Sarah Jessica Parker Reunites With Other Annie Actresses In Honor Of 40th Anniversary  

Sarah Jessica Parker joined up with a host of other former 

actresses onstage to celebrate the musical’s 40th anniversary for an 

actress, who played the red-headed orphan in 1979 in one of her first acting gigs, shared the stage with dozens of former

actress, including Andrea McArdle, the original Annie from the 1977 Broadway production. Together, the women shared their memories of the role, and how the part shaped their lives.

“When you’re so impressionable, in those formative years, it’s such an amazing thing as a person,” McArdle recalled in a teaser posted by

Bob Hope and Sarah Jessica Parker, as Annie, singing together at a USO show.

“[I] watched Andrea and assumed I would never be in

” said Jessica Parker, who was 14 when she got the part. “I would certainly never play Annie, and I wouldn’t be part of this sort of magical phenomenon that washed over Broadway.”

Joining the Annie’s of the past was Taylor Richardson, the last girl to play the role on Broadway before it closed in 2014.

reunion without a musical number. The actresses joined together for performances of the musical’s classic songs “It’s A Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow.”

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