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Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy Fields and her brother Herbert Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley (1860–1926), a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, and her romance with sharpshooter Frank E. Butler (1847–1926). [1]
Annie Get Your Gun plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
London Coliseum June 7, 1947 (1304 perfs) Summary. Annie Oakley is a poor, but spirited and happy, country girl who lives by her native sharp-shooting quickly makes her the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show where she meets and falls in love with expert rifleman Frank Butler.
Directed by Joshua Logan, with sets by Jo Mielziner and costumes by Lucinda Ballard, starring Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley and Ray Middleton as Frank Butler, and with a rousing new title, Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theatre, New York, on May 16, 1946. It was a smash success and the critics cheered.
Meet the original Broadway cast of Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, and find out who was in the Original Cast, what parts they played and more.
Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun. Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 7m, 3girl (s), 1boy (s) Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Original Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Annie Oakley is the best sharpshooter in Buffalo Bill's show, but when her star power threatens to overshadow the man she loves, can she beat him in a final shoot-out?
Read about Irving Berlin's 'Annie Get Your Gun' which first premiered on Broadway 75 years ago! The musical’s message hits the mark in a testament to the power of female ingenuity, and features unforgettable classics like “Anything You Can Do,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “I Got The Sun In The Morning.”.
