I feel bad for Brittny. She was a talented kid and was hated on for something that was the producer’s fault, not hers. Joanna was amazing and Brittny was simply young. They should’ve kept Joanna and then had Brittny take over for Annie when she was a bit older, then they’d both have been at their best and gotten the appreciation and love they both deserved.
@@mckenna.grace_fanpage3286 they can switch! And until the girl would be old enough to play annie (let's say around 9 or 10 years old) she can play one of the orphans!
I totally agree. I think Brittny should have been the Annie understudy, and played Orphan July. When Joanna outgrew the role Annie, Brittny should have taken over in a year or so.
@@anyalouw5395 I don't blame them. Her contract was not for a split role and Kissinger was not the official understudy. I heard they said they would consider it if Joanna' was the one used in the trailer and did tony and tv performances and they couldn't come to agreement. To me, why not just train Brittany as an under study and let her take over the roll when Joanna got too big or her contract was up? There were rumors that Brittany's mom was having an affair with a producer which is why they started training her behind Joanna's back and also that Joanna was difficult to work with but I don't believe either.
Don't get me wrong, Brittany was good as Annie, but I feel like they should have let Joanna's voice heal and during that time her understudy would play Annie. Then when Joanna out grew the role, Brittany could have played annie.
I feel bad for Brittany (obviously Joanna too) . But this role is so tainted and everyone so bitter about what happened to Joanna that they’re al roasting brittney instead of roasting her.
People are roasting Brittany because the producers made it sound like she was so amazing that they unceremoniously dumped Joanna for her, hence why she is judged so harshly. I'm definitely underwhelmed. Brittany is pitchy and something seems off about her diction as well. However, I agree it's not Brittany's fault Joanna was fired for her. However, there are suspicions that there were ulterior reasons Brittny was cast over both Joanna and her understudy.
I agree and Brittny is talented but all the bashing and negative comments are unwarranted. The 20th Anniversary Annie shouldn't have been tainted as it was. I would have loved to see this version on stage nut at least had the chance to meet and talk with Brittny and her brother Zac when they were in the band Tentacles Heavenward. I was disappointed that the documentary "Life After Tomorrow" didn't include Brittny :-( Annie rules!!
Bookishhorsegirl - Wtf is wrong with you lmaoo you need to chill out and go outside. You realize you replied to my comment that I made a YEAR ago. So...That was a year ago why do you care? You're the only person complaining about it like do something else with your life sweetie. It's clear that your feelings are hurt.
Bookishhorsegirl - Yes you are hurt because of a comment I made a YEAR ago. It's alright though. I'll let you let out the steam. Keep it coming horse girl! 🐴 No one is bitter besides you lmaoo. So angry over something I said a year ago. Let it out though!!
Bookishhorsegirl - Nah you are angry from my initial comment. If it didn't effect you, you wouldn't have replied to something I said a year ago. And I see that you deleted some of your comments?? Aw I guess someone was embarrassed!!
No, that's not what I was expecting. I just think costumes used today are more interesting looking and often more historically accurate. The costumes from 1997 Annie were okay, but some costumes from the '80s and earlier look like they are from the '80s and not whatever time period they are supposed to be from.
I don’t think it was right for them to fire Joanna. It also isn’t right to say that an eight year old girl is bad though. She was just an innocent girl in the second grade.
littlesongbird1 Miss Hannigan was better than Annie, that’s all I can say. Brittany was just TERRIBLE. This revival wasn’t the best, because they replaced Joanna, which was absolutely unnecessary.
@@adele2828 I have heard so many rumors about why they replaced her. I really feel that was rotten and Brittany was not even her understudy so I am sure the real Understudy was probably heartbroken as well. I agree with no offense Brittany she was just too young for the role, perhaps with some training she could have done it after Joanna aged out.
Ok I need the truth about why they chose brittny? Because it just doesn't make any sense to me even a little bit.... Shes way to young, and johanna's voice was more developed. I'm just confused
Supposedly what happened (and this is just things I’ve heard so it could be completely false but it honestly makes sense) is that Brittny’s mom slept around with a producer so they started teaching her the part secretly behind everyone’s back. Then in out of town tryouts Joanna caught bronchitis and had to miss a few weeks so they used Brittny as her replacement during that time. The producers liked her and they were already sorta panicking bc they didn’t know if they made the right choice with Joanna, so they decided to keep Brittny as Annie bc they thought it would get the show more press and better reviews if they had they youngest Annie ever (Brit was only 8 at the time.) So when Joanna finally came back they told her she could either share the role with Brittny or she was fired and her mom didn’t want her sharing it so she was fired :/ it’s a very messed up story.
