In 1977, Little Orphan Annie — the plucky redhead popularized by a long-running comic strip — first arrived on Broadway via a show, “Annie,” that won seven Tony Awards, including for best musical, best score and best book.
On Tuesday, a team of producers is announcing that next year, to celebrate the now-ubiquitous musical’s 50th anniversary, they will revive the show on Broadway.
Here’s what we know and don’t know about the production:
When is the revival coming?
In the fall of 2027. The exact dates have not yet been announced.
This will be the third Broadway revival — it was previously revived in 1997 and in 2012.
Who is involved?
Sam Pinkleton will direct. He won a Tony Award in 2025 for directing “Oh, Mary!,” and this year he directed a Tony-nominated revival of “The Rocky Horror Show.” (Both productions are still running on Broadway.)
The cast has not yet been announced. Expect a newcomer to play the title character, and more of a household name to play Miss Hannigan, the embittered orphanage administrator.
The producing team is made up of Michael Alden, who is making his debut as a lead producer, and Halcyon Theatricals, a new producing company led by Hal Luftig, Cathy Dantchik and Kevin Connor.
Are there other anniversary plans?
Yes. Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut — the nonprofit where “Annie” had a pre-Broadway production in 1976 — is planning its own 50th anniversary production starting next month, running from Oct. 30 to Dec. 27. That production, in East Haddam, Conn., will feature the Broadway veteran Emily Skinner as Miss Hannigan alongside Laiken Jules, a young TikToker, as Annie.
The Goodspeed revival is directed by Jenn Thompson, who was a replacement orphan in the original Broadway production and who directed a national tour that, in late 2024, stopped at Madison Square Garden (where Whoopi Goldberg played Miss Hannigan).
There are also, as always, multiple local productions around the United States, and a production that just began touring in Britain and Ireland.
