Martin Charnin
Martin Charnin
Martin Charninis an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director and lyricist of the musical Annie...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth24 November 1934
blocking bringing either ends musical piece previous shows virtue work
What this show ends up being is the beneficiary of all the work that I've done in the previous incarnations of it. Every one of those shows was responsible for making something new happen, either by virtue of what an actor does by bringing something to it, or a piece blocking or a musical interpretation. I've put all of it together.
optimism organic spirit
Her spirit and her optimism are organic to the American spirit, and that's what this show is about.
children funny hard heart maintain respect treat worked
I always worked hard to maintain respect for the children. We never made them out to be fools. We treat them with dignity. They can be funny and heart warming. But, we treat them like people.
brings child humanity missing warmth wonderful
She's just breathtaking. She's one of the most wonderful child actresses I've ever had in my life. She brings a warmth and a humanity to the part that has been missing for a long time.
charles looked lyric remember song
That song is gone, it's gone, it's gone. Charles and I have often looked at one another and can't even remember the lyric or the tune.
brought child mother musical piece point theater touches
It's a well-sculpted piece of musical theater or it wouldn't be done for so long. It touches the grandmother who at a one point was a mother who brought her child to the show.
above awful balloons characters comic information instead strip tales
Annie' was a comic strip with an awful lot of information in it. It had more information in the balloons above the characters than practically any other comic strip that was around. The strip told tales instead of jokes.
above awful balloons characters comic information instead strip tales
'Annie' was a comic strip with an awful lot of information in it. It had more information in the balloons above the characters than practically any other comic strip that was around. The strip told tales instead of jokes.
crop kids
a whole new crop of kids and adults.
amazing funny singing
This is her crowning performance. She is screamingly funny and still singing with that amazing voice.
amazing funny singing
This is her crowning performance, ... She is screamingly funny and still singing with that amazing voice.
changes stays
The whole idea is that she stays 11 1/2 and the world changes around her.
exotic looking
I was looking for an interesting story and exceptionally exotic characters,
imagination song stretch trunk
It's not a trunk song by any stretch of the imagination,