Annie Charms Stadium Audiences
The classic musical Annie is performed at Stadium Theatre.
Annie is a classic, beloved, American musical, and it comes with high expectations. Add to those expectations the unknown factors of a cast made up largely of children and the unpredictability of having a dog on stage. Kudos go to RISE for a great production of this challenging and charming play. The performance had a solid start with a few mishaps and some nerves at the opening, but by the second half the performers settled down and the musical numbers were outstanding. The play began with newsreels on large screen, running from 1922 and the Roaring 20's, to the stock market crash and the great depression, helping to set the tone of the time period and providing helpful historic background, especially to younger children with no …