It is funny how this song can be rurned in to a depressing song just by changing one word like they have done here. Here they sing you’r always a day away. But there is a positive one that brings hope that say you’ronly a day away
Always is positive. No matter how shit today is tomorrow is always juts a day away to make things better, that's the idea behind the lyric. It was changed to only in the movie for some reason but the stage lyrics has always been...well always.
Always is for the broadway version. Only is from the original movie. Always isn’t supposed to mean you’ll never get to it, but if you’re having a bad day, you only have to wait until tomorrow and it will be better.
Joaana pacceti was so much better...I was so disgusted by the way they dropped her ...what a horrible thing ...it's not even like this kid was better then they would have a good reason...so mad about it I felt so bad for Joanna
You could tell none of them liked her at all they just chose her cause she was better than the others you shouldn’t of cast her if you’re not fond of her and just keep looking, this production as terrible
Joanna Pacitti was a Lyn effortless softer better singer. She transmitted a lot more emotion whilst young Brittany, even if she is talented, sounds more like she’s trying when singing.
I understand she was the youngest person to play Annie but she was definitely not a fit for the role, she doesn’t look like someone to play Annie, her facial expressions while singing are just not it, and while singing her voice either sounds amazing or she sounds like she can’t control her voice.
I'm sorry but the singing is good and all it's just... the acting the actress for Annie is doing is so BLAND! It sounds the same throughout, where are the vocal inflections?
there’s some rumor that joanna was hard to work with but i doubt that. she probably just had trouble adjusting to having such a big role cuz she hadn’t had a role like that before. also, what a shame that they fired joanna. this girl is nothing compared to joanna.
No. Basically what happened (this is just what I’ve heard so it could be completely false but it honestly makes a lot of sense) is that Brittny’s mom slept with a producer so they started teaching her the part behind everyone’s back. Then Joanna caught bronchitis in out of town tryouts and had to miss a few weeks & they put Brittny on as her replacement. And I guess the producers liked her and they were already kinda panicking bc they didn’t know if they made the right choice with Joanna, so they decided to keep Brittny as Annie bc they thought it would get the show more press and better reviews if they had the youngest Annie ever (Brittny was only 8.) So when Joanna came back they basically told her she could either share the role with Brittny or she would be fired, and her mom didn’t want her sharing with anyone so she was fired :/
Lol. Yeah, those weren't rumors. There are these things called critical reviews and several mentioned Joanna not having chemistry with the actor playing Warbucks. One even mentioned she seemed strangely detached during I Don't Need Anything But You. Brittny's mother didn't sleep with anyone (as the idiot who replied to this thread suggests). She was simply a better actress and the powers that be panicked. It wasn't a smart decision since Brittny didn't get amazing reviews and potential ticket buyers were soured by Joanna being fired and stayed away. If Joanna's mother hadn't been so stupid, Joanna would have kept the role but split it (something basically every other Broadway show does with child actors) with Brittny. Since she didn't, Brittny got to open on Broadway and Joanna hasn't even seen the chorus a Broadway play.
@@Padmepotter4986 actually you’re the “idiot” Brittny wasn’t even Joanna’s understudy so there was absolutely NO reason for her to be the one to replace her. She shouldn’t have even known the part. They very obviously taught it to her behind everyone’s back. Also regarding Joanna’s mom; She didn’t want Joanna to share with Brittny since Brittny would’ve gotten to do all the press ect. for the show, which wasn’t right since Joanna won the initial contest in the first place. The fact is is that the producers panicked and thought that Brittny would sell more tickets because she wouldve been the youngest Annie ever at the time. Her Annie was awkward and their plan backfired so boo hoo. Also I love that you point out that Joanna hasn’t done anything. Brittny has literally NOT been heard from since doing this play so the fact that you’re trying to make it seem that way 🤣 Meanwhile Joanna was a finalist on American idol and one of her songs was in Legally Blonde. Someone sounds bitter that Brittny wasn’t a good Annie and the show closed early as a result 👏🏼👏🏼
Not too fond of the kid's singing as much as i love Tomorrow! And what was wrong with an African American Miss Hannigan? Two years later, we had an African American Grace in the Disney TV remake.
