Tuesday, June 19, 2018

reviews - ANNIE -Valley Youth Theatre

Bobb Cooper, Mia McFarland, Olivia Smith (center) and cast
photo by Laura Durant
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

Click here for more information on this production that runs through July 1st.

"As a testament to the enormous popularity of the 1977 musical Annie, ...Valley Youth Theatre ends its current season by presenting the show for the fifth time in its 29-year history. This is also the fourth time that Producing Artistic Director Bobb Cooper is directing the show and playing the part of Daddy Warbucks. With an endearing portrayal of that spitfire orphan Annie by Mia McFarland, and a charming performance by Cooper as Warbucks, this production is full of heart and humor and multiple showstopping musical numbers effectively delivered by a large and talented group of youth actors... " -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)

"........In a youth production, the emphasis should be on the youth, and this VYT production of Annie scores big with its talented, youthful ensemble.  Mia McFarland’s Annie is terrific. She’s just as you would want from a live presentation of the little girl hoping to find her long-lost parents; strong, energetic, playfully funny, and a voice with a power that can easily be heard by everyone in the back row of the upper balcony without amplification...." -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)

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