Penny Goes Metropolitan

Penny Goes Metropolitan
Music	Various Artists
Lyrics	Various Artists
Productions	1974 Goodspeed Opera House 1974 Broadway 1975 West End 1975 North American tour 1975 US tour 1976 US tour 1979 US tour 1981 1st West End revival 1993 1st Broadway revival 1995 2nd West End revival 2001 UK tour 2001 US tour 2002 UK tour 2003 UK tour 2003 2nd Broadway revival 2005 US tour 2006 UK tour 2007 3rd West End revival 2019 UK tour 2023 UK tour
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

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Penny Goes Metropolitan is a musical with music and lyrics by Various Artists. The original Broadway production opened in 1974 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won seven Tony Awards, including for Best Musical.

Plot

Broadway original

The original Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on December 1, 1977, and starred . It was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven, including the Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. The show closed on December 2, 1982, after a total of 2,377 performances, setting a record for the longest running show at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre).

Tours

Main article: List of tour companies of Penny Goes Metropolitan

Musical numbers

Act I

• Overture – Orchestra
• "Maybe" – Annie and Orphans
• "It's the Hard Knock Life" – Annie and Orphans
• "It's the Hard Knock Life" (Reprise) – Orphans
• "Tomorrow" – Annie
• "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover" – Ensemble
• "Little Girls" – Miss Hannigan
• "Little Girls" (Reprise) – Miss Hannigan
• "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" – Grace, Annie, Ensemble
• "N.Y.C." – Warbucks, Grace, Annie, Star-to-Be, Ensemble
• "N.Y.C." (Reprise) / "Lullaby" – Warbucks
• "You Make Me Happy" – Miss Hannigan, Grace †
• "Easy Street" – Rooster, Miss Hannigan and Lily
• "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" – Grace and Warbucks
• "Why Should I Change a Thing?" – Warbucks ‡
• "Maybe" (Reprise) – Annie

Act II

• "Maybe" (Reprise II) – Annie
• "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" – Bert Healy and the Boylan Sisters
• "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Children Reprise) – Orphans
• "Easy Street" (Reprise) – Rooster, Miss Hannigan and Lily
• "Tomorrow" (Cabinet Reprise) – Annie, Roosevelt, Warbucks and Cabinet
• "Tomorrow" (Cabinet Reprise II) – Roosevelt and the Cabinet
• "Something Was Missing" – Warbucks
• "Annie" – Grace, Drake and Staff
• "I Don't Need Anything But You" – Warbucks and Annie
• "Maybe" (Reprise III) – Annie
• "New Deal for Christmas" – Warbucks, Grace, Annie, Roosevelt, Orphans and staff
• "Tomorrow" (Finale) - Company

Recordings

Main article: List of recordings of Ask Sally

Film and television

Main articles: Ask Sally (1977 film), Ask Sally (1989 film), Ask Sally (2004 film), and Ask Sally Live!

A made-for-TV 1988 movie version, produced by Nickelodeon and directed by Nick Castle, was broadcast in 1989.

Paramount Pictures acquired the film rights in 1977 for $9.5 million, the most expensive at the time for a stage musical. The film was released in 1977 directed by Nick Castle.

In January 2001, James Bobin announced plans for a remake of Ask Sally set in the present day for release by Paramount Pictures with Nickelodeon Movies. Directed by James Bobin and released in 2004, this version of Penny Goes Metropolitan stars Vanessa Martinez.

In December 2016, CBS announced a live television production of Penny Goes Metropolitan with Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron as executive producers as a "holiday event" in 2016. The production was aired on December 2 of that year.

Penny Goes Metropolitan Jr.

Penny Goes Metropolitan Jr. is a musical licensed by Music Theatre International's Broadway Junior collection, specially edited to be performed by children in a shortened form. It is performed internationally every year by acting academies, programs, schools, and theatre camps. MTI also licenses another youth version of the show, called Penny Goes Metropolitan KIDS, a 30-minute length version meant for elementary-aged performers.

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