REVIEW: “Annie” at The Sharon Playhouse

By Macey Levin, Berkshire Onstage

“Annie” opened on Broadway in 1977.  It has probably been seen somewhere every week since then.  Sharon Playhouse’s production is a fresh and sparkling summer treat for the Northwest Connecticut. Corner

Based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” the play takes place in 1933; it is the story of the feisty Annie (Avery Hope) who is one of a number of young girls in an orphanage under the care of the tyrannical Miss Hannigan (Courtney Balan.)

Annie runs away, finds the dog Sandy (Bailey) and is returned to the orphanage by a policeman.  Shortly before Christmas, Grace Farrell (Savannah Stevenson,) assistant to Oliver Warbucks (Alan H. Green,) the richest man in the world, visits the orphanage where she selects Annie for a two week, dream come true, holiday visit at Warbuck’s mansion.