The new Broadway production of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels announced its complete cast and design team. As previously reported, Tony winner Kelli O’Hara and Golden Globe winner Rose Byrne will star as Jul…

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast and design team for the upcoming production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis. Fallen Angels will star pr…

Jermyn Street theatre, LondonAn outstanding cast grapple with this revival of Lyle Kessler’s 80s set drama but the play feels incomplete with too many threads remaining unresolved The quietly intimidating int…

Review: Orphans at Jermyn Street Theatre “The play is part Theatre of the Absurd, part thriller, and part a mind game played on the audience.” The post Review: Orphans at Jermyn Street Theatre appeared firs…

Saddled with an unmemorable score by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) and a confused book by Lindsey Ferrentino (Amy and the Orphans), Versailles glides by as bland bio-musical for much of its excessive runtim…

Backstage Halloween! 🎃 As fun as it looks, it's a hard knock life being a show kid! That's why it's important to remind the girls playing the orphans in Annie that a season at the Festival is more than just …

Leapin' lizards! 🤩 “Harper Rae Asch is sensational” as Annie and her "fellow orphans are also terrifyingly talented, earning a mid-show standing ovation" (Toronto Star). Here they are absolutely smashing…

St. Ann’s Warehouse has just announced that Tony nominees Tom Sturridge and Brian d’Arcy James have joined the cast of St. Ann’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,” directed by Tho…

At this year’s Stratford Festival, kings, orphans and even a coffee shop have a message for their neighbors to the south.

How do you get a mid-show standing ovation? 🤩 "It's The Hard Knock Life" performed by the adorable and incredibly talented orphans of Annie. See them shine (despite wearing rags) in this "classic musical do…

Meet Hazel Heaney — she plays the role of Daisy in Annie! While not exactly an orphan, Daisy makes appearances in Hooverville and during "N.Y.C." in the beautiful window display of Bloomingdale's. Hazel also …

Meet Fae Lewis, who plays the role of Francis in Annie! While not technically an orphan, she features in Hooverville and in the gorgeous Bloomingdale's window display during "N.Y.C". Fae also understudies for a…

Meet Isla Horner, who plays orphan July in Annie! You don't want to miss this "classic musical done exceptionally well" (Next Magazine) as "the eight little girls in the dance numbers are all excellent, some p…

Meet Sofia Grace Otta — she plays the role of orphan Duffy in Annie! “Donna Feore’s choreography is always wonderful, and she does not hold back with her younger performers” says BroadwayWorld, so don'…

Meet Cydnee Abbott, who plays orphan Pepper in Annie! "The dance and acrobatic skills of these young artists is astounding" (BroadwayWorld), so you won't want to miss this "classic musical done exceptionally …

Meet Jessica Reddy, one of the insanely talented orphans in Annie! She plays the role of Kate. “You’d be a fool to miss seeing Canada’s next generation of talent” in this musical says The Globe and Mai…

Meet Addison Wagman, the sweetheart playing the role of Tessie in Annie! "The dance and acrobatic skills of these young artists is astounding" says BroadwayWorld, and we're only halfway through meeting all the…

Meet Olivia Padfield, who plays the role of orphan Audrey in Annie! You may have also seen her understudy the role of Annie. "The orphans are utterly stellar every moment they are on stage," says BroadwayWorld…

Meet Harmony Holder, the little firecracker performing the role of orphan Molly in Annie! We're meeting all the Annie orphans - who will be next? 👀 Don't miss this "heart-warming story, starring some very i…

Meet Evonny Harker, one of the "terrifyingly talented" (Toronto Star) girls in Annie! Evonny performs the role of little orphan Clara. Keep your eyes peeled to meet all the other orphans of Annie, and don't mi…

Meet Harper Rae Asch, the talented young girl performing the title role in Annie! We’ll be meeting all the orphans of Annie, so tune in for more. 🤗 And be sure to book your tickets for this “surefire hi…

Charles Strouse (1928–2026).May 16, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Composer Charles Strouse died yesterday at the age of ninety-six, just shy of his ninety-seventh birthday. The more than …

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The 2024-25 national tour of Annie, stopping at Madison Square Garden for a holiday run with Whoopi Goldberg in the role of Miss Hannigan, has its full cast. The tour launches with a limited three-week engage…

