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Annie Live! 2021
Annie Live! is a 2021 American musical television special that aired on NBC on December 2, 2021. It presents a performance of the 1977 Broadway musical Annie, which originates from the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. This production represents the fourth adaptation of the musical, after the 1982 theatrical film starring Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn and Albert Finney (from which the songs "Sign" and "We Got Annie" were adapted), the 1999 television film with Kathy Bates, Alicia Morton and Victor Garber, and the 2014 theatrical film featuring Cameron Diaz, Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx.
The special includes newcomer Celina Smith in the title role, Harry Connick Jr. as Daddy Warbucks, Taraji P. Henson as Miss Hannigan, Nicole Scherzinger as Grace Farrell, Tituss Burgess as Rooster Hannigan, and Megan Hilty as Lily St. Regis. The special was directed by Lear deBessonet and Alex Rudzinski.
Cast
- Celina SmithAnnie Bennett Warbucks
- Harry Connick Jr.Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
- Taraji P. HensonMiss Hannigan
- Nicole ScherzingerGrace Farrell
- Tituss BurgessRooster Hannigan
- Megan HiltyLily St. Regis
- Jeff KreadyBert Healy
- Alan ToyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
- McKenzie KurtzStar to Be
- Arwen Monzon-SandersDuffy
- Audrey CymonePepper
- Cate ElefanteKate
- Felice KakaletrisMolly
- Sophie KnappJuly
- Tessa FrascognaTessie
- Jacob Keith WatsonMr. Bundles
- Kennedy Rae ThompsonOrphan
Crew
- Director
- Lear deBessonet, Alex Rudzinski
- Writer
- Thomas Meehan
- Executive producer
- Robert Greenblatt, Alex Rudzinski, Neil Meron
- Music
- Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin
Details
- Production
- Chloe Productions, Sony Pictures Television Studios, The Green Room, Zadan/Meron Productions
- Network
- NBC
