977, and went on to win seven Tony Awards including Best Musical (Charles Strouse), Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (Martin Charnin).

ANNIE  is directed by Jenn Thompson, who at the age of ten stepped into the role of “Pepper” in the Original Broadway production. ANNIE is choreographed by Patricia Wilcox ( Motown, A Night with Janis Joplin ), with orchestrations by Dan DeLange.

Tickets for ANNIE at The Chicago Theatre start at $39 when purchased in person at the Ticketmaster Box Office at The Chicago Theatre and at $54.50 when purchased online at chicagotheatre.com/ANNIE. For groups of nine or more, please contact the Group Sales Department at 212-465-6080 or [email protected] . Accessible and companion seats are available via the Accessibility Services Department at 888-609-7599 or [email protected] .

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Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production–just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

ANNIE, directed by Jenn Thompson, features the iconic book and score, written by Tony Award®-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

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Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production–just as you remember it and just when we need it most.  

Annie, directed by Jenn Thompson, features the iconic book and score, written by Tony Award®-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

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Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production – just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

ANNIE , directed by Jenn Thompson, features the iconic book and score written by Tony Award-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way. “One of the best family musicals ever penned!” -  Chicago Tribune

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Annie runs approximately 2 hours and 30 minute, including intermission.

Annie is the quintessential family show and appeals to a broad range of ages - young and old. Parents can introduce their children to their first theatrical experience as this timeless musical comes to life!

North American Tour Cast Announced:

In the title role of Annie is Rainier “Rainey” Treviño , an 11 year old from Chesapeake, Virginia making her national tour debut. Returning principal cast includes Stefanie Londino as “Miss Hannigan,” Christopher Swan as “Oliver Warbucks,” Julia Nicole Hunter as “Grace,” and Mark Woodard as “FDR.” Also starring in the tour are Jeffrey T. Kelly as “Rooster” and Samantha Stevens as “Lily.  Seamus , rescued by William Berloni, stars as “Sandy.”

The Orphans are Savannah Austin , Arianna Guller , Avery Hope , Addie Jaymes , Kylie Noelle Patterson and Jade Smith . 

The featured ensemble includes Jerquintez A. Gipson, Caroline Glazier, Chance K. Ingalls, Kaleb Jenkins, Jaelle Laguerre, Tony Mowatt, Nick Traficante, Kaylie Mae Wallace, Callie Alexa, Brooke Olivia Gatto, and Trent Tyson.  

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ANNIE , the best loved musical of all time, is back in a new production just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

ANNIE is based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip Little Orphan Annie , which debuted on August 5, 1924 in the New York Daily News , and became one of the most widely read strips in the 30s and 40s. Lyricist director Martin Charnin bought a coffee table book called "The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie" as a Christmas gift for a friend in 1970. The clerk at the bookstore was too busy to wrap the book, so Charnin took the book home to wrap it. Instead, he read it and fell in love with the strip, and set out to secure the rights. The friend never got the book.

Charnin championed the idea to colleagues Charles Strouse, a two time Tony-winning composer, and Thomas Meehan, a short story writer for The New Yorker . It took a great deal of campaigning to get them interested, but the team was finally formed in 1971 when they began to write the musical.

ANNIE  made its World Premiere on August 10, 1976, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. On April 21, 1977 the original Broadway production opened and dominated the 1977 Tony Awards, earning 11 nominations and went on to win 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score. 

The musical has been made into a film three times: the first version in 1982 was the Oscar-nominated feature film starring Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters and Tim Curry. In 1999, ANNIE  was remade into a TV movie, starring Victor Garber, Kathy Bates, Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming, and an additional film adaptation in 2014 with a cast that included Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. The show was most recently featured as a live television production on NBC in 2021.

The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever. It ran for 2,377 performances after it first opened, and has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 45 years.

Bill Berloni and "Sandy"

Bill Berloni was a 20 year old apprentice at the Goodspeed Opera House when a producer offered him his big break: a chance to act professionally and gain his Equity Card. In return, all Bill had to do was find and train a dog to play "Sandy" in the original production of Annie.

