The trouble with "Annie" isn't this production -- the performances, on the whole, were solid and some even soared -- but the musical itself. Admit it: "Hard Knock Life" played on tight rotation could be used by the CIA as an enhanced interrogation technique. From its simplistic lyrics, cloying numbers and flogging-a-dead-horse reprises, "Annie" has always mistaken sentimentality for hea…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:00PM on December 21, 2012