New Diorama theatre, LondonSisters navigating a harsh immigration process conjure up an unnerving helper in Sonali Bhattacharyya’s drama Sonali Bhattacharyya’s shivery new play begins with a jolt of panic. …

Colman Domingo and the rapper Cam'ron, along with James Remar and David Patrick Kelly—cast members from the 1979 film The Warriors—have joined the voice cast of Warriors, the new concept album from Lin-M…

Several cast members, hailing from Broadway and beyond, have been announced for Warriors, the new concept album from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, based on the 1979 action cult film The Warriors. Warrio…

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The search for the young girls who will play Annie and her orphan friends in the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie

Summerhall, EdinburghBarton C Williams, flown out of Vietnam at the end of the war, recounts his experiences of racism in Adelaide and tells the stories of others relocated around the world The accents on the v…

Sad news about the death of Dr. Ruth Westheimer at the age of 96. I remember fondly spending an afternoon with her in her Washington Heights apartment in NYCm in 2013 to advance a production of “Becoming Dr. …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company just announced the complete cast of the world-premiere production Amy and the Orphans, by Roundabout Underground alumna Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: It's the hard-knock life! Paper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the hit Broadway Tony Award-winning musical Annie, based on 'Little Orph…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present the world-premiere production Amy and the Orphans, by Roundabout Underground alumna Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone), with direc…

Chichester Festival theatreThe performances are strong and the music is beautiful, but they cannot rescue this convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel This adaptation of Jamil…

  Grace Jung’s educational and frequently breezy book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry Into Why We Love Korean Television is a great starting place if you don’t have any Korean cultural or historic c…

The new tour of the musical "Annie," at the Shubert Feb. 29 through March 3, is directed by Jenn Thompson, who played one of the orphans in the Broadway production in the 1970s.

Little Orphan Annie is an American icon, starting with a 19th century poem and a more relevant comic in 1924. The musical “Annie” arrived on Broadway in 1977, winning seven Tony Awards, including Best Music…

Where have you been, oh Fairy Princess? The short answer is that on Dec. 26,2023, TFP became an orphan. Those of you who have become grown orphans know what that is about, and time to process becomes essential.…

Kathleen Silverman and Jen Ridgway (Jon Neftali Photography) Reviewed by G. Bruce Smith Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center Through Dec. 23 The set-up for It’s a Wonderful Life – On Air is promisingly funny: I…

It was only one day after Father’s Day. It was Juneteenth. As we walked to The Theatre at St. Clements to see “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground,” we anticipated Richard Hellesen’s one-man show starring …

★★★★☆ Family dynamics get a tragicomic treatment in this tale of three virtual orphans surviving precariously in contemporary London. The post Cassie and the Lights: A Family at Risk, Reconfigured app…

The second season of the musical comedy series is now streaming on Apple TV+.

We know you've missed this! After a four-year wait, our Easter Bonnet Competition is hatching surprises for its return Monday, April 24, and Tuesday, April 25. TBT to the 2013 Easter Bonnet Competition, feat…

Two Playbill writers continue their recap of the Apple TV+ series, calling out all the musical theatre references.

Apple TV+ has shared a video clip from the first episode of Schimgadoon! season two. Watch the dancers of the Kratt Club perform 'Do We Shock You?,' a parody of 'Hey Big Spender' from Sweet Charity. The dancers…

Annie: The Musical closes on Broadway on 1/2/83 and this is the NBC 4 report. Please enjoy the wonderful look back on the 80s, which includes Martin Charnin's jacket, the Annie orphans partying at a bar, and wa…

Kristin Chenoweth is set to reunite with Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz on a new musical based on the award-winning 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles. With a book by Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the B…

The Lindsey Ferrentino-penned play debuted Off-Broadway via Roundabout Theatre Company in 2018.

