Winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical, "Annie" is a mix of rambunctious orphans, a president, a villainess, a billionaire, and, of course, a mutt named Sandy. State of the Arts takes you behind the scenes to watch how "Annie" and the cast work with the dog and wrangler to keep the dog moving right along.

As if putting together a full-scale musical wouldn't make one's head spin fast enough, the Paper Mill Playhouse's new production of the Tony Award-winning Annie includes a cast of professional child actors who, in addition to rehearsing full-time, must be tutored for three hours a day, as well as a dog to play the role of "Sandy" - backed by a dog handler and, of course, a dog understudy.

"Annie" will be on stage at the Paper Mill Playhouse now through December 8th in Millburn. Visit them at www.papermill.org

Man of Visions. Howard Finster

Work of self-taught artist, Howard Finster, is part of an exhibit at the Stedman Gallery. Revelations and Reflections of American Self-Taught Artists can be seen now through January 11th in Camden. Finster designed album covers for bands such as REM and the Talking Heads, painted an 8 foot Coca Cola bottle to represent the United States in the Olympics art exhibit in 1996 and was creator of Paradise Gardens Park and Museum before his death in 2001.

For more information on the exhibit, visit rcca.camden.rutgers.edu or call 856-225-6609. To find out more about Howard Finster go to www.finster.com

Eagle Rock Memorial. Patrick Morelli

Sculptor, Patrick Morelli unveiled his latest work, the Eagle Rock September 11th Memorial in West Orange, on October 20th, 2002. This monument is made of life size bronze figures of a bald eagle, a small girl, a teenage boy and a 'Book of Remembrance', where the words Remember September 11, 2001 are inscribed.

For more information about the memorial, call 973-268-3500, or to find out about the artist, visit www.morelliart.com

Who Shot Ya?

Including photos of many of hip hop's biggest names such as, Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill, Eminem, Tupac Shakur and many more, Who Shot Ya? Three Decades of Hip Hop Photography, by photographer Ernie Panniciolli, is the first major pictorial history of hip hop culture based around the work of one photographer. While some of these photos have made their way to magazines, most of these are published here for the first time.

For more information on this book or photographer, visit www.amistadbooks.com