Toured extensively prior to reaching Broadway.
Joanna Pacitti was let go from the title role before the production hit Broadway (it had been on a lengthy tour). She was replaced with 8-year-old Brittny Kissinger. Joanna and her parents went on to sue Macy's, charging that the store failed to fulfill the promise of the casting contest it had sponsored to find a new Annie.
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