Over 50 years ago, lyricist Martin Charnin bought the book The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie as a gift for a friend. He became so enamored with it that he got to work on a musical about the Depression-era orphan adopted by the wealthy Daddy Warbucks. This friend never got the gift, but the world got a classic feel-good musical featuring songs like “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” now brought to the stage by Broadway in Austin, directed by Jenn Thompson. – Kat McNevins
May 2 - 4
