Sony Music Entertainment and The Gordon Frost Organisation are proud to announce the release of the Australian cast recording of the new production of ANNIE which was recorded on Opening Night, January 5, 2012 at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney. This is the third production of ANNIE to be staged in Australia, the first in 1978-9 and the second in 2000. The album features live recordings of the perennial Annie favourites performed by the stellar Australian cast that includes Anthony Warlow as Daddy Warbucks, Nancye Hayes as Miss Hannigan, Todd McKenney (Rooster), Chlo Dallimore (Lily St. Regis), Julie Goodwin (Grace Farrell) and radio broadcaster Alan Jones as Franklin D. Roosevelt. This recording features 10-year-old Ella Nicol in the role of Annie, one of three young actresses playing the role in the Sydney season.