Annie/Trivia

The Pete Best:
- Kristen Vigard played Annie for one week in out-of-town previews before being replaced by Andrea McArdle.
- Joanna Pacitti was the highly-hyped newcomer cast for the 1997 Broadway revival, but was fired during rehearsals (this became fodder for a Saturday Night Live bit via a "Weekend Update" segment).
What Could Have Been: And what was. Many studios bid for the movie rights to the stage musical. Hanna-Barbera even tried to get the rights with the intention of turning it into an animated TV special. When Columbia Pictures won out (and paid a record amount for movie rights to any property in the process), Paramount Pictures decided to put their own comic strip-based musical into production to Follow the Leader — the result was Popeye.

1982 Film

Actor Allusion: Kind of an unusual example. President Roosevelt is played by Edward Herrmann, who had previously gotten Emmy nominations for playing FDR in a pair of '70s made-for-TV biopics.
All-Star Cast: Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, Albert Finney as Warbucks, Tim Curry as Rooster, Bernadette Peters as Lily, and so on.
Hey, It's That Guy!: Hoo boy, where to start?
- First of all, the Hudson Street Orphanage is run by none other than Eunice Higgins, or Princess Winnifred, or for younger musical fans, Doris Sylvester.
- Not only that, but her brother's anything but a sweet transvestite.
  - And he's dating the Witch!
- Annie is adopted by Tom Jones (no, not that Tom Jones).
- Punjab is none other than Baron Samedi. So that's where he went!
- Peter Marshall? When the hell did you get into radio?

Hey, It's That Guy!: A nice sci-fi crossover with Edith Keeler from Star Trek the Original Series and Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars. Oh, and Edith is the one who's evil.
- And Annie is Gretchen Grundler

Hey, It's That Guy!
- Lily St. Regis is Glinda, or, to less musical-ish audiences April Rhodes.
- Jesus Christ, who the hell put Annie Wilkes in charge of an orphanage?!
- The orphans include Haley Dunphy and Miranda Sanchez.