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Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun (Stone)

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?

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Description

  • 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
  • Orchestra Size: X-Large

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, 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)
Annie Oakley is the best shot around, and she manages to support her little brother and sisters by selling the game she hunts. When she's discovered by Col. Buffalo Bill, he persuades this novel sharpshooter to join his Wild West Show. It only takes one glance for her to fall head over heels for dashing shooting ace Frank Butler, who headlines the show.

She soon eclipses Butler as the main attraction which, while good for business, is bad for romance. Butler hightails it off to join a rival show, his bruised male ego leading the way, but is ultimately pitted against Annie in a final shoot-out. The rousing, sure-fire finale hits the mark every time in a testament to the power of female ingenuity.
REVIEWS:

"The book has been updated in ways that pass P.C. muster, without losing all the fun."

Time Magazine

"The real star of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN-- in 1946, in 1999 and in 200 years-- is Berlin's music. Song after hum- it, whistle- it song."

Elyse Sommer CurtainUp

"Irving Berlin’s great musical comedy has one wonderful song after another."

Toby Zinman The Inquirer

“Irving Berlin's music is simply the most enchanting and distinguished complete score he ever wrote. Here we have his musical gems with dazzling new orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. Herbert and Dorothy Fields' original book was pretty darn good to begin with. Peter Stone has dusted off the cobwebs of 50 years and provided a clear, revised book, chock-full of laughs, while always respecting the quality and integrity of the original.”

Fergus McGillicuddy TalkinBroadway.com

"The fixes are sweetly ingenious and the show's a dream."

Newsday
Premiere Production: In 1999, the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 1,045 performances.

Characters

  • Casting: 7M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Roles for Multicultural Casting, Roles for Children
  • Chorus Size: Large

  • 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.

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Libretto/Vocal Book
    1 x Piano Conductor Score

    		$24.00
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Libretto/Vocal Book
    1 x Piano-Conductor Score

    		$75.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    20 x Libretto/Vocal Books
    2 x Piano Conductor Scores

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Piano Conductor Score
    1 x String/Synthesizer Book
    1 x Reed I (Flute, Piccolo)
    1 x Reed II (Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet)
    1 x Reed III (Clarinet, Alto Sax, Flute)
    1 x Reed IV (Clarinet, Alto Sax)
    1 x Reed V (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Sax)
    1 x Horn
    1 x Trumpet I
    1 x Trumpet II
    1 x Trumpet III
    1 x Trombone I
    1 x Trombone II
    1 x Guitar (Acoustic)
    1 x Keyboard/Synthesizer
    1 x Harp
    1 x Drums (Trap Set)
    1 x Percussion
    1 x Violin A (Divisi)
    1 x Violin B (Divisi)
    1 x Violin C (Divisi)
    1 x Viola (Divisi)
    1 x Cello (Divisi)
    1 x Bass

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm
    Partitur Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    2 x Full Score - Act I
    1 x Full Score - Act II

    		$120.00 +$120.00/pm
    Lib/Vocal Book 10 Pack Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    10 x Libretto/Vocal Books

    		$50.00 +$50.00/pm

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