More interesting Annie facts: in 1995, I met my first ever bf on AOL. It was a great match. His name was John and we had a love for theatre and music. Well, the "firsts" are always difficult, and at the time I wasn't sure where I was with that part of my life, and I freaked out, and we broke up. We sorta stayed in touch, some words were exchanged (not good ones), and we lost touch for many years. I tried to get in touch with him, but I had never heard back. In 2011, I bit the bullet again and contacted him about my production of Sunset Blvd as that was a mutual obsession between the two of us, and he happened to be in town and came to the show. He had nice things to say and we scheduled a time to meet and chat.
Anyway, he's back in my life as a great friend. We are both thankful we re-connected.... and he's playing Drake in my production of Annie. It's kinda surreal having him in the show, but it goes to show that sometimes time does heal everything.