NBC Casts Wheelchair User Alan Toy to Play FDR in Annie Live!

Actor and longtime New Mobility contributor Alan Toy has been cast as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in NBC’s upcoming Annie Live! holiday special. Like the president, Toy contracted polio that resulted in paralysis. He will be the first polio survivor to portray FDR in a major production. “It is a huge honor to join such a talented ensemble,” Toy said. “FDR has always been a role model of…

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