“Annie” Premiere – Tickets on Sale Now
“Annie” opens Thursday July 14th and runs through Sunday July 17th, and again Thursday July
21st through Sunday July 24th, with performance times for both weeks from Thursday through
Saturday at 8:00 PM and on both Sundays at 3:00 PM.
Show Dates and Times:
Thursday, July 14 @ 8pm (opening night)
Friday, July 15 @ 8pm
Saturday, July 16 @ 8pm
Sunday, July 17 @ 3pm (matinee)
Thursday, July 21 @ 8pm
Friday, July 22 @ 8pm
Saturday, July 23 @ 8pm
Sunday, July 24 @ 3pm (matinee and final show)
Come early, and come often!
$15 – Regular Admission
$10 – Students with ID and Senior Citizens
Tickets available for presale at:
Blue Top – 101 Hillside Rd #11 (Hillside and Springfield)
Foster’s – 1202 Del Mar Boulevard, Suite 101
Oliveira Audiology & Hearing Center – 7917 McPherson
For more information, call (956) 319-8610 or email the guild at laredotheaterguild@gmail.com
Tony Winning Broadway Musical about “Little Orphan Annie” opens Thursday July 14 at LCC
Laredo Theatre Guild International (LTGI), in cooperation with Laredo Community College (LCC), is proud to present “Annie” at LCC’s Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center Theatre as the finale to their second season which began at TAMIU last October with “The Lion in Winter.” Following their previous musical successes “Beauty and the Beast,” “Man of La Mancha,” and last season’s finale, “The Sound of Music,” LTGI’s “Annie” is directed by Vernon Carroll, produced by Joe Arciniega, and features young Andrea “Andy” Diaz as Annie, Fritz Gechter as Daddy Warbucks, Melissa Barrera Gonzalez as Miss Hannigan, and a cast of over 50 local and surrounding area talents from ages 6 to 76, including Hambone “Hammy” Notzon, the dog playing Sandy.
“Annie” opens Thursday July 14th and runs through Sunday July 17th, and again Thursday July 21st through Sunday July 24th, with performance times for both weeks from Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 PM and on both Sundays at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for students with Valid ID and for Senior Citizens, and are available for advance purchase at Foster’s located at 1202 Del Mar Boulevard, Suite 101; Blue Top located at 101 Hillside Rd #11; and Oliveira Audiology & Hearing Center located at 7917 McPherson, as well as at the box office prior to each show. For more information, call (956) 319-8610 or visit www.laredotheaterguild.com
Based upon “Little Orphan Annie,” the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, “Annie” is the Broadway musical phenomenon with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, with the book by Thomas Meehan. Featuring memorable musical numbers such as “Tomorrow” and “Hard Knock Life,” “Annie” won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Musical and ran for 6 years on Broadway, and since in productions all over the world, including the children’s version, “Annie Jr.”
With this production sponsored by a grant from the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, LTGI intends to present “Annie” as it premiered on Broadway, the premium theatrical and entertainment showcase it was intended to be. According to producer, Joe Arciniega, “Given that we have our largest and most diverse cast ever, supported by magnificent scenic effects, sets, backdrops, costumes, a full orchestra conducted by Maestro Brendan Townsend, and dance choreography by Cristina Greco, I fully expect it to match, if even outdo, the production values and artistry of some of our previous musicals.” He said laughing, “In any event, 17 kids playing rowdy orphans, joined on stage by a real live dog, will at the very least make it fun to watch!”
Director Vernon Carroll intends to weave the reality of New York City during the Great Depression through the fantasy of an abandoned orphan who is plucked from her bleak surroundings, moved into a Park Avenue mansion, finds acceptance and ultimately family in the billionaire Daddy Warbucks, and even visits the President of the United States (FDR) at the White House in search of her real parents. Said director Carroll, “Musical or not, we (LTGI) don’t do one dimensional productions. Even if it’s a musical, we approach it like we do Shakespeare, contemporary drama, or any piece of literature, like life. The realities of the situations ground the lighter elements, making the prettier parts more powerful, and the powerful parts more potent. In the end, the kids love these shows of course, but also, their parents and other adults find a lot to love in them as well.”
