ANNIE Will Embark on a New National Tour Beginning This Fall

Leapin' Lizards! An all-new tour of ANNIE will hit the road in the fall of 2022. This new tour of the iconic Tony Award-winning production is directed by Jenn Thompson, who at the age of 10 stepped into the role of "Pepper" in the Original Broadway production. Scenic designs for the touring production are by Wilson Chin, whose work was most recently featured on Broadway in the critically acclaimed production of Pass Over.

"This show, with its iconic title character, continues to delight generations of theatre-lovers old and new by joyfully singing directly into the face of great adversity with perseverance, guts and guile," said director Jenn Thompson. "For decades, ANNIE has continued to shine brightly, not only as an appeal to our better angels, but also as an example of the thrill of hope, hard-won: promising a better 'Tomorrow' not only for Annie herself, but for all who need her message now more than ever."

Troika Entertainment's COO and Executive Producer, Kori Prior adds, "We are thrilled and excited to have Jenn Thompson helm this new tour of ANNIE. She brings such admiration and connection to the material that we know this production will be fresh, new and full of the heart that makes ANNIE the show we all love."

A multi-week city tour schedule beginning in the fall of 2022, as well as the full design team, will be announced later this spring. For more information, visit AnnieTour.com. For tour booking inquiries, please contact booking@bondtheatrical.com.

Tour Schedule

SYRACUSE, NY
Oct 04 - Oct 08 2022
LANDMARK THEATRE SYRACUSE

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Oct 11 - Oct 16 2022
KIMMEL CULTURAL CAMPUS

DURHAM, NC
Oct 18 - Oct 23 2022
DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC
Oct 28 - Oct 30 2022
NORTH CHARLESTON PAC

LEXINGTON, KY
Nov 03 - Nov 06 2022
LEXINGTON OPERA HOUSE

OMAHA, NE
Nov 08 - Nov 13 2022
ORPHEUM THEATER

SIOUX CITY, IA
Nov 17 - Nov 17 2022
ORPHEUM THEATRE

LAS VEGAS, NV
Nov 22 - Nov 27 2022
THE SMITH CENTER

LOS ANGELES, CA
Nov 29 - Dec 18 2022
DOLBY THEATRE

SAN DIEGO, CA
Dec 27 - Jan 01 2023
SAN DIEGO CIVIC THEATRE

TUCSON, AZ
Jan 03 - Jan 08 2023
CENTENNIAL HALL

SAN JOSE, CA
Jan 10 - Jan 15 2023
SAN JOSE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

WILMINGTON, NC
Jan 28 - Jan 29 2023
WILSON CENTER

PROVIDENCE, RI
Jan 31 - Feb 05 2023
PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

CINCINNATI, OH
Feb 07 - Feb 12 2023
ARONOFF CENTER

LOUISVILLE, KY
Feb 14 - Feb 19 2023
THE KENTUCKY CENTER

WORCESTER, MA
Feb 23 - Feb 26 2023
HANOVER THEATRE

LAFAYETTE, LA
Mar 21 - Mar 21 2023
HEYMANN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FORT WORTH, TX
Mar 28 - Apr 02 2023
BASS PERFORMANCE HALL

KANSAS CITY, MO
Apr 18 - Apr 23 2023
KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

AMES, IA
Apr 25 - Apr 25 2023
STEPHENS AUDITORIUM

COLUMBUS, OH
May 12 - May 14 2023
PALACE THEATRE

CHARLOTTE, NC
May 30 - Jun 04 2023
BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS

Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in this new production - just as you remember it and just when we need it most. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

ANNIE features the book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards for their work.

By permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC, ANNIE is based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" which premiered in the 1920s in the New York Daily News and became one of the most widely read strips in the 30s and 40s. Lyricist-director Martin Charnin bought a coffee table book called "The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie" as a Christmas gift for a friend in 1970. The clerk at the bookstore was too busy to wrap the book, so Charnin took the book home to wrap it. Instead, he read it and fell in love with the strip and set out to secure the rights. The friend never got the book.

The original production of ANNIE had its world premiere on Aug 10, 1976 at the Goodspeed Opera House (Michael J. Price, Executive Director) and opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977 at the Alvin Theatre (Neil Simon theatre). It went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album and seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin). It closed on Broadway after playing 2,377 performances. ANNIE was revived on Broadway in 1997 and again in 2014. It has been made into a film three times (1982, 1999, 2014) and was most recently featured as a live television production on NBC. The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever; it has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 37 years.

The beloved score for ANNIE includes "Maybe," "It's the Hard Knock Life," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," "Easy Street," "I Don't Need Anything But You" and the eternal anthem of optimism, "Tomorrow."

Learn more at www.AnnieTour.com.