SKOKIE, Ill.—It’s 50 years old, has been a cartoon and a stage musical, and has been made into many movies, and yet, the Music Theater Works production of “Annie” makes the show feel ageless.
The story hasn’t changed: “Annie” takes place during the American Depression. Millions are out of work, and people are depressed. It’s a desperate time in which parents are sometimes forced to leave their children in orphanages while they search for work. Such is the case with a little red-headed little girl who is trying to survive in the orphanage where she’s been left.
