Cast: Conrad John Schuck (Daddy Warbucks), Marissa O’Donnell (Annie), Alene Robertson (Miss Hannigan), Anastasia Korbal (Molly), Lola (Sandy)
For complete information on the current Annie tour, see the Annie tour page.
I've loved Annie, since I was young and saw it on Broadway for the first time. At the time, I was in the age range of the orphans and wanted to be in Annie. Over the years, I enjoyed many productions of Annie.
The current touring company of Annie is really amazing. I wasn't sure of Marissa O'Donnell in the beginning of her first song ("Maybe"), but after the first phrase or so she seemed to relax and was wonderful through the rest of the performance. Anastasia Korbal was an amazing Molly. She's completely adorable and very a very talented singer, actor, and gymnast. The rest of the cast was great, too.
This was the first performance of Annie I've seen where they completely matched the star's hair for the wig in the final scene. Instead of the very bright (almost orange) hair they used in all other productions of Annie, they matched Marissa's hair color perfectly. If it weren't for the line going across her forehead (it didn't seem like they even tried to disguise the wig with make-up), the audience would be able to believe that the hair & wig crew had somehow miraculously styled Annie's hair. If they'd just blended the line by using the same color make-up on the wig to disguise the line, it would have been much nicer.
The other distraction in the show was Miss Hannigan's microphone. They used a flesh colored microphone in her mostly black (with streaks of gray) hair. I'm hoping this was due to her normal microphone malfunctioning and that most people who see the show will experience a microphone for Miss Hannigan that blends in well with her hair, but I think it would have been much better to put the flesh colored microphone by her skin than in her dark hair.
I would definitely recommend catching this tour of Annie if you like the show. The cast is wonderful and it's still a very enjoyable show.
Grade: B+
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:30 PM show | 0 screams