![]() as Daddy Warbucks and the 12-year-old Celina Smith-discovered after a nationwide (Zoom) search-as Annie. Henson as Miss Hannigan Harry Connick Jr. This Thursday, DeBessonet earns a far larger audience as the director of NBC’s live production of Annie, starring Taraji P. So her classmates were called upon to populate the cast, rehearsals ran through the night, and in the morning, the parents arriving for pickup formed the captive audience. ![]() ![]() When she turned eight, she told her mother she wanted an Annie party-not a celebration with a copper-top cake or Sandy-themed goody bags. When Lear deBessonet was a little girl growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she had a slightly more intense obsession with Annie than most little girls who encountered the musical.
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