Word: schuck
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Conrad John Schuck and Kay Story make a delightful pair as Daddy Warbucks and Grace, Warbuck's secretary, in the second half of the first act. Shuck's deep voice and stiff manner are a perfect compliment to Story's soft femininity, and although the set design for the Warbucks mansion is a bit much--The Nike of Samothrace looms in one corner, while Picassos, Mattises, Rembrants and the Mona Lisa also make appearances--it does produce a few chuckles from older members of the audience. Rooster Hannigan, played by Laurent Giroux, and his accomplice Lily St. Regent ("like...
...audience. After being told by Daddy Warbucks to get "gussied up," Annie descends the grand staircase wearing the classic red dress, shiny Mary Janes and curly wig, doing high kicks that would rival the Rockettes themselves. This happy scene is predictably interrupted by Annie's long-lost "parents"; but Schuck, as Warbucks, saves the scene with a masterful performance and a highly climatic rejection of the impostors...