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Annie Warbucks is a musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin. A sequel to the 1977 Tony Award -winning hit Annie , based on Harold Gray 's Little Orphan Annie comic strip , it begins immediately after Annie ends.
Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks: Billionaire businessman who opens his home – and his heart – to Annie. Annie Bennett: The title character. The spunky and optimistic 11-year-old orphan who is looking for her birth parents. She ends up getting adopted by Oliver Warbucks. Grace Farrell: Oliver Warbucks' faithful secretary, who loves Annie from the start.
Alicia Morton as Annie Bennett Warbucks, an optimistic 10-year-old orphan searching for her biological parents. She gets adopted by Oliver and Grace. Audra McDonald as Miss Grace Farrell, Personal Secretary (later wife) to Daddy Warbucks. She eventually fell in love with Daddy Warbucks and becomes Annie's adoptive mother.
Alongside Goldberg, Annie stars Hazel Vogel in the title role, Christopher Swan as Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, Julia Nicole Hunter as Grace and Mark Woodard as Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Harry Connick Jr. has boarded the cast of NBC’s Annie Live! as Sir Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, the larger-than-life billionaire who opens his heart and home to the titular little orphan. The ...
Grace Farrell, secretary to billionaire Oliver Warbucks, arrives to invite an orphan to live with Warbucks for a week in order to improve his public image. Annie is chosen and she and Sandy travel to Warbucks' mansion. Though she is welcomed by the staff, Warbucks is disappointed as he wanted a boy orphan.
In the 1932 version, Warbucks was portrayed by Edgar Kennedy, however the 1938 version omits the character. In the 1970s, Warbucks became more widely known via the 1977 musical Annie on Broadway. These were followed in 1982 by the musical film Annie, in which Daddy Warbucks was portrayed by Albert Finney, who had shaved his head to play the role.
Warbucks, at first dismissive of Annie due to her being female, is charmed into letting her stay. He takes Annie and Grace to Radio City Music Hall to watch a movie, Camille, and Warbucks begins to develop affection for Annie. Grace urges him to adopt Annie and he meets with Miss Hannigan, convincing her to sign the adoption papers.