"Annie" first leaped from newspaper comics pages to the Broadway stage in 1977, not pretending to be anything but a cartoon come tunefully to life. Director James Lapine's new revival of the musical by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan centered on the plucky Great Depression-era orphan and her lovable canine companion aims to appeal to grown-ups as well as kids by going for a bit more naturalism a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM on November 9, 2012