Jamie Brewer will reprise her role in the film adaptation of the 2018 Off-Broadway play Amy & The Orphans. Lindsey Ferrentino will adapt the play for the big screen, also making her directorial debut with t…

As a longtime theatre lover with cerebral palsy, I've been waiting decades for characters—and actors—who look like me I saw my first Broadway show, Annie, when I was 10 years old. The experience was simulta…

Complete casting has been announced for the previously reported return of the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Take Me Out. This revival of Richard Greenberg's 2002 play, directed by Scott Ellis, will begin per…

The cast and creative team for the upcoming national touring production of Annie has been announced. The tour launches on October 4 at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York before heading to over 50 citi…

★★★★☆ Taki McGarrick's eye-opening historical play, directed by Nicola Murphy, with a quintet of superlative actors The post Belfast Girls: Five Irish Orphans Brave the 1850 High Seas appeared first …

Lady Clara Playbill - April 1930, Lady Clara Opened April 17, 1930. as Clara Gibbings (Original). The Two Orphans Playbill - April 1926 ...

SEC Armadillo, GlasgowFour adult siblings react to their mother’s death in wildly different ways, in this raucous musical adaptation of Peter Mullan’s 1998 film black comedy If the idea of a musical about g…

Cora Bissett is staging a musical adaptation of Peter Mullan’s film Orphans for the National Theatre of Scotland. Here, she shares her notes from rehearsals This is a massive show. After two years of working …

On Monday March 14, Aidan Dooley’s tour de force one-man portrayal of the overlooked Antarctic explorer Tom Crean will be presented at the New York Irish Center for the first time.  The multi-award-winnin…

Glasgow’s Vox Motus brings its innovative and emotional storytelling to D.C.

ANNIE LIVE! is live now on NBC! Get a look inside the broadcast here as the cast of talented tots that make up the orphans open the show with their iconic number, 'It's A Hard Knock Life.'

For audience members checking in at the final dress rehearsal of NBC’s “Annie Live!” on Dec. 1, there was an additional stop along the usual security gauntlet. Between the airport-style metal detectors an…

Marlowe theatre, CanterburyThis stage update adds new songs to the much-loved movie caper but despite deft illusions it lacks sparkle and eccentricity Well, hocus pocus and substitutiary locomotion! Half a cent…

Broadway in a Box CD Review: Annie OBCR (1977) At Christmas a few years ago, Jeff gave me a copy of Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection. He has now given me the opportunity to use his…

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley recently announced Stars in the House reunions of the casts of “Godspell,” “Annie,” and “Pageant'. It was today revealed that Sarah Jessica Parker will be joining…

The play was seen at Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels in 2018 with a cast including Jamie Brewer and Debra Monk.

Jamie Brewer won the 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in 'Amy and the Orphans,' which follows estranged siblings Maggie and Jake, who are adults by the time their el…

Another theatrical work is getting the Netflix film treatment. Lindsey Ferrentino is set to adapt and direct a screen version of her play Amy and the Orphans, Variety reports. This will mark her feature directo…

On the Monday, December 14 edition of “Tamron Hall,” Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth and Grammy-nominated country music star Ty Herndon joined Tamron to help kick off �…

Recording artist Ty Herndon today announced Friday, October 23 as the release date for his new single, Orphans of God, a duet with Emmy and Tony award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth

Audition Monologues for Peter and the Starcatcher Written by Amanda Grace October 7th, 2020 If you’re shooting for a role in Rick Elice’s adaptation of the 2004 novel by Ridley Pearson and Dave Berr…

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s streaming series begins with a “historical fable” about Catholic orphans and their new families in 1904 Arizona.

Following the success of its world- first live streamed reading of the play Orphans, featuring Alec Baldwin, Aaron Glenane and Andrew Henry, two weeks ago, Red Line Productions will now present Gruesome Playgro…

A royal roster of talent is set to appear in this week's episodes of Stars in the House, a daily online series from SiriusXM On Broadway personality Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley. The ser…

By special arrangement with Concord Theatricals, Australian Theatre Company Red Line Productions will present a live streamed reading of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, featuring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Ale…

Baldwin will head the virtual cast of the Australia-based production.

The stage and screen star, celebrates his birthday April 3, will return to his role in the Lyle Kessler drama for a live reading April 11.

By special arrangement with Concord Theatricals, Red Line Productions will present a live streamed reading of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, featuring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Alec Baldwin, who starred in th…

Stephanie Fagan is a Brooklyn based actor and writer. She is an Emerson College alumnus and holds an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School, where she studied acting, playwriting, and screenwriting. She is als…

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a lineup of three new works set to appear during its 2020-2021 season at the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The trio of off-Broadway plays includes a …