Leapin’ lizards! Annie the red-haired orphan is all grown up. Aileen Quinn was just 10 years old when she beat out more than 8,000 hopefuls, including Drew Barrymore and Kristin Chenoweth, to ...

In 1930 and 1938, two different Little Orphan Annie films were created by different studios, ... with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, and was a smashing success.

What: "Annie," with music by Charles Strouse, book by Thomas Meehan and lyrics by Martin Charnin. Presented by Opera House Theatre Co. When: 7:30 p.m. June 27-29 and July 5-6, 2 p.m. June 29-30 ...

While the Broadway musical made “Annie” famous in 1977, the character goes back to an 1885 poem by James Whitcomb Riley, which he based on an orphan living in his own home. “Annie” evolved ...

Rose Byrne, left, and Quvenzhane Wallis belt out the song 'I Think I'm Gonna Like it Here' in director Will Gluck's big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical 'Annie.' (Barrey Wetcher ...

Annie is based on the popular Harold Gray comic strip "Little Orphan Annie." Its musical score is by Charles Strouse, lyrics are by Martin Charnin, and its book was written by Thomas Meehan.