40. "I Don't Know Where to Start," Eddie RabbittEddie Rabbitt was one of those early '80s country guys who managed to cross over onto the pop charts in those last few moments before …
Original Broadway Cast, 1977 (Columbia/Sony) Ironically, Charles Strouse's biggest hit is one of his less interesting efforts. Thomas Meehan's book capably adapts the adventures of comic-str…
In celebration of the new film adaptation of Annie in theatres today, the Playbill Vault opens the pages of the complete original 1977 Broadway Playbill for the classic musical.
Cameron Diaz is engaged to rocker Benji Madden. The couple went public with their relationship in May of 2014 and decided to tie the know after only seven-months of dating.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morris…
Sorry 'Annie,' sometimes it's just a hard knock life.
Leapin' Lizards! "It's a Hard-Knock Life" and "Tomorrow" have been auto-tuned to the point where the lyrics sound like they're being sung by a toaster oven rather than by the optimistic mopp…
It seems sadly apt that the Daddy Warbucks figure played by Jamie Foxx in the new Annie is a cellphone mogul. Because Foxx is pretty much phoning in his performance.
Today we are celebrating one of the most popular musicals of the modern age in honor of the new film version opening today, ANNIE
The movie musical remake of "Annie," which stars Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis in the title role alongside Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, opens nationwide De…
First hitting Broadway in 1977 (and honored with multiple Tonys), "Annie" has enjoyed almost as many comebacks as Cher.
Our "Little Orphan" gets an update, some of which works and some of which doesn't.
Leapin' lizards! The evergreen Broadway musical "Annie'' strays far from its Depression-era roots with truly dismaying results in this crass, charmless, tineared and lead-footed update. The …
Modernized tale of New York foster child is insincere and overproduced.
Hapless yet indestructible, Annie wandered through an endless series of adventures, usually accompanied by her steadfast canine pal, Sandy, with billionaire industrialist Daddy Warbucks as h…
Based on the 1977 Broadway production Annie (which was inspired by the classic comic strip), Will Gluck's (producer/director and co-writer) film of the same name updates the story (i…
A remake of "Annie" stars a magnetic Quvenzhané Wallis, but even with her charisma, the film is a chaotic shambles.
Marcia Hinds, the production designer of the new "Annie," on the challenges of building a set in a raw space in an unfinished office tower near Ground Zero.
Nominations for the 5th ANNUAL GUILD OF MUSIC SUPERVISORS AWARDS were announced today. The awards ceremony will take place on Jan. 21 at Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood.
For its fifth annual awards, taking place Jan. 21 at Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood, the Guild of Music Supervisors made ample display of its practitioners’ range in announcing its …
The 7th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular will be held Dec. 19-20 at 54 Below. In anticipation of the concerts, members of the cast and creative team pick twisted Christma…
What was her name originally, and how did it become Annie? Why did the writers of the musical originally think the idea was a bad one? Read Playbill.com's history of the show to learn ho…
Find Out All the Things We Learned from the Stars of Hollywood's Wacky New "Annie" Reboot Broadway.com's Paul Wontorek sat down with Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, …
As an African-American Annie arrives on movie screens, critic Bob Mondello looks at other cross-cultural reinventions, from Pearl Bailey's Dolly to the Americanization of Carmen as Carmen Jo…
Broadway.com's Paul Wontorek sat down with Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz and Bobby Cannavale to talk about the new big screen reboot of the beloved Broad…