Annie

Pre-Broadway (Washington, DC) (1977)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Private
Origin: Live/Audience
Material Included: Complete Show
Date Recorded: March 30, 1977

Identifying Features: <ul> <li>Before the overture begins, a recording of FDR stating "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" plays and leads into the overture.</li> <li>Some of the orchestrations differ from the "final" version of the show.</li> <li>A slightly extended version of "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover"; a longer version of the "Hoover" reprise.</li> <li>A few different lyrics in "Little Girls".&nbsp;</li> <li>Slighty different arranagement and lyrics for "NYC".&nbsp;</li> <li>A short scene with the orphans where they receive a letter from Annie just after "NYC". It's a later cut reprise of "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" sung by the orphans.</li> <li>Janine Ruane's voice cracks during "Smile". She goes into a "rap" after her voice crack. Seth Rudetsky talks about this during one of his commentaries about ANNIE. After this incident, Janine did the spoken version of her solo in "Smile" during performances, but she sung it on the cast album.</li> <li>"Annie" is a duet between Grace and Drake just after they talk about fake couples claiming to be Annie's parents. Different lyrics. It also has bits of "We've Got Annie" intergrated into the song.</li> <li>A few different lyrics in "I Don't Need Anything But You".</li> </ul>
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Credits

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Cast

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Molly
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Pepper
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Duffy
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July
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Tessie
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Kate
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Annie
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Miss Hannigan
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Bundles McCloskey
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Dog Catcher
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Lieutenant Ward
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Harry
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Sophie, The Kettle
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Grace Farrell
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Drake
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Mrs. Pugh
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Cecille
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Annette
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Oliver Warbucks
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A Star to Be
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Rooster Hannigan
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Lily St. Regis
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Bert Healy
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Fred McCracken
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Jimmy Johnson
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Sound Effects Man
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Bonnie Boylan
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Connie Boylan
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Ronnie Boylan
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NBC Page
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Kaltenbom's Voice
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F.D.R.
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Ickes
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Howe
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Morgenthau
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Hull
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Perkins
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Honor Guard
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Justice Brandeis
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Ensemble

Track List

Disc Two

  • You Won't Be an Orphan for Long .... Grace, Annie and House Staff
  • You Won't Be an Orphan for Long (Reprise) .... Warbucks
  • Maybe (Reprise) .... Annie
  • Entr'acte .... Orchestra
  • Maybe (Reprise) .... Annie
  • You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile .... Bert Healy and Boylan Sisters
  • You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile .... Orphans
  • Tomorrow .... Annie, FDR, Warbucks and Cabinet Members
  • Annie
  • We Got Annie .... Grace and Drake with Servants
  • Something Was Missing .... Warbucks
  • I Don't Need Anything But You .... Annie and Warbucks
  • Easy Street (Reprise) .... Miss Hannigan, Rooster and Lily
  • Maybe (Reprise) .... Annie
  • A New Deal for Christmas .... Company

Disc One

  • Overture .... Orchestra
  • Maybe .... Annie
  • It's The Hard-Knock Life .... Annie and Orphans
  • It's The Hard-Knock Life (Reprise) .... Orphans
  • Tomorrow .... Annie
  • We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover .... Hooverville-ites
  • We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover (Reprise) .... Hooverville-ites
  • Little Girls .... Miss Hannigan
  • Little Girls (Reprise) .... Miss Hannigan
  • I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here .... Annie, Grace and House Staff
  • N.Y.C. .... Warbucks, Grace, Annie and Ensemble
  • I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here (Reprise) .... Orphans
  • Easy Street .... Miss Hannigan, Rooster and Lily

Trivia & History

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Private
Origin: Live/Audience
Material Included: Complete Show
Date Recorded: March 30, 1977

Identifying Features: <ul> <li>Before the overture begins, a recording of FDR stating "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" plays and leads into the overture.</li> <li>Some of the orchestrations differ from the "final" version of the show.</li> <li>A slightly extended version of "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover"; a longer version of the "Hoover" reprise.</li> <li>A few different lyrics in "Little Girls".&nbsp;</li> <li>Slighty different arranagement and lyrics for "NYC".&nbsp;</li> <li>A short scene with the orphans where they receive a letter from Annie just after "NYC". It's a later cut reprise of "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" sung by the orphans.</li> <li>Janine Ruane's voice cracks during "Smile". She goes into a "rap" after her voice crack. Seth Rudetsky talks about this during one of his commentaries about ANNIE. After this incident, Janine did the spoken version of her solo in "Smile" during performances, but she sung it on the cast album.</li> <li>"Annie" is a duet between Grace and Drake just after they talk about fake couples claiming to be Annie's parents. Different lyrics. It also has bits of "We've Got Annie" intergrated into the song.</li> <li>A few different lyrics in "I Don't Need Anything But You".</li> </ul>
Recorded By: not entered yet

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