About a century ago, a comic strip called “Little Orphan Annie” began its decades-long run in newspapers. It was followed by radio programs, movies, and eventually a massively successful Broadway ...

As a child actress and the star of the 1982 movie “Annie,” Aileen Quinn traveled to film premieres all over the globe. “I usually hate watching myself,” Quinn, who was 9 when she was cast, said in a ...

The contemporary version of “Annie,” the 1982 film about a precocious orphan, has opened with Quvenzhané Wallis in the title role and Jamie Foxx playing Will Stacks, the man who gives her a home. Like ...

Christopher Swan knows how hard it can be to make an old-school multi-billionaire amusing and lovable. He has played Daddy Warbucks for three years in the national tour of “Annie.” “He’s loud, rich, ...