Bill found his dog at a local animal shelter and from that moment he made training rescued dogs for the stage his passion and career. Through a combination of persistence, patience and trial and error, he developed his revolutionary humane training techniques learning how to teach actor and animal alike to create a successful performance.

The original production of Annie became a huge hit and "Sandy" became “the longest running dog on Broadway,” never missing a performance in more than seven years. For the touring productions, Sandy has an understudy and travels with an animal trainer who attends to his needs. The Sandys cast for the role are always rescue dogs from animal shelters. Berloni hopes that with every Sandy, it helps audiences see a different perspective on animal adoption.

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Been caught sparring: A concert by the reunited Jane’s Addiction in Boston came to a sudden end Friday night when a clearly enraged Perry Farrell threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro — and was restrained by crew members, still appearing physically agitated as he was hustled offstage.

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Video of the lead-up to the scuffle shows Ferrell fiercely grunting in the direction of the audience, before he turns to his right and begins issuing those bellows at Navarro, face to face. He appears to aggressively bump shoulders with the guitarist during a solo, and Navarro eventually stops playing and puts a hand up to Farrell’s chest to establish distance. Then the singer appears to deliver a punch. At that point, as the stage lights are lowered, three men, including bassist Eric Avery, surround and grab hold of Farrell, who is finally forced offstage, still apparently struggling as he’s hustled into the wings.

Once Farrell was gone, the rest of the band — including Navarro — stepped to the front of the stage to give the crowd a gentler farewell, appearing calm as they hugged one another, applauded the audience, tapped their hearts and offered a peace sign.

The altercation immediately blew up on social media, with no shortage of jokes — including countless Oasis comparisons — along with more serious concerns expressed for the well-being of the band members involved.

“Jane’s Addiction broke up before Oasis omg,” came a typical tweet, from the user @Tribecalledflex .

On setlist.fm , the notations section for the Boston show offered an ironic juxtaposition of trivia about the gig, reading: “Note: Stephen Perkins’ drum kit was outfitted with balloons in celebraton of his birthday. The set ended early after Perry Farell punched Dave Navarro.” 

Press representatives for Jane’s Addiction and the tour promoter, Live Nation, could not immediately be reached for comment Friday night.

Chatter had already circulated in social media about the Jane’s Addiction shows earlier this week in New York City, held at the Rooftop at Pier 51. At the first of two concerts there, Farrell admitted to the audience he was not in great vocal shape, reportedly saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, I have to be honest with you. Something’s wrong with my voice. I just can’t get the notes out all of a sudden.” The next day, bandmate Eric Avery posted to Instagram, “Looking forward to getting another crack at this spectacular rooftop venue tonight. I’m optimistic we will be better.”

The following night in New York, things indeed took a turn for the better, according to a reviewer for JamBase who wrote, “I had seen the reports of Farrell’s condition on Tuesday, so I had trepidation as Jane’s Addiction came on. All my fears quickly eased away as my first Jane’s experience was a great one. Farrell sang well, Perkins crushed it behind the kit, Navarro shredded and Avery anchored the band with his steady work on bass. … Some of (Farrell’s) stories were engaging and others rambled as he chugged from a bottle of wine. He also was fixated on a device that I’d imagine was supposed to add effects to his voice but didn’t have much impact to my ear. However, when it came to singing the songs, Farrell nailed most of them.”

Ironically, in light of what has since transpired, the singer halted a beef at the band’s second New York show. “Farrell actually stopped the latter tune after he spotted a fight in the audience,” JamBase reported. “Farrell had a fan named ‘Bobby’ make up with the crowd member he was feuding with.”

Jane’s Addiction’s first tour in 15 years is a co-headlining one, with another beloved ’90s group, Love & Rockets, sharing the bill.

Friday night’s fateful Boston show came about 20 dates into the groups’ dual tour itinerary, with 15 left to go. As of this writing, the tour is still scheduled to continue and wrap up Oct. 16 at L.A.’s YouTube Theater, returning to where the group already successfully performed once near the beginning of their outing in mid-August.

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