Disappointing-dont bring kids if they love the original film
by c. D. on 12/17/23Rating: 2 out of 5So I and my children are huge Annie fans- my kids are 6 and 8, and we have watched the original Annie dozens of times (and I’ve watched it hundreds). This was their first play/musical. I was extremely disappointed to see the “Let’s go to the Movies” number was not in this play. The dancing was minimal- It was mostly marching around the stage in unison but no real dancing like the movie. I was hoping there would be tap dancing but there was not. There were multiple songs added that were not in the film. For such a famous and nostalgic movie this was disappointing. I was even disappointed that the wig the Annie actress wore was a short straight hair wig and hardly red. No curls for Annie? The first act of “Hard knock life” was good- but then the entire first scene dragged. My kids who are excited for everything were getting tired and only interested in going to the concession counter. We ended up leaving early. We typically do Disney on Ice this time of year and I chose this instead and am really bummed out as this was not the experience I hoped. If you are bringing children I would pass on this one. We left after less than 10 minutes into the 2nd act and there were lots of parents leaving with their kids. So surprised such a major title play would be this bad. How can you add songs not in the film? It confused the story and they were awful. I will say the actress who played Grace had an amazing voice but I did not get to see any dancing from her- and the children were adorable-but I was not impressed with the actress playing Annie. There was a real dog for Sandy- this was the most exciting part for my kids. Hopefully I can save someone else from spending their money if they are on the fence. I am just completely disappointed about dragging my kids out for this and we were all so looking forward to this. They likely will not be interested in future plays after this experience. I spent almost 300 dollars for This show for the 3 of us and this was absolutely not worth it and honestly misleading for what we paid.
