PLAYBILL PICKS: A Dozen Actresses We'd Like to See Play Miss Hannigan in the Broadway Revival of Annie

By Playbill Staff
23 Feb 2012

Dorothy Loudon
Dorothy Loudon
Photo by Martha Swope

As auditions continue for the young performers who will play the orphans in the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie, the Playbill staff would like to suggest a few of the actresses we'd like to see take on the role of Miss Hannigan, the part created to Tony-winning effect by the late Dorothy Loudon in the original 1977 production.

Here, in no particular order, are just a baker's dozen of the many multi-talented performers we think would score in the role of the lovably evil orphanage matron. (The revival, directed by Tony Award winner James Lapine, will open in the fall at a Nederlander theatre to be announced.)

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