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Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

by Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields and Herbert Fields

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Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

A classic musical about the fictionalized life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley from songwriter Irving Berlin.

Story:

Annie Oakley and Frank Butler meet when she beats him in a sharpshooting contest at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the two have to negotiate between their completive sides and their blossoming love for each other.

: Composer and Lyricist
Irving Berlin

: Librettist
Dorothy Fields

: Librettist
Herbert Fields

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Imperial Theatre

Opening Night: May 16, 1946

Total Performances: 1,147

Original Cast: Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Earl Sauvain, Lea Penman, Betty Anne Nyma, Harry Bellaver, Kenny Bowers, William O'Neal

Director: Joshua Logan

Choreographer: Helen Tamiris

Musical Director: Jay Blackton

Orchestrations: Philip J. Lang, Russell Bennett and Ted Royal

Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner

Costume Design: Lucinda Ballard

Lighting Design: Jo Mielziner

1966 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Broadway Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 21, 1966

Total Performances: 78

Original Cast: Ethel Merman, Bruce Yarnell, Harry Bellaver, Jack Dabdoub, Pawnee Bill, Jerry Orbach, Rufus Smith, Benay Venuta

Director: Jack Sydow

Choreographer: Danny Daniels

Musical Director: Jonathan Anderson

Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett

Scenic Design: Paul McGuire

Costume Design: Frank Thompson

Lighting Design: Peter Hunt

1999 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Marquis Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 4, 1999

Total Performances: 1,045

Original Cast: Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat, Ronn Carroll, Pawnee Bill , Ron Holgate, Peter Marx, Andrew Palermo, Nicole Ruth Snelson, Valerie Wright, Gregory Zaragoza

Director: Graciela Daniele

Choreographer: Graciela Daniele and Jeff Calhoun

Musical Director: Marvin Laird

Orchestrations: Bruce Coughlin

Scenic Design: Tony Walton

Costume Design: William Ivey Long

Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons

1950 Film Version

Movie Name: Annie Get Your Gun

Type: Hollywood Musical

Director: George Sidney

Screenplay: Sidney Sheldon

Starring: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn

Musical Numbers

There's No Business Like Show Business

Doin' What Comes Naturally

The Girl That I Marry

You Can't Get A Man With A Gun

Moonshine Lullaby

My Defenses are Down

I Got Lost In His Arms

I Got the Sun in the Morning

An Old Fashioned Wedding

Anything You Can Do

Colonel Buffalo Bill

I'm a Bad, Bad Man

They Say It's Wonderful

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CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

: 1999 Broadway Revival Cast Album

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

Videos

: Original Hollywood Version DVD

Poster

: Annie Get Your Gun Movie Poster

Other

1967 Tony Award Nominations

Best Choreography
Best Direction of a Musical

2001 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Special Award - Reba McEntire

2001 Theatre World Award Nominations

Reba McEntire

2000 Grammy Award Nominations

Best Musical Show Album

1999 Tony Award Nominations

Best Revival of a Musical
Best Actress in a Musical - Bernadette Peters
Best Actor in a Musical - Tom Wopat

1999 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Bernadette Peters
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Tom Wopat

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