Annie Goes to China

Today it became official.  Annie, The National Tour is going international and will be traveling to China this coming spring!  We found out today that we will be playing in four cities in China for five weeks beginning April 17 when we fly from NYC to Shanghai, China.  We will be in Shanghai for two weeks and then travel to Tianjin for a week followed by a week in a city I can't remember but it is home to the Terra Cotta Army, and finally a week in Beijing before heading home on May 24th.

The entire company is of course very excited to be given this tremendous opportunity.  As I find out more information I will let you all know what will be happening.  That is pretty much all I know at this time.  The show will be done in English with super titles projected to either side of the stage for translation into Chinese.  I also know that due to travel restrictions and regulations we will be using a dog from China that our dog handler and Annie will travel over to train with.

In the meantime, We have begun our 2009-2010 Nation Tour of ANNIE.  Tomorrow we will travel to Burlington, Vermont for opening night on Tuesday.  We will then embark on three weeks of mayhem as we travel to 16 cities in 20 days!  This will be the toughest part of the tour physically as travel is always a little difficult.  It may also be some of the most fun as I have found that the company really pulls together during these trying times.

We will be playing in 42 cities in the US this season!  That is 42 places that will be exciting to see and exciting to perform in.  If you happen to live in one of those cities we hope to see you at the theatre.  I would love to meet you after show so be sure to stop by the stage door after the show.  For those of you from my neck of the woods, we will be in Atlanta in January.  I hope you will all make the short drive down to see the show!  I promise you won't be disappointed.

If you need tickets or information about the show be sure to visit www.annieontour.com.  It is a great web page with lots of information including links to purchase tickets.

Time to go pack so we can fly out TOMORROW!