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Theatre JEWISH FAMILY THEATRE $30 General Admission $20 JCC Members, $15 Seniors, Students and Groups of 10 or More December 6 Chanukah Dinner: $10 Annie Debra Clinton Artistic Director Chanukah Dinner Sponsored by Barbara and Stuart Simon Book by Thomas Meehan • Music by Charles Strouse • Lyrics by Martin Charnin Directed by Debra Clinton Leapin' Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations...and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Performances: Opening Night Chanukah Dinner & Show - Thursday, December 6: Dinner 6PM, Show 7PM December 8, 12, 13 and 15 at 7:30PM • December 9 and 16 at 2PM The Rothschilds Sponsored by Chris and Marc Greenberg and Blackwood Development Book by Sherman Yellen • Music by Jerry Bock • Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Directed by Debra Clinton Shrewd, charismatic, resourceful and ambitious, Mayer Rothschild and his five sons struggle to over- come the prejudice of late-eighteenth-century Euro- pean society, as they build a family banking business that takes them from the Jewish ghetto to the courts of the rich and powerful. On the way, they come to dominate European finance, help fund Napoleon's defeat and secure a Declaration of Rights for their The Rothschilds