Whoopi Goldberg will play Madison Square Garden this holiday season with a touring production of the popular musical Annie.
She’ll play the villainous Miss Hannigan, who runs an orphanage and terrorizes Annie and the other little girls. Goldberg joins the show in the second week of its five-week engagement at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
The new tour will begin with a run in Chicago before arriving at MSG. Earlier reports incorrectly stated Goldberg was part of the Chicago cast, but she will appear exclusively in NYC December 11 – January 5.
Goldberg, the moderator of ABC’s The View, is no stranger to the New York stage. She has appeared on Broadway seven times, from her groundbreaking 1984 solo show Whoopi Goldberg to Sister Act, her most recent in 2011.
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