"and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical in 1977. In the show she introduced the seminal showtunes ""Little Girls"" and ""Easy Street."" Of her portrayal, Clive Barnes wrote, ""As the wicked Miss Hannigan, Dorothy Loudon, eyes bulging with envy, face sagging with hatred, is deliciously and deliriously horrid. She never puts a sneer, a leer, or even a scream in the wrong place, and her singing has just the right brassy bounce to it."" Loudon later revisited the character of Miss Hannigan in the ill-fated 1990 sequel, ""Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge"", which closed quickly"
"Dorothy Loudon Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1925 – November 15, 2003) was an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1977 for her performance as Miss Hannigan in ""Annie"". Loudon was also nominated for Tony Awards for her lead performances in the musicals ""The Fig Leaves Are Falling"" and ""Ballroom"", as well as a Golden Globe award for her appearances on ""The Garry Moore Show"". Loudon was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1925 (she later shaved eight years off her age) and raised in Claremont, New Hampshire and Indianapolis, Indiana."
"special, ""Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me"" premiered on HBO in October 2009. November 2009 saw the premier of ""The Wanda Sykes Show"", which starts with a monologue and continues with a panel discussion in a similar format to Bill Maher's shows ""Real Time with Bill Maher"" and ""Politically Incorrect"". She appeared as Miss Hannigan in a professional theatre production of ""Annie"" at The Media Theatre in Media, PA, a suburb 25 minutes southwest of Philadelphia. Her first appearance in a musical, she played the role from November 23 – December 12, 2010, and again from January 12–23, 2011. She voices"
"who portrayed Miss Hannigan are Dorothy Loudon, Alice Ghostley, Betty Hutton, Ruth Kobart, Marcia Lewis, June Havoc, Nell Carter and Sally Struthers. Songs from the musical include ""Tomorrow"" and ""It's the Hard Knock Life"". There is also a children's version of ""Annie"" called ""Annie Junior"". Two sequels to the musical, ""Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge"" (1989) and ""Annie Warbucks"" (1992-93), were written by the same creative team; neither show opened on Broadway. There were also many ""bus & truck"" tours of Little Orphan Annie throughout the United States during the success of the Broadway Shows. In addition to the two"
"Sandy Faison as Grace Farrell. Danielle Brisebois was one of the orphans. It was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven, including the Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. Replacements in the title role on Broadway included then-child actors Shelley Bruce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Smith and Alyson Kirk. Replacements in the role of Miss Hannigan included Alice Ghostley, Dolores Wilson, Betty Hutton, Marcia Lewis, and June Havoc. Ann Ungar understudied and played for Dorothy Loudon in the role of Miss Hannigan. She also understudied Alice Ghostley and Dolores Wilson. The show closed on January 2, 1983, after"
"she recorded excerpts of the role of Norina for RCA Records. Turning to Broadway, Wilson debuted in the 1965 production of ""The Yearling"" with David Wayne. Later that year she took over the role of Golde in the original Broadway production of ""Fiddler on the Roof"" from actress Maria Karnilova; and was again seen in that part in 1968-69. She performed in the original casts of two more musicals: portraying Maria Haggerty in ""Cry for Us All"" (1970) and Aunt Jenny in ""I Remember Mama"" (1979). In August 1979 she took over the role of Miss Hannigan in the original"
"Kristen Vigard, the original Annie in the Broadway musical ""Annie"", during rehearsals. The show was a critical and commercial smash, and she became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She lost to co-star Dorothy Loudon—who played Miss Hannigan—but did receive the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance. In April 1978, she opened in London's West End production. She appeared several times on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" in 1977-79, on one occasion accompanied by Liberace. She also appeared more than once on the"
"Annie Warbucks Annie Warbucks is a musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin. A sequel to the 1977 Tony Award-winning hit ""Annie"", based on Harold Gray's ""Little Orphan Annie"" comic strip, it begins immediately after ""Annie"" ends. On Christmas morning in 1933, when Child Welfare Commissioner Harriet Doyle (replacing the original's Miss Hannigan as the villain of the piece) arrives on the scene to inform Daddy Warbucks he must marry within sixty days or else the child will be returned to the orphanage. Daddy Warbucks' whirlwind search for a fitting bride"
"first Broadway revival of the musical ""Promises, Promises"" as Marge MacDougall, opposite Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes. The show opened March 27, 2010 and Finneran left the show on October 10, 2010 due to her pregnancy. She won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for this role. Finneran originated the role of Miss Hannigan in the Broadway 2012 revival of the musical ""Annie"". She left the role in May 2013 to pursue a TV pilot. Finneran returned to Broadway in 2015 to star in Terrence McNally's ""It's Only A Play"" as Julia Budder. Katie Finneran"
"in the original production of ""Hello, Dolly!"", taking over the role of Ernestina. Additional theater credits include ""The Time of Your Life"" (1969), ""Annie"", taking over the role of Miss Hannigan in April 1981, ""Rags"" (1986) (nominee, Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical), ""Roza"" (1987), ""Orpheus Descending"" with Vanessa Redgrave (1989), and the 1990 revival of ""Fiddler on the Roof"" as Golde. Lewis appeared in the 1994 revival of ""Grease"" as Miss Lynch, and was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared as the Matron in the 1996 revival of ""Chicago""."
