

The shows that can be videotaped with the purchase of a Video License at $75 include: These are yours to keep, even if you decide not to perform the show. Only you know what material is appropriate for your school.Īudio Samplers are available from Twisted Plays for $10-$15 USD (plus shipping) each. We strongly recommend you read the script before you book a show - even if you think you know a title. Read one or read several musicals to help you make the best decision. Not sure what show you'd like to perform? Order an audio sampler of a script (also comes with a full listening CD of the show) so you can read the libretto to see if it's right for your group. Read a Copy of the Script Before You Decide

Simply browse the collection from the list on our Broadway Junior, Broadway Kids, or showpages, and you'll find helpful information on the shows' requirements on their individual show pages. Whether you're looking for an Broadway Collection show based on a recent hit from Broadway, a timeless classic, a beloved Disney tune or a show based on an award-winning book, we have something for everyone. Writing in The World of Musical Comedy, author Stanley Green has said, ".she has unquestionably taken her place as Broadway’s most beloved waif of all times." It also won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Warbucks soon decides he wants to adopt Annie, but when he learns about her dream of finding her parents and the secret of the half-locket she has treasured for so long, he sets his own feelings aside and orders an exhaustive search for Annie’s parents.Īnnie went on to win seven Tony awards and became the third longest running musical of the 1970s with 2,377 performances. Billionaire Oliver Warbucks invites Annie to spend Christmas with him in his mansion, and together, they each discover new happiness. Life in the orphanage had been rough under the strict hand of Miss Hannigan, but Annie’s life was about to change. The show, which places Annie, Daddy Warbucks and Annie’s mutt, Sandy, in New York City in the midst of the Depression, opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977.Īs an infant, Annie had been abandoned on the front steps of The New York City Municipal Orphanage with a note from her parents promising to return for her someday. The idea of turning Harold Gray's "Little Orphan Annie" into a musical comedy was the inspiration of lyricist-director Martin Charnin, who convinced Charles Strouse and librettist Thomas Meehan to join in creating it. Based on "Little Orphan Annie" By Permission of the Tribune Media Services, Inc.
