An 'Annie' for grown-ups on Broadway
The 35-year-old musical about a rags-to-riches orphan is stripped of years of glamour. The approach brings it in line with today's economic concerns. Anyone who's seen "Annie" — and that has to be about half the nation's population by now — knows exactly how the musical will start: half a dozen orphanage cots arrayed across the stage, each occupied by a singing waif.