"Stella Moray Stella Moray (29 July 1923 in Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire – 6 August 2006 in London) was an English character actress who appeared on stage, film and television in dramas, comedies and soap operas. She seldom headlined on stage but was a stalwart stand-in and understudy, and when she did take over, she did not disappoint. In the early 1980s she excelled as ""Miss Hannigan"" in the musical ""Annie"" at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, taking over the role from her friend, actress Sheila Hancock. Her television credits included parts on such British programmes as ""Coronation Street"", ""Crossroads"","
"Ponnivala"", released in 2013. In 2014 he created an original score for the Capital Theatre production of ""Driving Miss Daisy"" in Cobourg. Hannigan and Tomkins have three musical children. In 2015 they live in Baltimore, Ontario. The family occasionally performs together at local events as Clan Hannigan. Steáfán Hannigan Steáfán Hannigan is an Irish musician, author, composer, sound engineer, musicologist and instrument maker. Since 2008 he has made his home in Canada. Hannigan is a multi-instrumentalist. Some of the instruments he plays are the Uillean pipes, Bodhrán tin whistle, low whistle, bouzouki, guitar, tenor banjo, flute, mandolin and various percussion"
"a total of 2,377 performances, setting a record for the longest running show at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre), until it was surpassed by ""Hairspray"" in 2009. During the Broadway run of ""Annie"", there were four touring companies that were launched from the original production to tour to major North American cities: The 1st National Touring Company opened in Toronto in March 1978 with Kathy Jo Kelly as Annie, Norwood Smith as Daddy Warbucks, Jane Connell, Ruth Kobart as Miss Hannigan, and Gary Beach as Rooster. It played in Miami from April 12 to May 13, 1978"
"""Annie"" films of the 1930s, there have been three film adaptations of the Broadway play. All have the same title. They are ""Annie"" (1982), a made-for-television adaptation, ""Annie ""(1999) and ""Annie"" (2014). The 1982 version was directed by John Huston and starred Aileen Quinn as Annie, Albert Finney as Warbucks, Ann Reinking as his secretary Grace Farrell, and Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan. The film departed from the Broadway production in several respects, most notably changing the climax of the story from Christmas to the Fourth of July. It also featured five new songs, ""Dumb Dog"", ""Sandy"", ""Let's Go to"
"the English conquest of Gaelic Ireland. After a Chicago tryout production in 2006, the musical opened on Broadway on April 5, 2007 after 32 previews. It closed on June 17, 2007 after 85 performances. The cast featured Stephanie J. Block as Grace O'Malley, Hadley Fraser as Tiernan and Linda Balgord, who was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I. The show received harsh appraisals from the critics and had weak sales. The musical is set in 16th-century Ireland, a wild country ruled by feuding clans. Most clans are landed, but some, such as Clan"
"transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, running from December 9, 1976, until it closed on February 20, 1977, after a total of 377 performances and 7 previews. The director was Jerry Adler, with choreography by Crandall Diehl, based on the original choreography by Hanya Holm. Ian Richardson starred as Higgins, with Christine Andreas as Eliza, George Rose as Alfred P. Doolittle and Robert Coote recreating his role as Pickering. Both Richardson and Rose were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, with the award going to Rose. A London revival opened at the Adelphi Theatre in October"
"for Tony Awards (Best Featured Actor in a Musical and Best Featured Actress in a Musical). A subsequent 1978 U. S. national tour starred Martin, Larry Kert, Barbara Heuman, and Hermione Gingold as the Narrator. A London West End revival opened at the Venue Theatre on May 1, 2007, and closed June 23, 2007, after 62 performances and 4 previews. The cast included Abbie Osman, Alasdair Harvey and Josie Walker, with rotating narrators. The musical was directed by Hannah Chissick with musical staging by Adam Cooper. Numerous international productions have been mounted, including a production in Ireland in 1996 which"
"performed by Vanessa Hudgens. The track, entitled ""Vou Ser do Jeito que Eu Sou"", was released as a single that year, marking the new phase of her career. In 2008 she returned to her first stage name, Lissah Martins, in honor of her maternal grandfather Takuichi Kashiwaba, and made her musical debut as ""Miss Saigon"" in a production by Cameron Mackintosh of Boublil & Schönberg, which was staged for the first time in London and two years later debuted on Broadway. The musical went to 25 countries, translated into 12 different languages and watched by more than 30 million viewers."
