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And there aren't that many blue-chip musicals with titles that are just known to everyone." "It's a big, family-friendly, fun, optimistic musical. "We thought, 'If anyone's going to do a live musical, it would be this one," Greenblatt says. "If we fail, everyone goes, 'Uh! We can't do a musical anymore,' and the whole genre gets put on the shelf," says former NBC Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt, who's producing "Annie." "There's been a couple live musicals over the years that haven't done that well, like 'Rent' and 'A Christmas Story' (on Fox). Each time that happens, we go, 'Oh, shoot.' "Īfter NBC canceled its 2019 broadcast of "Hair" due in part to the fraught political climate, Greenblatt reached out to executive producer Neil Meron during COVID with the idea of doing "Annie." Ratings sagged for more recent productions of "Peter Pan," "The Wiz" and "Hairspray," the network's lowest-rated live musical at 9 million viewers in 2016.
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Like fellow broadcasters ABC and Fox, NBC has found mixed success with its live musical events, which kicked off in 2013 with Carrie Underwood's "The Sound of Music Live," drawing a robust 18.6 million same-day viewers, according to Nielsen. The show is NBC's first live musical since 2018's critically acclaimed (but modestly rated) "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" starring John Legend. The musical, based on a 1920s comic strip, tells the timeless story of a cheerful orphan named Annie who wins over grumpy billionaire Oliver Warbucks (Harry Connick Jr.) while staying at his mansion for Christmas.
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"Annie Live!" is a splashy TV production of the classic Tony-winning show, which first premiered on Broadway in 1977 and has spawned three film adaptations (most recently in 2014, starring Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis). "It feels weird, but it's gonna have to do for now," Smith says of her pantomiming. "Singing the song is fun, so I don't really mind!"įrom 'Hairspray' to 'Rent,' these are the best and worst live TV musicals Ever the consummate professional, Smith gamely pets the air and cuddles an invisible mutt while she belts out the heart-tugging anthem. Henson, who plays seedy orphanage head Miss Hannigan, is fanning herself and chugging water from a prop vodka bottle between scenes.Ĭelina Smith, the 12-year-old newcomer picked from 2,000 girls to play plucky ragamuffin Annie, is preparing to serenade stray pooch Sandy with the musical's signature tune, "Tomorrow." But the actress's four-legged co-star – also named Sandy – is sitting out this particular rehearsal as crew members tinker with set changes and camera blocking. Mop-topped "orphans," some of them masked, are bemoaning the hard-knock life as they clap, stomp and tumble across the floor with cleaning rags in hand.
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It's late afternoon on a labyrinthine Long Island soundstage, where the cast of NBC's "Annie Live!" (Thursday, 8 EST/delayed PST) is performing the first full dress rehearsal of the show just two days before Thanksgiving. BETHPAGE, N.Y. – The sun will come out tomorrow.