{"id":24787,"date":"2021-08-12T00:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=24787"},"modified":"2021-08-12T00:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:20:57","slug":"annie-live-has-found-its-rooster-tituss-burgess-joins-nbcs-all-star-cast-for-the-december-2-holiday-musical-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/12\/annie-live-has-found-its-rooster-tituss-burgess-joins-nbcs-all-star-cast-for-the-december-2-holiday-musical-event\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Annie Live!&#8221; Has Found Its Rooster &#8211; Tituss Burgess Joins NBC&#8217;s All-Star Cast for the December 2 Holiday Musical Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20901\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Annie-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Annie-Logo.jpg 524w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Annie-Logo-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>Six-time Emmy Award nominee Tituss Burgess (&#8220;<em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<\/em>&#8220;) will be scheming and dancing his way to Easy Street in the scene-stealing role of Rooster in NBC&#8217;s all-star production of &#8220;<strong><em>Annie Live!<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; set for Thursday, December 2 @ 8PM ET\/PT on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always wanted to be a villain,&#8221; said Burgess, who will play the underhanded brother of the ruthless Miss Hannigan, played by Taraji P. 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