"in ""I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"", ""The Thing About Men"", and """". Simard originated the role of Sister Mary Downy in the Broadway musical ""Disaster!"", for which her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination and a Drama League Award nomination in 2016. She was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for the same role, which she performed off Broadway in 2014. She most recently appeared on Broadway as Ernestina in the revival of ""Hello, Dolly!"", starring Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce. Simard was cast as Miss Hannigan in the St. Louis Muny production of ""Annie"""
"appearance in 1975 on ""Baretta"". In 1977, Hutton was featured on ""The Phil Donahue Show"". Hutton was then happily employed as hostess at a Newport, Rhode Island, jai alai arena. She also appeared on ""Good Morning America"", which led to a 1978 televised reunion with her two daughters. Hutton began living in a shared home with her divorced daughter and grandchildren in California, but returned to the East Coast for a three-week return to the stage. In 1980, she took over the role of Miss Hannigan during the original Broadway production of ""Annie"" while Alice Ghostley was on vacation. Ghostley"
"2011 production of ""Hairspray"" featured American actor George Wendt in the role of Mrs. Edna Turnblad. The first full-length musical to be presented was ""Brigadoon"", in the fall of 1955. Since then most of the productions have been of Broadway musicals including: ""Annie Get Your Gun"" (1956), ""Kiss Me, Kate"" (1956), ""The King and I"" (1958, 1963, 1969, 1979), ""Guys and Dolls"" (1959, 1980), ""Damn Yankees"" (1960), ""The Boy Friend"" (1961, 1975), ""Pal Joey"" (1962), ""The Music Man"" (1962, 1968), ""My Fair Lady"" (1966), ""The Sound of Music"" (1967, 2007), ""Carousel"" (1989), ""Cinderella"" (1990) and ""Anything Goes"" (1990) In 1990,"
"shows at the Avalon Ballroom and other venues in San Francisco in the 1960s. A production ran at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Kansas City) in 2007, directed by Myler which featured Kacee Clanton and Mary Bridget Davies alternating as the singing Janis. The musical ran at the Alley Theatre, Houston Texas starting in January 2008, directed by Myler and starring Katrina Chester. The musical was inspired by the best-selling book of the same name by sister Laura Joplin. Myler constructed the musical around the letters that Laura Joplin had given him. The musical begins in 1966, after Joplin has"
"in a different role as part of a national tour in 2010. From 2009 to 2016, Smith starred in Christmas pantomimes at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen. In 2017 she returned to pantomimes at the King's Theatre, Glasgow. In 2012, she played Scottish singer Susan Boyle in the touring musical ""I Dreamed a Dream"" (which she co-wrote with Alan McHugh), based on Boyle's life and rise to fame. There were plans to tour the show in Australia in 2013 but these plans were cancelled. In 2016 Smith toured Scotland as Miss Hannigan in the musical ""Annie"". In 2017 she toured Scotland"
"""Breath of Spring"". She then appeared in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop production of ""Make Me An Offer"" in 1959, and her other early West End appearances included the revue ""One Over the Eight"" with Kenneth Williams in 1961, and starring in ""Rattle of a Simple Man"" in 1962. In 1965, she made her Broadway debut in ""Entertaining Mr Sloane"". In 1978, she played Miss Hannigan in the original London cast of the musical ""Annie"" and two years later, she played Mrs Lovett in the original London production of the musical ""Sweeney Todd"". Hancock has appeared in ""The Winter's Tale"", ""Titus"
"a ""rather weird folk-ballad"", and has ""a couple of gentle lullaby-like ballads...raucous production numbers... a tongue-twister, set to an almost violent waltz"", along with a distinctive version of the title song ""which mixes a sailor's chanty with — what, Dixieland?"". The West End production opened on September 22, 1964 at London's Adelphi Theatre, where it ran for 501 performances. The cast included Rachel Roberts, Kenneth Haigh, Andrew Keir, Barry Humphries, John Junkin, and Geoffrey Hughes. Georgia Brown later replaced Roberts in the title role. The musical won the Novello Award for outstanding score of the year and the Critics' Poll"
