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Alex Rudzinski, returning from NBC s
Hairspray Live! and
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, will be the production s live television director and executive producer. Rudzinski is also a veteran of FOX s
Grease Live! and
Rent: Live. Also serving as executive producer are former NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron. The event is being produced by Chloe Productions.
Annie, which premiered on Broadway in 1977, features a score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. Based on the Depression-era newspaper comic series, the musical centers on its plucky title character and her journey from orphanage to the opulent Warbucks mansion. NBC s live television production will be the fourth screen adaptation for the musical following feature films released in 1982 and 2014 and an ABC-produced TV movie in 1999, leaving it tied with the 1954 musical adaptation of