Annie Live!

While it seems there are some folks in the comments wanting nothing more than traditional white casts in a white show they seem to be missing the classic tale of Anne. The new version of Anne is refreshing with its cast full of diversity giving an age old story new light. While some notes were a bit pitchy you would only imagine as much trying to perform after the pandemic shut down Broadway. The casting choices were fantastic! Don't steal this little girls thunder by being blinded by your own ignorance.

Anyone who loves musicals and adores the story of Anne will love this brand new take of a classic. Well done!

Aside from some excellent dancers, especially those young girls doing leaps and walk-overs, I didn't think much of this. It felt like a high school production. Did we really need 4 productions of Annie. I'd love for them to do Mame with Cher. Now that would be something to see.

Annie, a favorite theatre production and movie, I was onboard to watch the Live TV version. I was sad to see so many script changes in this version. They lost the Annie "sparkle". We muscled through, but found it a little difficult. Beautiful voices, great dancing and some good acting but not stellar across the board. I actually felt it was the Director adding and deleting script, along with taking humerous moments for Annie and making them emotional. Needed to be more uplifting.

I'm happy to see a racially diverse cast. I did wonder why Annie did not have a red wig. Titus did not do the role of Rooster well. I loved Harry, Taraji, Nicholle and the rest of the adult cast. The children did a great job.

Overall, I gave 6 out of 10 as I felt the director caused many of the lackluster issues, as the rest of the cast portrayed based on his direction. That said, if you are an Annie fan it is worth watching.

What's not to hate?

Bad singing, bad acting, bad casting, bad sound, bad makeup (a rubber skullcap? Really), and bad directing make this a living horror.

The high notes sounded more like squealing than singing. It's sad to think that people will think of this production as the definitive ANNIE without ever having seen the 1982 film version.

This Annie is way to big and old looking. BLEH.

Ms. Hannigan severely over acted, and unless my ears deceived me, farted as she sat on the couch (I rewound that 5 times to confirm). I've always been a Harry Connick, Jr. Fan, but his acting left a lot to be desired. Annie herself was super cute, but I'm not a fan of scream singing. None of the actors had chemistry. Regardless, a fun watch, and kudos to the ensemble for the live performance!