From the show site: "Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. "Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie... [read more]

From the show site: "Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. "Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy."

Show dates are Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16 at 8 PM; Sunday, July 17 at 3 PM; Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23 at 8 PM; and Sunday, July 24 at 3 PM. All shows are at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.

Tickets are $15 each for reserved seating and available via three ways:
1) In person at the Hemmens box office (open 10 AM-4 PM Monday-Friday and 12 PM-4 PM Saturday);
2) By phone at 847.931.5900;
3) Online at www.hemmens.org.

The show is really looking good and tickets are going very fast--would LOVE to see a house full of fabulous faces! If you're in the Chicago area (or just so happen to find yourself in the Chicago area over these two weekends...who doesn't wanna visit the 'burbs, right?), I hope to see you there!!!

-Amanda, AKA "the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan" ;)