When ANNIE was enjoying its original 1977-1983 run, lyricist-director Martin Charnin had to replace many a girl who'd suddenly grown too tall. To soften the news, he'd take each to Rumplemeyer's, a posh New York ice cream palace, before telling her that she was getting canned. What a shame that bookwriter-lyricist Gretchen Cryer and composer [...]
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:02PM on May 28, 2013