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I feel bad for Brittny. She was a talented kid and was hated on for something that was the producer’s fault, not hers. Joanna was amazing and Brittny was simply young. They should’ve kept Joanna and then had Brittny take over for Annie when she was a bit older, then they’d both have been at their best and gotten the appreciation and love they both deserved.
But there can only be one Annie not 2 Annies
Agreed.
@@mckenna.grace_fanpage3286 they can switch! And until the girl would be old enough to play annie (let's say around 9 or 10 years old) she can play one of the orphans!
I totally agree. I think Brittny should have been the Annie understudy, and played Orphan July. When Joanna outgrew the role Annie, Brittny should have taken over in a year or so.
Even though Brittany was extremely talented (especially for an 8 year old), I still think they should have never fired Joanna Pacitti
They should have just had both girls doing shows. Like every other day or something
@@kyliedecelle5072 This was on offer. Joanna's parents didn't agree.
@@anyalouw5395 I don't blame them. Her contract was not for a split role and Kissinger was not the official understudy. I heard they said they would consider it if Joanna' was the one used in the trailer and did tony and tv performances and they couldn't come to agreement. To me, why not just train Brittany as an under study and let her take over the roll when Joanna got too big or her contract was up? There were rumors that Brittany's mom was having an affair with a producer which is why they started training her behind Joanna's back and also that Joanna was difficult to work with but I don't believe either.
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@@anyalouw5395 I wonder why they didn't agree. Was she fired simply because she was ill and couldn't rehearse in time? I'm just confused.
No one should of hated on Brittany, but Joanna really did deserve that part.
Damn Joanna would’ve killed this performance...and she wouldn’t have been moving her head and eyes so much
No one:
Viewer in 2120: it should have been Joanna!!
They didn’t lie though 😐
i love annie it will always be one of my favourite musicals
Don't get me wrong, Brittany was good as Annie, but I feel like they should have let Joanna's voice heal and during that time her understudy would play Annie. Then when Joanna out grew the role, Brittany could have played annie.
Exactly I still don't understand why they didn't do that till this day it bothers me how cruel they were to Joanna
Half the comments say the same thing. Dude not the kid’s fault she was perfectly awesome.
Thank you for saying that!! Brittny rules!!
She is a really good little cute Annie 😍 💕
If only it had been Joanna as Annie instead of Brittny.
Team Joanna right here
Team joanna member number 2 i think joanna sang tommorow the best out of all the anniee
powerful voice, love it!
Shes good and all but she kinda has a deep voice but very powerful
Wow what an amazing voice she so powerfull :-) I wish I had her vioce
The dog is nearly as tall as her and I love it 😂❤️
Excellent performance
I feel bad for Brittany (obviously Joanna too) . But this role is so tainted and everyone so bitter about what happened to Joanna that they’re al roasting brittney instead of roasting her.
People are roasting Brittany because the producers made it sound like she was so amazing that they unceremoniously dumped Joanna for her, hence why she is judged so harshly. I'm definitely underwhelmed. Brittany is pitchy and something seems off about her diction as well. However, I agree it's not Brittany's fault Joanna was fired for her. However, there are suspicions that there were ulterior reasons Brittny was cast over both Joanna and her understudy.
I agree and Brittny is talented but all the bashing and negative comments are unwarranted. The 20th Anniversary Annie shouldn't have been tainted as it was. I would have loved to see this version on stage nut at least had the chance to meet and talk with Brittny and her brother Zac when they were in the band Tentacles Heavenward. I was disappointed that the documentary "Life After Tomorrow" didn't include Brittny :-( Annie rules!!
She sounds like she’s about to yawn. Through the entire song.
This comment made me have to yawn :^O
I thought the same.
@@clubsnatcher is she your girlfriend or your mom?
@@GoddessAngelinaj Who?
