Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
1946 musical by Irving Berlin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 1946 Broadway musical. For the 1950 film, see Annie Get Your Gun (film). For the 1986 West End revival cast recording, see Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast.
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]
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![]() Broadway 1946 Original Cast Album | |
Music | Irving Berlin |
Lyrics | Irving Berlin |
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Productions | List
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Awards | 1999 Tony Award for Best Revival |
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The 1946 Broadway production was a hit, and the musical had long runs in both New York (1,147 performances) and London, spawning revivals, a 1950 film version and television versions. Songs that became hits include "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun", "They Say It's Wonderful", and "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)".