"launched in 2010, followed by a UK premiere in 2012 and returned to the UK in 2017 in a new production at The Gatehouse in London with a West End cast, as part of a fringe festival. A reading of the musical was held on January 19, 2007, with a cast including Tracey Ullman, Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, Stephanie J. Block, Norm Lewis and Marc Kudisch. A revised draft was tested in a week-long workshop beginning on June 20, 2007, with an industry presentation in New York on June 28, 2007. Additional performers included Bebe Neuwirth and Andy Karl. The"
"Lisa Hannigan Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. She began her musical career as a member of Damien Rice's band. Since beginning her solo career in 2007 she has released three albums: ""Sea Sew"" (2008), ""Passenger"" (2011), and ""At Swim"" (2016). Hannigan's music has received award nominations both in Ireland and the USA. Hannigan is also the voice actress for the character Blue Diamond in ""Steven Universe"", an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar. Hannigan was born in Dublin but grew up in Kilcloon, County Meath, Ireland. She attended primary"
"soundtrack for Alfonso Cuarón's film . In 2014 Hannigan provided vocals along with John Smith for the Steven Price conducted soundtrack for the Brad Pitt blockbuster 'Fury'. On 14 September Lisa performed in the Roundhouse for the iTunes Concert Series. In 2014 she voiced the character of Bronagh, the Selkie mother of the main characters in the animated film Song of the Sea, and provided several songs to the film's soundtrack. In 2015, she sang a version of ""Danny Boy"" for the seventh episode of the second season of ""Fargo"". In 2017, she started voicing the character Blue Diamond for"
"(Chiquita Hart), and Allen Jenkins (Harry Hart). The director was Hassard Short, choreographer Jack Cole, costumes were by Billy Livingston and the set design was by Howard Bay. A national tour starred Joan Blondell who would go on to marry producer Mike Todd. The musical premiered in the West End at the Coliseum Theatre on March 30, 1944 and closed on May 20, 1944. It starred Evelyn Dall (Blossom), Daphne Barker (Chiquita), Bobby Wright (Harry), Leigh Stafford (Rocky) and Jack Billings (Laddie). The most recent production of the show opened its curtains in Winona Lake, Indiana in May 2013 and"
"Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera. Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her hometown of Waverley, Nova Scotia in Halifax. After growing up in Waverley, Hannigan moved to Toronto at the age of 17. She studied music at the University of Toronto, where her teachers included Mary Morrison. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1993 and a Master of Music degree in 1998. She continued her studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts,"
"1956. The West End production, in which Harrison, Andrews, Coote, and Holloway reprised their roles, opened on April 30, 1958, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where it ran for five and a half years (2,281 performances). Edwardian musical comedy star Zena Dare made her last appearance in the musical as Mrs. Higgins. Leonard Weir played Freddy. Harrison left the London cast in March 1959, followed by Andrews in August 1959 and Holloway in October 1959. The first revival opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway on March 25, 1976, and ran there until December 5, 1976; it then"
"best song of all, and perhaps the best performance as well, is Miss Vigard in the stony and touching saga of a teenybopper, 'Frank Mills.' Miss Vigard looks like an ancient 12-year-old; she sings in a clear, clean style that cuts most satisfyingly through the general lushness."" ""Newsweek"" noted, ""Angel-faced Kristen Vigard is the nicest of [the] cast."" In May 1979, she returned to Broadway as Johanne in Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan's ""I Remember Mama"" with Liv Ullmann. Although the show was the last musical to be written by Richard Rodgers, it received mixed reviews. Vigard made her television"
"on to many other television chat shows, such as ""Richard and Judy"", while in the guise of Lily, and agreed to appear in a Christmas special of cookery show ""Ready, Steady, Cook"" alongside his friend Barbara Windsor. Continuing with his theatre work, he went on an eight-week tour as Lily, before starring as Mrs. Hannigan in a West End performance of the musical ""Annie"", for which he appeared in six evening performances and two matinees per week. He subsequently accompanied the show on its tour of the UK, before appearing in a pantomime in Birmingham that winter. Deciding on a"