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Actors who have portrayed Annie and her orphan friends over the years will reunite for a live, online Q&A to benefit The Actors Fund.

A swingin' musical lunchtime event celebrating the song stylings of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, was held on Sunday, May 6, 2018, from Noon to 3pm, at the Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center, 1 Chauncey Road, Princeton, NJ, 08541. This musical event, produced by Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications, was planned to commemorate the anniversary of Mr. Sinatra's passing upcoming on May 14th, 1998.

ANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award®-winning musical, opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). Looking to expand your knowledge on the history of ANNIE before the revival's big opening night? Check out some vintage photos of the original Broadway production and more below!

With Annie returning to Broadway in 2012, Broadway Artists Alliance of New York City was pleased to present the first of several Annie-themed master classes on April 17th. 25 eager and very talented young ladies participated in a full day of triple threat training, including scene study, song interpretation, and learning choreography from a production number in the show.

Tony Award-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth delighted students as their special surprise guest during the Broadway Artists Alliance 2010 Summer Intensive (Session One). Ms. Neuwirth (currently starring in The Addams Family) lent her talents for a surprise Q&A with the students of Broadway Artists Alliance, ages 10-21. The Q&A was led by the hilarious Seth Rudetsky.

On March 20, the production team and cast of Life After Tomorrow held a discussion, performance and signing at Barnes and Noble. Life After Tomorrow, a documentary about the trials and tribulations of several dozen women who were on Broadway and in the road companies of Annie, was co-directed and co-produced by Gil Cates Jr. and Annie alum Julie Stevens. Stevens created the film after starting the website AnnieOrphans.com

Mentoring the future of musical theatre, composer Stephen Schwartz taught a master class to the students of Broadway Artists Alliance on Thursday, August 9th

On Friday, February 17th, Julie Stevens and Gil Cates Jr. debuted their new documentary about the Annie orphans called 'Life After Tomorrow'