In the Broadway musical “Annie,” the plucky red-headed orphan sings “Maybe.” She imagines what it would be like to have a home and parents of her own. Then she finds out for real after Daddy Warbucks adopts her.
On Dec. 2, “Maybe” and other songs in the show will strike a special chord for many in the audience at the Palace Theatre.
No maybes about it.
The matinee performance of the show will be filled with adoptees and foster kids in a special matinee benefit for the New York Foundling, a 143-year-old
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The special matinee “is for real-life Annies across New York City,” said Bill Baccaglini, president and CEO of the NY Foundling.
“The show is filled with music and fluff, but it’s really about resilience and we see that in our kids.”
So do Jean and Raymond Moe, of Staten Island, who’ve been a NY Foundling foster family for 13 years.
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“We all always have
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For Raymond, “Annie” will reflect his own life in concrete way.
“I kind of
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Turning serious, he adds, “Children changed our lives. It made us a lot busier. It’s kept us younger.”
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