Filmmaker Live-Chat: Annie - It's The Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage

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What was it like to follow the production of the Annie revival? Join us to watch the documentary online and chat in real-time with producer Jill Landaker Grunes and director/producer Joshua Seftel, who spent more than six months following the Broadway revival.
Video Description
Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage
The show-stopping musical Annie, its characters and its songs are timeless and classic. It’s been 35 years since the little orphan Annie first stepped onto a Broadway stage. For Annie’s return to Broadway, this documentary offers a memorable behind-the-scenes look at every step of a single Annie production number.
55min 4sec
Moderator
- Thirteen

New York PBS station. This film is a presentation of THIRTEEN for WNET.
Participants
- Jill Landaker Grunes

Panelist
Producer of ANNIE: It’s the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage
- Joshua Seftel

Panelist
Producer and director of ANNIE: It’s the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage. Seftel and his crew spent more than six months following the Broadway revival behind the scenes as the show raced toward opening night.
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