Martin Charnin News

Broadway Across America/Baltimore is proud to announce that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play January 20- February 1, 2015 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original.

2014 was a banner year for BroadwayWorld's most popular and most expansive interview series, InDepth InterViews, and we celebrate the closing of the calender with a look back at the most memorable entries from this year with some of my personal comments on the conversations themselves. Participants include: Elaine Stritch, Kevin Spacey, James Earl Jones, Lea Michele, Vanessa Williams, Jane Lynch, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Schwartz, Lena Hall, Randy Graff, Kelli O'Hara and many more!

Siamo andati a vedere per voi al teatro Silvestrianum di Milano ANNIE JR., musical scritto nel 1977 da Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin e Thomas Meehan. Lo spettacolo e stato messo in scena (completamente in italiano) dalla Children's Musical School - una scuola di Musical per bambini e ragazzi - con un cast di attori, ballerini ed acrobati giovanissimi (di eta compresa tra i 7 e i 16 anni).

Today we are celebrating one of the most popular musicals of the modern age in honor of the new film version opening today, ANNIE!

Today we are revisiting the very best theatre-related items released in 2014 in honor of the holiday shopping season being upon us.

Full disclosure, I was completely ready to despise everything about the remake of ANNIE starring Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhane Wallis. In fact, I had already written the lede in my head, and let me tell you, it was scathing. But, then I saw the movie, and was pleasantly surprised by how not completely horrible it was. Yes, it will probably still rank as one of the worst big screen musical adaptations of the past decade; just above the disastrous NINE; but there was plenty to appreciate for musical theatre lovers young and old.

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, guest Cameron Diaz stopped by and revealed that she loved yelling at the kids while filming the upcoming big screen adaptation of ANNIE.

Lexus Broadway in Austin at Texas Performing Arts is proud to announce that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play April 21-25 at Bass Concert Hall in Austin. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning original. Tickets are on sale Dec. 12.

Based on the Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, the musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC, finds herself a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

Get another look at ANNIE in these new TV promo clips!

The upcoming big screen adaptation of ANNIE, doesn't hitting theaters until December 19, but the film already made its New York City premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater. Below, check out photos from the red carpet!

Cameron Diaz stopped by ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA to talk about the modern spin she puts on her character 'Miss Hannigan' in the upcoming big screen adaptation of ANNIE, hitting theaters Christmas Day.

This spring the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will present two Broadway hits with return engagements of Mamma Mia! and Annie.

Broadway in Indianapolis has announced that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play February 24 - March 1 at the Old National Centre. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning original.

The cast of the upcoming feature film ANNIE, including Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Quvenzhane Wallis, Rose Byrne, and Bobby Cannavale stopped by this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Harold Gray, the original creator of the cliff-hanging comic strip that features the pupil-less girl known as 'Little Orphan Annie', may be just a footnote in history, but most people are aware of the musical adaptation, ANNIE, of his creation that premiered in 1977. Even though it was reworked a couple of years ago, that version is not the one that's currently on tour. I didn't see it, so I have no clue what was changed, but I do know that this charming and delightful work by Thomas Meehan, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, still maintains its humor and heart with its heroine's search for love and acceptance during the darkest days of the depression.

The cast of the upcoming feature film ANNIE, including Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Quvenzhane Wallis, Rose Byrne, and Bobby Cannavale will stop by ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA today, December 4th. The film hits theaters December 19th.

The big screen adaptation of the Broadway favorite ANNIE, starring Wallis, Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, hits theaters on December 19. ET just posted new footage of Cameron Diaz dancing behind-the-scenes in the new movie. Check it out below!

This spring the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will present two Broadway hits with return engagements of Mamma Mia! and Annie.