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• Annie Get Your Gun is a musical based on a fictional version of the life of Annie Oakley, a sharpshooter from Ohio. The 1946 production, starring Ethel Merman as Annie, was a hit with long runs in both New York and London. In 1950 a film version of the musical starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel.

• Fast Facts

  1. Lyrics and music by: Irving Berlin
  2. Director: Joshua Logan
  3. Producers: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
  4. Based on the book written by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields
  5. Original Theater Production: May 16, 1946 at the Imperial Theater
  6. Revivals: 1968, 1992 (West End), 1999
  7. Awards: 1999 Tony Award for Best Revival

• Characters

  • Annie Oakley—a sharpshooter in the Wild West show
  • Frank Butler—the Wild West show's star
  • Foster Wilson—hotel owner
  • Chief Sitting Bull—Sioux warrior; Annie's protector, but used by Pawnee Bill's competing show
  • Tommy Keeler—knife-thrower in the Wild West show; Winnie's boyfriend; part Native American
  • Charlie Davenport—manager of the Wild West show
  • Winnie Tate—Dolly's sister; Tommy's girlfriend and his assistant in the knife-throwing act
  • Col. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) —owner of the Wild West show
  • Dolly Tate—Frank's assistant; Winnie's sister
  • Pawnee Bill—owner of a competing western show
  • Annie's brothers and sisters: Nellie, Jessie, Little Jake and Minnie

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  Annie Oakley | My Fair Lady | Guys and Dolls | Singing in the Rain | A Chorus Line | Bernadette Peters | Tom Wopat | Broadway Musicals

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