conclusion of their appeal, the idea to create the Tennessee Valley Authority has been born. Sheila Kelly (alias Florence) tells her mother (Commissioner Doyle) that the involvement of the White House and the FBI scares her. She wants to end their scheme. Her mother convinces her to continue and they discuss their plot, which includes getting rid of everyone from Daddy and Annie to Grace and the servants ("Leave It To The Girls"). Grace overhears Commissioner Doyle refer to Mrs. Kelly as Florence and becomes suspicious. On board the Staten Island Ferry celebrating Annie's return, the orphans are singing "All Dolled Up." They are joined by President Roosevelt, the Patersons, Annie, Daddy Warbucks, Attorney Whitehead and Mrs. Kelly. Warbucks and Mrs. Kelly waltz romantically together and then include Annie in their dance. The Patersons report that they have invested their reward money in Warbucks's stock. Mrs. Kelly sings a lullaby to Annie. The song she sings happens to be the lullaby Daddy Warbucks's mother used to sing to him. (He has forgotten he mentioned that to Commissioner Doyle.) When Commissioner Doyle reminds him he is now violating his agreement to marry within 60 days, he quickly proposes to Mrs. Kelly. The wedding is set for Wednesday and Mrs. Kelly leaves the party. Daddy Warbucks and Grace are left alone. She wishes him happiness and goes inside to have dinner with Annie and his guests. Alone, Grace sings "It Would Have Been Wonderful." A suite in the Waldorf-Astoria looks like the set an Astaire-Rogers movie. Everyone is preparing for the wedding and Daddy tries to reassure Annie they will be happy with Mrs. Kelly ("When You Smile"). Scene Five: The ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria. As the orphans march in the wedding procession they sing "Wedding, Wedding." As Reverend Paterson is about to declare Daddy Warbucks and Mrs. Kelly husband and wife, a cablegram arrives announcing Warbucks is ruined. Mrs. Kelly starts to run out, but is stopped by Grace who reveals Mrs. Kelly's true identity. Sheila Kelly and Commissioner Doyle in turn reveal that Attorney Whitehead was behind the entire plot to get Mrs. Kelly married to Warbucks so she could kill him and take his money. Whitehead resented the fact that Warbucks, a Tenth Avenue Shanty Irish, should have more money than he did himself, since he was born into one of the oldest families in Boston and attended Harvard. Annie then reveals the cablegram was a fake sent by Grace who wanted to have the chance to see if Mrs. Kelly really loved Warbucks. Warbucks learns he is still rich and now doesn't have to get married. However, he decides that he is not so old after all and finally asks Grace to marry him. They decide to adopt all the orphans and the wedding proceeds. Annie tells Molly she always knew the ending would be happy ("I Always Knew"). Scenes and Settings Act I • Scene 1: The living room of the Warbucks mansion - Christmas morning, 1933. • Scene 2: Warbucks' study. A moment later. • Scene 3: The balcony outside Warbucks' study. Immediately after. • Scene 4: The orphanage in downtown Manhattan. Two weeks later. • Scene 5: The breakfast room of the Warbucks' mansion. A month later. • Scene 6: The kitchen of the Warbucks' mansion. Moments later. • Scene 7: Commissioner Doyle's office, the NYC Department of Child Welfare. The following Thursday morning. • Scene 8: The front hallway of the Warbucks' mansion. An hour later. • Scene 9: The Pennsylvania Railroad yards. Later that night. Act II • Scene 1: A sharecropper's cabin in rural Tennessee. Six weeks later. April 1934. • Scene 2: The White House Communications Office, Washington, D.C. Late afternoon of the following day. • Scene 3: The top deck of the Staten Island Ferry. The following Saturday night. • Scene 4: An art deco suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The following Wednesday evening, shortly before 7 pm. • Scene 5: A Ballroom in the Waldorf-Astoria. An instant later.
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