ANNIE GET YOUR GUN scored a bulls eye when it returned to Broadway in 1999, starring Bernadette Peters and sporting a revised libretto by Tony, Oscar and Emmy winner Peter Stone. As Newsday reported, Stone's revisions "are sweetly ingenious, and the show is a dream." Stone reshaped the 1946 book to create a Wild West show-within-a-show that frames the ageless "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" love story of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. Stone has added a secondary romance between the younger sister of Frank's bothersome assistant Dolly, and a boy who is (to Dolly's horror) part Native American. "The book has been updated in ways that pass p.c. muster," reported Time Magazine,"without losing all the fun."
Joined to the new book, of course, is that amazing Irving Berlin score, featuring hit after hit after hit. "Irving Berlin's greatest achievement in the theater," wrote the New York Post, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN "will always be a musical for the ages, one of the Broadway theatre's enduring triumphs."
Cast Requirements: PRINCIPALS
1 Women
1 Men
FEATURED
2 Woman
5 Men
2 Girls
1 Boy
ENSEMBLE
Singing-dancing ensemble consisting of Cowboys, Indians, Young Men and Ladies, Kings and Queens of Europe, Socialites, Debutantes
CHARACTERS
Frank Butler
Buffalo Bill Cody
Dolly Tate
Tommy Keeler
Winnie Tate
Charlie Davenport
Foster Wilson
Mac - the Prop Man
Chief Sitting Bull
Annie Oakley
Jessie - Annie's Little Sister
Nellie - Annie's Other Little Sister
Little Jake - Annie's Little Brother
Running Deer
Eagle Feather
Dining Car Waiter
Sleeping Car Porter
Pawnee Bill
Messenger
Band Leader
Mrs. Sylvia Potter-Porter
Mrs. Schuyler Adams
Cowboys, Indians, Young Men and Ladies, Kings and Queens of Europe, Socialites, Debutantes, et al.
Set Requirements: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN takes place in the context of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show featuring various settings around the Mid-West, Europe and New York City.
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
The Big Top
The Front Lawn of the Wilson Arms Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio
A Pullman car on the Overland Steam Train
The Main Tent on the Minneapolis Fair Grounds
Annie's Dressing Tent
The European Tour
The Upper Deck of a Cattle Boat
The Ballroom at the Hotel Brevoort in New York City
The Property Room
The Shooting Match
Genre / Style: Musical Comedy, Western
Rehearsal / Orchestral Material: Rehearsal Set (22 Books)
20 Libretto/Vocal Books, 2 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE
Orchestration Pkg. (24 Books)
1 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE, 1 STRING/SYNTHESIZER BOOK, 1 REED I (Flute, Piccolo), 1 REED II (Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet), 1 REED III (Clarinet, Alto Sax, Flute), 1 REED IV (Clarinet, Alto Sax),
1 REED V (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Sax), 1 HORN, 1 TRUMPET I, 1 TRUMPET II,
1 TRUMPET III, 1 TROMBONE I, 1 TROMBONE II, 1 GUITAR (Acoustic), 1 KEYBOARD/SYNTHESIZER, 1 HARP, 1 DRUMS (Trap Set), 1 PERCUSSION, 1 VIOLIN A (Divisi), 1 VIOLIN B (Divisi), 1 VIOLIN C (Divisi), 1 VIOLA (Divisi), 1 CELLO (Divisi),
1 BASS, PARTITUR (3 Bks: 2 Act 1, 1 Act 2).
Musical Numbers: There's No Business Like Show Business; Doin' What Comes Natur'lly; The Girl That I Marry; You Can't Get A Man With A Gun; There's No Business Like Show Business ; I'll Share It All With You; Moonshine Lullaby; They Say It's Wonderful; I've Got The Sun In the Morning; Anything You Can Do.