Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, A Concert

Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin Original Book by Herbert Fields Original Book by Dorothy Fields Revised by Peter Stone Narration by Emma Butler Narration by Eliza Jackson
Full Length Musical, Comedy, 19th Century
6M, 4F
ISBN: RNH-13034

A concert adaptation of the Broadway classic! When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show comes to town, star marksman Frank Butler meets his match in sharp-shooting country girl Annie Oakley.

Full Length Musical
Comedy
120 minutes

Time Period: 19th Century
Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
Cautions: Gun Shots

Performance Group:
Large Stage, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student

Accolades:
Winner! Two Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical (1999)
Winner! Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Bernadette Peters) (1999)
Nominee! Two Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical (1999)
Winner! Drama Desk Special Award (Reba McIntyre) (2001)
Winner! Theatre World Award (Reba McIntyre) (2001)

This terrific new concert adaptation of the Broadway classic, featuring a streamlined story and reduced dialogue, retains all the songs from Irving Berlin's delightful score. Narrated by Buffalo Bill, the adaptation is appropriate for contemporary audiences of all ages.

REVIEWS:

"A musical for the ages, one of the Broadway theatre's enduring triumphs."
The New York Post

"What a wonderful musical Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun is: the melodies just shake out of it in an endless cascade, and the simple story is unexpectedly involving. We care!"
The New York Post

"You can't get a man with a gun...but you can get a surefire audience pleaser by reviving Irving Berlin's best musical."
Houston Chronicle

"A rich, romantic story, a melodious score and brilliant lyrics."
New York Journal American

"One of the musical theater's finest scores, by Irving Berlin, and a witty, often amusing book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields."
TheatreMania

Premiere Production:

Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun premiered on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on May 16, 1946. Directed by Joshua Logan, the production starred Ethel Merman and featured Ray Middleton, Kenny Bowers and Betty Anne Nyman. In 1966, Merman returned to headline a revival at the Broadway Theatre. A second Broadway revival, starring Bernadette Peters, opened on March 4, 1999 at the Marquis Theatre. Directed by Graciela Daniele, the production also featured Tom Wopat, Andrew Palermo and Nicole Ruth Snelson. In 2001, Reba McEntire took over the title role.

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Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, A Concert

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