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Mel Cooley XU'81
07-16-2013, 02:07 PM
What great theater -- and TV!

http://video.pbs.org/program/annie-its-hard-knock-life-script-stage/

It shows how the opening number in the acclaimed Annie revival was put together from a number of perspecitves: casting, music, set design, costumes, choreography, etc. Told chronologically so you know how much time until Opening Night.

Multiple, interwoven storylines. Fascinating personailities.

My daughter played Annie in a recent local production and I watched it with her. Great time.

One of the benefits of having a son at Fordham is seeing a show on Broadway when we're visiting.

So far: Death of a Salesman (Phillip Seymour Hoffman; unreal) and Cinderella (meh, but the family loved it).

Set your TIVO or watch it at the link.

blobfan
07-16-2013, 02:15 PM
So jealous about your DoaS viewing. That would be a memorable cast.

I'll have to check out the PBS doc. I was Annie for Halloween as a kid. I loved that movie.