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Annie (musical)

Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray (which in turn was inspired by the poem Little Orphant Annie, by James Whitcomb Riley). The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a…

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Awards
Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Basis
Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray
Book
Thomas Meehan
Lyrics
Martin Charnin
Music
Charles Strouse
Productions
1976 Goodspeed Opera House 1977 Broadway 1978 West End 1978-1981 North American tour 1982 1st West End revival 1997 1st Broadway revival 1998 2nd West End revival 2000 UK tour 2…

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Annie (musical)

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Awards · 1
Annie (musical) → Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Basis · 1
Annie (musical) → Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray
Book · 1
Annie (musical) → Thomas Meehan
Lyrics · 1
Annie (musical) → Martin Charnin
Music · 1
Annie (musical) → Charles Strouse
Productions · 1
Annie (musical) → 1976 Goodspeed Opera House 1977 Broadway 1978 West End 1978-1981 North American tour 1982 1st West End revival 1997 1st Broadway revival 1998 2nd West End revival 2000 UK tour 2…

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Annie (musical)AwardsTony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical1.00infobox
Annie (musical)BasisLittle Orphan Annie by Harold Gray1.00infobox
Annie (musical)BookThomas Meehan1.00infobox
Annie (musical)LyricsMartin Charnin1.00infobox
Annie (musical)MusicCharles Strouse1.00infobox
Annie (musical)Productions1976 Goodspeed Opera House 1977 Broadway 1978 West End 1978-1981 North American tour 1982 1st West End revival 1997 1st Broadway revival 1998 2nd West End revival 2000 UK tour 2…1.00infobox
Oliver Twistinstance ofMeehan saw the character of Annie as a 20th-century American female version of the main orphan characters created by Charles Dickens in works0.80text
David Copperfieldinstance ofMeehan saw the character of Annie as a 20th-century American female version of the main orphan characters created by Charles Dickens in works0.80text
with the mystery of Annie's abandonmentinstance ofMeehan saw the character of Annie as a 20th-century American female version of the main orphan characters created by Charles Dickens in works0.80text
unknown parenthood as consistent with a strand of mysteries in Dickens' talesinstance ofMeehan saw the character of Annie as a 20th-century American female version of the main orphan characters created by Charles Dickens in works0.80text
Pretty Babyinstance ofnon-romantic Annie offered a contrasting model of girlhood to contemporaneous films0.80text
The Blue Lagooninstance ofnon-romantic Annie offered a contrasting model of girlhood to contemporaneous films0.80text

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