I think so too and sounds boyish
Why is she looking around like that😂
Gingy insert - right lmaoooo she looks crazy! And she keeps moving her head
@@alibhg3063 Stfu, shes not going to read it and shes not a child anymore. No ones feelings are going to get hurt besides yours lmao.
Bookishhorsegirl - Wtf is wrong with you lmaoo you need to chill out and go outside. You realize you replied to my comment that I made a YEAR ago. So...That was a year ago why do you care? You're the only person complaining about it like do something else with your life sweetie. It's clear that your feelings are hurt.
Bookishhorsegirl - Yes you are hurt because of a comment I made a YEAR ago. It's alright though. I'll let you let out the steam. Keep it coming horse girl! 🐴 No one is bitter besides you lmaoo. So angry over something I said a year ago. Let it out though!!
Bookishhorsegirl - Nah you are angry from my initial comment. If it didn't effect you, you wouldn't have replied to something I said a year ago. And I see that you deleted some of your comments?? Aw I guess someone was embarrassed!!
No, that's not what I was expecting. I just think costumes used today are more interesting looking and often more historically accurate. The costumes from 1997 Annie were okay, but some costumes from the '80s and earlier look like they are from the '80s and not whatever time period they are supposed to be from.
Why does young Annie look all crazy singing Tomorrow?
It's the forties. All that lead paint.
@@NairAthul Stop spreading misinformation, including how it's set in 1933.
Is she tracking a fly? What’s up with the erratic eyes?
I don’t think it was right for them to fire Joanna. It also isn’t right to say that an eight year old girl is bad though. She was just an innocent girl in the second grade.
Terrific voice but the bug eyes are driving me crazy.
Not to mention she keeps moving her head back and forth very distracting
@@tomgallowitz Screw you. How are you annoyed by that??
Who decided Nell Carter was a good choice for Miss Hannigan?
The producers
i didn't like her as Miss Hannigan at ALL.
@@adele2828 Did you see this production? If so what did you think of Brittany as Annie.
littlesongbird1 Miss Hannigan was better than Annie, that’s all I can say. Brittany was just TERRIBLE. This revival wasn’t the best, because they replaced Joanna, which was absolutely unnecessary.
@@adele2828 I have heard so many rumors about why they replaced her. I really feel that was rotten and Brittany was not even her understudy so I am sure the real Understudy was probably heartbroken as well. I agree with no offense Brittany she was just too young for the role, perhaps with some training she could have done it after Joanna aged out.
Ok I need the truth about why they chose brittny? Because it just doesn't make any sense to me even a little bit.... Shes way to young, and johanna's voice was more developed. I'm just confused
Supposedly what happened (and this is just things I’ve heard so it could be completely false but it honestly makes sense) is that Brittny’s mom slept around with a producer so they started teaching her the part secretly behind everyone’s back. Then in out of town tryouts Joanna caught bronchitis and had to miss a few weeks so they used Brittny as her replacement during that time. The producers liked her and they were already sorta panicking bc they didn’t know if they made the right choice with Joanna, so they decided to keep Brittny as Annie bc they thought it would get the show more press and better reviews if they had they youngest Annie ever (Brit was only 8 at the time.) So when Joanna finally came back they told her she could either share the role with Brittny or she was fired and her mom didn’t want her sharing it so she was fired :/ it’s a very messed up story.
Having seen this Andrea did the better performance on the Tonys.
This girl literally gave me goose-bumps!!!
It is funny how this song can be rurned in to a depressing song just by changing one word like they have done here. Here they sing you’r always a day away. But there is a positive one that brings hope that say you’ronly a day away
Always is positive. No matter how shit today is tomorrow is always juts a day away to make things better, that's the idea behind the lyric. It was changed to only in the movie for some reason but the stage lyrics has always been...well always.
I in a song book I have it says either always or only are both correct.
@@AngelGirl91602 And in the stage version it's always
Always is for the broadway version. Only is from the original movie. Always isn’t supposed to mean you’ll never get to it, but if you’re having a bad day, you only have to wait until tomorrow and it will be better.
Joaana pacceti was so much better...I was so disgusted by the way they dropped her ...what a horrible thing ...it's not even like this kid was better then they would have a good reason...so mad about it I felt so bad for Joanna
You could tell none of them liked her at all they just chose her cause she was better than the others you shouldn’t of cast her if you’re not fond of her and just keep looking, this production as terrible
What a talent she was/is.
