“Annie” occupies a special place in the heart of director David Janssen, who is directing his third Sioux Center Arts ...

When the curtain opens on the Te Paske Theatre stage in Sioux Center early next month, the lights will illuminate an iconic ...

Award-winning composer and songwriter Charles Strouse has died. He was 96. Strouse, an Emmy and Tony winner and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, is best known for writing the music to ...

Monticello Middle School students lit up the stage at the end of April with their lively and heartfelt performances of the musical “Annie Jr.,” based on the beloved tale of Little Orphan Annie. With ...

Charles Strouse spent his last hours at home in New York ... Award for best score with "Annie," based on the comic strip, "Little Orphan Annie" in 1977. He said the best-known song from that ...

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and ...

Chronicling the Depression-era adventures of the celebrated comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, the musical featured ... One of Strouse last musicals was “Minsky’s.” ...

Chronicling the Depression-era adventures of the celebrated comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, the musical featured lyrics by Martin Charnin and a book by Thomas Meehan. It starred Andrea ...