Daddy Warbucks
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Harry Connick Jr. and Nicole Scherzinger did very passable jobs as billionaire Daddy Warbucks and his secretary, Grace Farrell.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
This time the fabulous Taraji P. Henson gets ham up Miss Hannigan's solo "Little Girls," and Harry Connick Jr. plays the emotionally closed-off billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021
Celina Smith has the title role, backed by co-stars including Harry Connick Jr. as Annie’s rescuer, Daddy Warbucks, and Taraji P. Henson as the orphanage’s callous Miss Hannigan.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
The original is no classic, though its charms — Albert Finney’s benignly belligerent Daddy Warbucks, Carol Burnett’s splendidly ratty Miss Hannigan, a stirring round of “Tomorrow” with the Roosevelts — are considerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2020
Stage-Annie and Daddy Warbucks took a step to the right and to the left respectively to make room for him.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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