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Annie

World Premiere (1976)

Production Info

Previews
August 10, 1976 (preview count not listed yet)
Opening
Week of August 17, 1976
Closing
October 3, 1976
Length of Run
not listed yet
Run Type
Limited
Location
East Haddam, CT

Credits Highlights

... Director	Martin Charnin
... Choreography	Dan Siretta

Cast

... Annie	Kristen Vigard
... Oliver Warbucks	Reid Shelton
... Grace Farrell	Sandy Faison
... Miss Hannigan	Maggie Task
... Rooster Hannigan	Robert Fitch
... Cecile / A Star To Be / A Boylan Sister	Laurie Beechman
... Mrs. Pugh / Lily / Shirley Mudge	Edie Cowan
... An Apple Seller / Charlie / F.D.R.	Raymond Thorne
... The Littlest Orphan	Danielle Brisebois
... The Tallest Orphan	Laura Dean

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Prologue .... Officer Riley, A Drunk, Miss Hannigan
Apples .... Apple Seller, Annie
It's the Hard Knock Life .... Annie, Orphans
Maybe .... Annie
It's the Hard Knock Life (Reprise) .... Annie, Orphans
We Got Annie .... Customers, Annie
Tomorrow .... Annie
Just Wait .... Miss Hannigan
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here .... Annie, Grace, Drake, Cecile, Annette, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Greer, Servants
N.Y.C. .... Warbucks, Annie, Grace, Rooster Hannigan, A Star To Be, Apple Sellers, New Yorkers
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here (Reprise) .... Annie, Orphans
Something Was Missing .... Warbucks
You Won't Be an Orphan for Long .... Warbucks, Grace, Drake, Cecile, Annette, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Greer, Servants, Annie
Maybe (Reprise) .... Annie

Act Two

You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile .... Bert Healy, Annie, Warbucks, Jimmy Lanceford, The Boylan Sisters, Fred McCracken, Wacky, Sound Effects Man
You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Reprise) .... Orphans
That's the Way It Goes .... Miss Hannigan, Rooster Hannigan, Lily
Tomorrow (Reprise) .... F.D.R., Annie, Warbucks, Ickes, Hull, Morgenthau, Hoover, Perkins, Presidential Aide, Marines
He Doesn't Know .... Grace
That's Our Annie .... Parents
I Don't Need Anything But You .... Annie, Warbucks, Grace, Guests
A New Deal for Christmas .... The Company

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

First Preview (8/10/1976)

Trivia & History

Producers soon decided that Kristen Vigard's genuinely sweet interpretation was not tough enough for the street-smart title orphan. It is sometimes said that it was after a week of performances that Vigard was replaced by Andrea McArdle, who played one of the other orphans, Pepper.

We don't have an exact date when McArdle replaced Vigard, but we know it was in August 1976. Previews started on August 10. When Malcolm L. Johnson's review of the production appeared in the issue of the Hartford Courant dated August 22, 1976, he stated that Vigard, whom he saw in the title role, had left the show. A photo caption stated that she had been replaced by Andrea McArdle.

When Patricia O'Haire reviewed the production in the issue of the Daily News dated August 31, 1976, it was McArdle who was reviewed, and there was even a photo of her with Sandy.

Vigard went on to be McArdle's Broadway understudy.