Daddy Warbucks

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Give a lot of credit to NBC’s two winning leads: Celina Smith as the wide-eyed waif Annie and the crooner Harry Connick Jr. as the bossy Daddy Warbucks.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

Harry Connick Jr. and Nicole Scherzinger did very passable jobs as billionaire Daddy Warbucks and his secretary, Grace Farrell.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

This time the fabulous Taraji P. Henson gets ham up Miss Hannigan's solo "Little Girls," and Harry Connick Jr. plays the emotionally closed-off billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021

Twelve-year-old newcomer Celina Smith has the title role, backed by co-stars Harry Connick Jr. as Annie’s rescuer, Daddy Warbucks, and Taraji P. Henson as the orphanage’s callous Miss Hannigan.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Stage-Annie and Daddy Warbucks took a step to the right and to the left respectively to make room for him.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg