Annie Get Your Gun
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Annie Get Your Gun tells the story of Annie Oakley, a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and her romance with fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler.
Synopsis
Annie Get Your Gun is a fictionalised story of real-life sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her relationship with Frank E. Butler.
Set in the American West of the late 19th century, the musical follows Annie’s journey from her humble beginnings in a backwoods town to becoming one of the biggest stars of her time.
The story explores themes of love, fame, and rivalry, all set to a score that includes some of musical theatre’s most popular and enduring songs.
About the show
- Written by: Herbert and Dorothy Fields, Irving Berlin
- Premiered: 1946
- Genres & themes: 1940s, Comedy, Historical, Romance, Two Act
- Setting:
Songs from Annie Get Your Gun
- Overture
- Colonel Buffalo Bill
- I’m a Bad, Bad Man
- 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
- They Say It’s Wonderful
- Moonshine Lullaby
- My Defenses Are Down
- Wild Horse Ceremonial Dance
- I’m an Indian Too
- I Got Lost in His Arms
- Who Do You Love, I Hope
- I Got the Sun in the Morning
- An Old-Fashioned Wedding
- The Girl That I Marry (Reprise)
- Anything You Can Do
- There’s No Business Like Show Business (Reprise)