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Since its Broadway premiere in 1977, “Annie,” the musical about a young orphan on a quest to find her birth parents, has become a musical theater icon. Through songs like “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard-Knock Life," the tuner written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin has continued to inspire little girls around the world to take to the stage. For the first time, audiences will get an inside look at the making of the Broadway revival of “Annie,” currently playing at The Palace Theatre, and follow the musical number “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” from inception to execution when the new documentary "Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage" airs on PBS on Fri., June 28. More than 5,000 girls from all over the country auditioned for the chance to be on the boards in the newest revival. Producer Arielle Tepper, director James Lapine, and casting director Pat Goodwin »
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