Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic hits as "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause," has died.

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 ...

Of course, "Annie" also has its own local connection to the Chicago area. Harold Gray, the artist who came up with the cartoon idea for the newspaper comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" in 1924 ...

That’s because the musical, based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip that debuted in 1924 and became a movie for the first time in 1932, is, thankfully, a period piece that’s played ...

About a century ago, a comic strip called “Little Orphan Annie” began its decades-long ... and features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin.

By permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC, ANNIE is based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip ... a coffee table book called “The Life and Hard Times of Little Orphan Annie” as ...

Daddy Warbucks is in serious trouble. The egg-bald guardian of that ageless comic-strip carrot top, Little Orphan Annie, has been railroaded into a private insane asylum run by one Dr. Le Quaque.

Little Orphan Annie has been a staple of pop culture for almost 100 years, and the beloved redhead has appeared in comic strips, radio, stage, film, and more. However, the 1982 musical film ...

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When someone blurted out Little Orphan Annie, Poulin said it clicked in his mind. The comic strip debuted in 1924 and struck a chord with the antiquarian, who has a penchant for the styles and ...

When it comes to comfort food, the occasional tasty surprise is always welcome, but for the most part we want what's worked for us before. "Annie," the endlessly tuneful and familiar musical about ...

Gray penned “Little Orphan Annie” while living in Lombard, first on Stewart Avenue and then in that grand Main Street home. His comic strip would take on a life of its own, spawning a radio ...