Theater spotlight: 'Annie'

April 14, 2011 at 4:51PM
Panu Yang, Megan Fischer as Annie and Jade Mone Stumon in "Annie" at the Children's Theatre Company.
Panu Yang, Megan Fischer as Annie and Jade Mone Stumon in "Annie" at the Children's Theatre Company. (Joan Buccina/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Opening: "Annie" may be a musical warhorse -- even the 1998 rap sample by Jay-Z is now old in the music world -- but it's new to the 45-year-old Children's Theatre. Director Peter Rothstein dusts off the optimistic "Tomorrow"-looking comic book musical about a cute mophead who finds her Daddy Warbucks after leading "A Hard Knock Life." Guthrie regular Lee Mark Nelson makes his Children's Theatre debut as Daddy Warbucks in a cast that includes actors Teri Parker-Brown as his kind assistant Grace and Angela Timberman as hard-drinking, children-hating orphanage mistress Miss Hannigan. The title character is played by Megan Fisher (center, with Panu Yang, left, and Jade Mone Stumon). (Previews 7 p.m. Tue.-Thu., opens 7:30 p.m. Fri., 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 2 & 5 p.m. next Sun. $16-$40. Ends June 12. Children's Theatre Company, 2400 3rd Av. S., Mpls. 612-874-0400 or www.childrenstheatre.org.)

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