Is it just me or were Broadway costumes not very good prior to 10 or so years ago?
She be like:
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このアニー、声量がすごい
Is this a step down from the original? Came from a video of Joanna and it was higher
I think you are right. She could sing but not like Joanna
Joanna Pacitti was a Lyn effortless softer better singer. She transmitted a lot more emotion whilst young Brittany, even if she is talented, sounds more like she’s trying when singing.
Annie
2:56 .... I don’t know what to say about her eyes and her head but....umm.... eeh!?
Lay of the eight year old! She did awesome
I still think Joanna did a bit better but still!
Creepy as hell
How
A Flanagan her eyes looking everywhere
I understand she was the youngest person to play Annie but she was definitely not a fit for the role, she doesn’t look like someone to play Annie, her facial expressions while singing are just not it, and while singing her voice either sounds amazing or she sounds like she can’t control her voice.
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I'm sorry but the singing is good and all it's just... the acting the actress for Annie is doing is so BLAND! It sounds the same throughout, where are the vocal inflections?
She doesn’t look like chucky at all.....
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there’s some rumor that joanna was hard to work with but i doubt that. she probably just had trouble adjusting to having such a big role cuz she hadn’t had a role like that before. also, what a shame that they fired joanna. this girl is nothing compared to joanna.
No. Basically what happened (this is just what I’ve heard so it could be completely false but it honestly makes a lot of sense) is that Brittny’s mom slept with a producer so they started teaching her the part behind everyone’s back. Then Joanna caught bronchitis in out of town tryouts and had to miss a few weeks & they put Brittny on as her replacement. And I guess the producers liked her and they were already kinda panicking bc they didn’t know if they made the right choice with Joanna, so they decided to keep Brittny as Annie bc they thought it would get the show more press and better reviews if they had the youngest Annie ever (Brittny was only 8.) So when Joanna came back they basically told her she could either share the role with Brittny or she would be fired, and her mom didn’t want her sharing with anyone so she was fired :/
Lol. Yeah, those weren't rumors. There are these things called critical reviews and several mentioned Joanna not having chemistry with the actor playing Warbucks. One even mentioned she seemed strangely detached during I Don't Need Anything But You.
Brittny's mother didn't sleep with anyone (as the idiot who replied to this thread suggests). She was simply a better actress and the powers that be panicked. It wasn't a smart decision since Brittny didn't get amazing reviews and potential ticket buyers were soured by Joanna being fired and stayed away.
If Joanna's mother hadn't been so stupid, Joanna would have kept the role but split it (something basically every other Broadway show does with child actors) with Brittny. Since she didn't, Brittny got to open on Broadway and Joanna hasn't even seen the chorus a Broadway play.
@@Padmepotter4986 actually you’re the “idiot” Brittny wasn’t even Joanna’s understudy so there was absolutely NO reason for her to be the one to replace her. She shouldn’t have even known the part. They very obviously taught it to her behind everyone’s back. Also regarding Joanna’s mom; She didn’t want Joanna to share with Brittny since Brittny would’ve gotten to do all the press ect. for the show, which wasn’t right since Joanna won the initial contest in the first place. The fact is is that the producers panicked and thought that Brittny would sell more tickets because she wouldve been the youngest Annie ever at the time. Her Annie was awkward and their plan backfired so boo hoo. Also I love that you point out that Joanna hasn’t done anything. Brittny has literally NOT been heard from since doing this play so the fact that you’re trying to make it seem that way 🤣 Meanwhile Joanna was a finalist on American idol and one of her songs was in Legally Blonde. Someone sounds bitter that Brittny wasn’t a good Annie and the show closed early as a result 👏🏼👏🏼
Not too fond of the kid's singing as much as i love Tomorrow! And what was wrong with an African American Miss Hannigan? Two years later, we had an African American Grace in the Disney TV remake.
This seems that this broadway won’t cause siksofrinenia or general mental illness happy ha ha ha ha
Annie has crazy eyes 👀
She was not that good of a singer. Shame that they could have her just lip sing to Andrea McArdle's version.