Annie (musical)

Annie
Original Broadway windowcard
MusicCharles Strouse
LyricsMartin Charnin
BookThomas Meehan
BasisLittle Orphan Annie
by Harold Gray
Productions1976 Goodspeed Opera House
1977 Broadway
1978 West End
1978 North American tour
1978 US tour
1979 US tour
1981 US tour
1983 1st West End revival
1997 1st Broadway revival
1998 2nd West End revival
2000 UK tour
2005 US tour
2006 UK tour
2011 UK tour
2012 2nd Broadway revival
2014 US tour
2015 UK tour
2017 3rd West End revival
2019 UK tour
2022 US tour
2023 UK tour
2023 US tour
AwardsTony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Book of a 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 from the poem Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley). The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre).[1] It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won seven Tony Awards, including for Best Musical. The musical's songs "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life" are among its most popular musical numbers.

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