An Orphan During the Great Depression

An Orphan During the Great Depression

Annie is about an Orphan living in New York during the Great Depression, who is 11 years old. Annie is a cute red head who is very joyful. She wants to know what her parents are like and who they are, so she sings MAYBE. The Orphan home is terrible and is controlled by evil Miss Hannigan who is nasty to the girls. The girls sing It’s A HARDKNOCK LIFE, while doing their work. Annie escapes the orphanage to look for her parents, and roams the streets, and find a dog who she names Sandy. Sandy and her comes across a poor town called Hooverville, and the people sing THANK YOU HERBERT HOOVER. Annie then asks the people if there was a couple who gave up their child. There was none, and they feel bad so they offer her some food. Suddenly the police come and Annie is arrested, but Sandy escapes. Before Annie comes back Miss Hannigan is singing Little Girls, about how much she hates little girls. Annie is then returned to the orphanage where Miss Hannigan is furious. And is just about to beat her up when Miss Grace Ferrell arrives and tells Annie she has been chosen to spend the holiday with Oliver Warbucks, a millionaire industrialist. Annie and Grace arrive at the mansion where there are a lot of servants. Annie sings I THINK I’M GONNA LIKE IT HERE. Warbucks comes back, disappointed to see Annie isn’t a boy, but immediately starts to adore her, and they see a movie. Warbucks now wants to adopt Annie but finds out she is looking for her parents, and he decides to help her. And he sings YOU WON’T BE AN ORPHAN FOR LONG. He then puts out a radio add for a cash reward to her real parents, but hundreds of only fake parents came. But first Annie and Warbucks go to Washington to see the president and his cabinet, they were very depressed, so Annie sung TOMMORROW Reprise. Soon they rushed home. After hearing of all the fakes Warbucks tells Annie he’s going to adopt her and sings SOMETHING WAS MISSING. Its Christmas Day and everyone sings Annie, because...

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