Shows · Annie Get Your Gun (1999 Revival)
Annie Get Your Gun (1999 Revival)
Opened 1999
1,045 performances
Revival, Modern
Backwoods sharpshooter Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and falls for rival marksman Frank Butler. Their competitive romance plays out through show-stopping musical numbers, but Annie must learn that sometimes you have to lose to win — in love, at least — discovering that there's no business like show business.
- Music
- Irving Berlin
- Lyrics
- Irving Berlin
- Book
- Herbert Fields & Dorothy Fields
Annie Get Your Gun is a 1946 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 fellow sharpshooter Frank E. Butler (1847–1926). 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 "Anythi…
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