European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Sid Schapiro new York Bureau eapin1 lizards Little orphan us Rares Lortcher my of the legendary comic has become a Broadway that spirited youngster with fiery red hair and of for eyes is a smash hit in the ton winning musical comedy right i there on Thelvin theater stage with her to billionaire Oliver daddy warbucks his Bil  shiny head of her Ful Pooch an endearing and theater Wise scene along with a stage full of Lov Able Ragamuffin comprising the smallest chorus line in averaging something leu than five reel in height and ranging in age from 7 to Winner of the new York drama critics Circle and Tony awards As the Best musical this Annie is an upper All the Way taking the Tony in seven of the 19 besides being a captivating piece of entertain and Tea manages to be son of a time capsule to americas great depression when Harold Grays Little orphan Amit cheered up the nation in some so newspapers in the based on the comic it is witty and gently Andrea a Ibohm Znowy i year old from made her Broad Siy debut to the title an engaging and a thorough she can dance and act and make you believe the Juit stepped out of the bunnies Allbe same she bus expressive Blue a sort of pug which she Calls an Irish potato and flaming red its really i didst like it whim they made it but Annie has red hair and i have to be Mcardle played the role of Wendy on the television search far tomorrow for three and won daytime tvs Best juvenile actress award for 1976 for her outstanding she has made dinner Heater appearances in the King and and the sound of and has made More than 30 to her parents Are Paul and Phyllis and she has a her father is an Amtrak Andrea was 3 when an aunt carted her to a recreation Center where kids were being taught to 9ie kept at it until she was stage incarnation of daddy and Page 12 the stars and stripes eared in some what pompous daddy warbucks into a Man of sense and As Well As adding love and he shaved his abundant head of hair to lend an authentic touch to his in a magnificent comedy performance running the for which she won the Tony As Best actress in a comedienne Singer Dorothy Loudon laces the sentiment with healthy doses of who slag for her supper in give this musical comedy its bite As the wicked miss who do t hear happiness in Here today and then delivers a venomous tirade against the orphans with a show stopping litle the show has several showstoppers among its hummable the tuneful music by Charles is Rouse and literate lyrics by Martin who also sleekly won them a Tony for Best score of a musical songs include the shows big second scene number of optimism and Hope Sung by Mcardle a tongan Patler easy and a new upbeat Happy hymn to the big with Shelow singing one of the warmest tributes to new and there Are 1 dont need anything but wed like to youre never fully dressed without a i think in Gonna like it its the hard Knock something was you wont be an orphan for maybe and Liia delightfully old fashion de musical Marks the debut of actor director Mike Nichols As a its comical Book by Thomas Meehan also won a As did Peter Gen Nara ton Winner David Mitchells Multi scene mis loom across and in the tradition of Broadway spectacles from views of Manhattan to the Interior of a fifth Avenue Man with a special nod to his recreation of de pression Days new particularly a have Orville under the 59th Street Queensborough Bridge i times Square designer the ont Aldredge alter copped a Tony for her the storyline concerns angles Lite before r joining daddy menage her Ute Lii an her search for her a Giest her Choice War Budu Charity guest she is rescued from the orphanage when lion Alres Secretary comes looking for a child spend Christmas at his War Buela heart melts at first sight of the girl and bed help find her by the time that fails Thirl have gotten to love each at the Brink of Uon her parents show up Only they prove and warbucks and Annie Are Annie has been transformed into a wide eyed Lyanna from a shrewd brat and War Budu Clu from an arc conservative into a Liberal Bucks politics Are touched on Only slightly fact Herbert Hoover la a villain and Franklin Delano Roosevelt a there is a moment in the show that gives hint or the creators Annie and warbucks an having an Emolion scene and the girl is fms a it seems As though oceans of mud Are about to flood the warbucks Shes ill get her a a Hal dozen from the orphanage where annies Odyssey participate prominently from first to bleating their Little hearts out i wearing their orphanage sad rags and trying vainly to Comfort a lonely fellow the girls Apt the Only performer on stage when the curtain Ger More than two hours when the curtain Goat they have stolen he audiences if not the girls have two show slopping numbers the hard Knock which they per Orr while scrubbing the floors of the new York mull tips Al orphanage Al 4 and youre never dressed without a which includes chorus line kick and a stunning tap number by tha smallest girl in the 7yearotd Danielle of who is minus her two front and draws a chorus of audience whenever she flashes her toothless Donna and Janine bait from the same neighbourhood in pin Adelhia Andrea Mcardle and All were close friends the Robyn is from lives in East and Diana is from called Sandy in real life w Well on Sandy is he hug Gable canine with a hang dog expression who turned out to be a casting directors dream in he is a very Mellow says owner bit a 20yearold student and aspiring who is not averse to scouting dog pounds for Talent Hes mostly Airedale and Irish rescued from mercy extinction in a dogcatcher7 Corral in just outside Over a year ago when the scrawny Waif was at the end of his Sandy is no Watt years stands of inches at the shoulder and weighs 50 u Sandy and Berloni share a lift floor walkup in Greenwich Village with another of a must named the 10month old a mixture of Collie and Golden if Sandy s and has a bit attaining celebrity appears in four including a Solo stroll across the j Peri ordinance every night is totally up mfr dict ask Sas theres a bit of Ham 10 sometimes he is sometimes he do soon after the Broadway Sandy decided m a Way that fee p the audience and Andrea Mcardle giggling into the she around Sandys whims the kids a real