Annie is a charming classic musical at the Dolby Theatre through May 18th.  This touring production of Annie has a fantastic ...

The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96. Tony Award-winning Broadway composer Charles Strouse ...

which in turn is based on Little Orphan Annie, the 1924 comic strip by Harold Gray. Annie: A Royal Adventure! is a TV sequel, released in the United States in 1995 and internationally in 1996.

In an interview with the Tribune in 2011, Strouse was asked if he had any idea that the Broadway show would be such a hit. “No,” he said. “This was a piece about the Depression. It was dark. The ...

It opened in 1960 and, even though the New York Times panned it ... he won a Tony Award for best score, with Annie, based on the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie." He said the best-known song ...

Charles Strouse, the renowned composer behind dozens of beloved Broadway songs, has died aged 96.Strouse died at his New York City home on Thursday, his four children announced. A cause of death was ...

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.

NEW YORK -- Three-time Tony Award-winner ... Chronicling the Depression-era adventures of the celebrated comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, the musical featured lyrics by Martin Charnin ...

Or Depression-era New York... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG ... Tony Award for best score with "Annie," based on the comic strip, "Little Orphan Annie" in 1977. He said the best-known song from that ...

NEW YORK (AP ... 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 ...