Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates Set to Star in an All-New Musical Production of `Annie' Coming Next Season to `The Wonderful World of Disney' on ABC.BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- 11-Year-Old Alicia Morton Wins Role of Annie Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. has been set to star as Miss Hannigan in an all-new adaptation of the acclaimed musical "Annie" for the 1999-2000 season of "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . In additional casting news, the much sought-after title role of the lovable orphan named Annie has been given to 11-year-old Alicia Morton of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , after a nationwide three month casting search during which the production team auditioned thousands of young hopefuls. Morton is currently starring as young "Cossette" in the Broadway production of "Les Miserables." The casting for the rest of the orphans is still being finalized. Walt Disney Television Walt Disney Television is the television production division of The Walt Disney Company with Walt Disney name. Until 1983, Disney shows were aired under the banner of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions. will produce the project along with Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron of Storyline Entertainment and Chris Montan of Chris Montan Productions -- the award-winning team behind the incredibly successful "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" for "The Wonderful World of Disney." The critically acclaimed musical was seen by 60 million viewers and honored with seven Emmy nominations. Mary Kay Powell of Rastar Productions will also serve as an executive producer and Brad Krevoy is a co-producer. Two-time Emmy nominee Rob Marshall, who choreographed "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" and "Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus is a 1996 television musical starring Angela Lansbury as the wife of Santa Claus. The musical score for Mrs. " starring Angela Lansbury, and received two Tony nominations this past season as co-director and choreographer for his ground-breaking work on Broadway's "Cabaret," will be directing and choreographing "Annie." The film is Marshall's television directorial debut, following numerous award nominations this season for directing Martin Short in the recent Broadway production of "Little Me." Additionally, renowned "Annie" composer Charles Strouse and lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist Martin Charnin will write two new songs to be added to the already existing classic score, including a new number written especially for Kathy Bates. Irene Mecchi, who was part of the writing teams responsible for Disney's animated hits "Hercules," "The Hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. of Notre Dame" and "The Lion King," and served as a co-writer of the book for the Tony Award winning Broadway adaptation of "The Lion King," is adapting the stage musical of "Annie" for this television production. A respected and accomplished film actress, Bates won an Oscar as Best Actress for her performance as an obsessive fan in "Misery." She recently received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in "Primary Colors." The actress also co-starred in the blockbuster smash "Titanic," as the unsinkable Molly Brown. Bates gave a memorable performance on HBO's "The Late Shift," for which she received an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Bates is also an accomplished stage actress. She received a Tony Award nomination and an Outer Critics Circle Award Begun during the 1949-1950 theater season, the Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway. The awards are decided upon by theater critics who review for out-of-town newspapers, national publications, and other media for "Night Mother" and won an Obie Award for Best Actress in "Frankie & Johnny in the Clair De Lune clair de lune n. 1. A pale, grayish-blue glaze applied to various kinds of Chinese porcelain. 2. The color of such a glaze. ." "Annie" is a Storyline Entertainment and Chris Montan Production in association with Walt Disney Television for "The Wonderful World of Disney." |
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