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In 1972, Martin Charnin bought the rights to the comic strip ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]''. With Thomas Meehan and Charles Strouse, he created the Broadway musical ''Annie'' in 1977. After 2,377 performances, four national tours, and five Broadway Annies, the musical ended its run in 1983.
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In 1989, Charnin reunited the old team and they created a sequel to the play, ''Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge''. [[Development Hell|Two name changes, tons of rewrites, and three Annies later]], the play ended up off-Broadway as ''Annie Warbucks'' in 1993. You're probably hearing about it for the first time right here.
In 1995, a [[Made for TV Movie]] called ''Annie: A Royal Adventure!'' premiered on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. It is presumably a sequel to the 1982 film (at least that's how [[IMDb]] recognizes it), but it has [[The Other Darrin|none of the same cast]] and is not a musical (unless you count a single reprise of "Tomorrow" at the end). The film has a [[Sequel Goes Foreign]] plot in which Annie, Warbucks, and company travel to England with [[Joan Collins]] playing a [[Rich Bitch]] villainess. Features [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Emperor]] [[Star Wars|Palpatine]] as an [[Absent-Minded Professor]].
1997 marked Annie's 20th anniversary on Broadway.
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In 2006, a [[Documentary]] film called ''Life After Tomorrow'' was released, revisiting many of the women who played orphans in the musicals.
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* [[Adaptation Expansion]] or [[Adaptation Distillation]]: It depends on which version you're seeing<ref>... and this includes both the two movies and later stage plays based on the original play.</ref>.
* [[Adaptational Jerkass]]: Mr. Warbucks is a little stiffer than his counterpart "Daddy Warbucks" in the original ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' comic. Daddy Warbucks wanted to adopt Annie immediately. In the play, after learning that his secretary Grace chose a girl orphan, Mr. Warbucks asks rather brusquely why she didn't get a boy for the winter holidays. He feels bad, however, when Annie apologizes for not being a boy but hopes that she will be fun anyway, and takes her out to the movies as an apology. After one night, his heart has melted and he asks Annie politely the next day if he could adopt her.
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Why on earth does the radio show have a ventriloquist act? Surely, that's ridiculous. Well maybe, but [[wikipedia:Edgar Bergen|that really happened]].
* [[Artistic License History]]: FDR's disability was concealed from the public during his lifetime with a variety of tricks used to make him appear able-bodied at public appearanes. He would not have attended a large party in his now iconic wheelchair, as occurs at the end of ''Annie'' (or at least in both film versions).
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* [["I Want" Song]]: "Maybe".
* [[The Makeover]]: Annie's transformation from raggedy orphan to pretty little girl in "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here".
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]:
** Rooster.
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