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

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.

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 Meehan. It starred Andrea ...

UNIDENTIFIED GROUP #2: (As characters, singing ... a 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 score ...

I thought my heart would drop out of my shoes.” The musical was based on the popular syndicated newspaper comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” drawn by the late Harold Gray of Kankakee ...

The prolific writer's work included musical standards like "Tomorrow," "Put On a Happy Face" and the theme song from the CBS ...