Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
The heroine, Annie Oakley, is a rough
and tumble backwoods girl who is the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Show and handy with a rifle. We first meet up with her at Wilson
House, a summer hotel on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio. She
betrays that she is an uncultivated female who only knows to do that
which comes naturally to her (Doin' What Comes Natur'lly). She soon
meets up with Frank Butler of Pawnee Bill's Show. He is a big,
sentimental fellow who is attracted only to sweet and demure girls
(The Girl That I Marry). Annie finds Frank appealing, but she lacks
the gift of getting men to become interested in her (You Can't Get a
Man With a Gun). But they have one thing in common, show business, and
with Buffalo Bill they proceed to sing its praises (There's No
Business Like Show Business).
Six weeks have passed. The scene shifts to a Pullman car of an
Overland train speeding to Minneapolis. By now Frank and Annie have
begun to manifest an interest in this thing called love (They Say It's
Wonderful). At the Arena Frank confesses that he has begun to succumb
to Annie's vigorous charms (My Defenses Are Down).
A Wild West Show then takes place within the Arena. The program
includes a Drum Dance, a Ceremonial Chant and Annie appearing as an
Indian squaw (I'm an Indian, Too).
The romance of Annie and Frank, however, encounters difficulties by
virtue of the fact that they are rivals, each being a member of a
different Wild West company. Annie bemoans the fact that she has been
weak enough to fall for Frank (I Got Lost in His Arms), and tries
finding consolation in the fact that she has a good many things to be
happy over, even if love is denied her (I Got the Sun in the Morning).
But their problems find a near resolution when the two Wild West Shows
merge into a single outfit, and Frank and Annie become members of the
same company. There is still a good deal of competition between them
(Anything You Can Do), but the competition is now good-natured.
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Colonel Buffalo Bill
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I'm A Bad, Bad Man
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Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
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The Girl That I Marry
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You Can't Get A Man With A Gun
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There's No Business Like Show
Business
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I'll Share It All With You
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They Say It's Wonderful
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Moonshine Lullaby
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My Defences Are Down
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Who Do You Love, I Hope
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I'm An Indian, Too
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I Got Lost In His Arms
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I Got The Sun In The Morning
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Anything You Can Do
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An Old-Fashioned Wedding
Director:
Geroge Dursthoff
Music Director:
Louis Hurd
Choreography:
Scott Channing:
Choral Director:
Carol Hermes
Set Design:
Diane Abbott
THE CAST
(In order of
appearance)
Charlie Davenport:
Tom Snow
Dolly Tate: Mary Jo
Kirwan
Iron Tail: Paul Van
De Graaf
Yellow Foot: Bill
MacSwiney
Mac: Peter Heath
Foster Wilson: Jeff
Davis
Frank Butler: Tom
Magette
The Shy Girl: Sue
Duffy
Annie Oakley: Kathy
Calabro
Little Jake: Joe
Brunoli
Nellie: Joan Ryan
Jessie: Joan
Montelone
Minnie: Linda
Pangborn
Buffalo
Bill: Randy Meiklejohn
Mrs. Little
Horse: Linda Raufeisen
Mrs. Black
Tooth: Barbara Nason
Mrs. Yellow
Foot: Debbie Davis
Indian Boy: Rich
Dodd
Conductor: Rick
Ryther
Porter: Peter
Preiser
Waiter: Peter Heath
Pawnee Bill: Kellen
Haak
Chief Sitting
Bull: Peter Bugbee
Pawnee’s
Messenger: Bob Kendall
Mr. Schuyler
Adams: Tim Keegan
Mrs. Schuyler
Adams: Nancy Raufeisen
Mr. Ferguson: Mitch
Covington
Mrs. Ferguson: Sue
Sweeney
Mr. T.L.C
Keeler: Bill Gates
Mr. Ernest
Henderson: Rich Dodd
Mrs. Ernest
Henderson: Jennifer Post
Mrs. Sylvia
Potter-Porter: Mary Babson
Mr. Clay: Peter
Preiser
Dancers:
Ann Darby
Barbara Dohm
Sue Duffy
Alice
Kirwan |
Gailya
Miazza
Julie
O’Shaughnessy
Kristin Smyth
Janet
Stoeke |
Melanie
Swingle
Gretchen Tarbell
Meg
Stahlberg
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Showgirls,
Cowboys, Townsperople, Indians, & 7th Cavalry Sharpshooters
Sally Babson
Sherry Blackford
Carol Burbank
Katie Carroll
Janet Castercum
Marji Childress
Laura Coburn
Debbie Davis
Sharon Daniel
Marybeth Dougherty
Carol Fielding |
Nancy
Grandin
Cindy Gundaker
Wendy Johnson
Laura Knust
Barbara Nason
Carol Nordquist
Kim Parsons
Laurie Pepka
Jennifer Post
Donna Prohaska
Linda Raufeisen |
Nancy
Raufeisen
Marilyn Richardson
Debbie Samuelson
Kathy Snow
Pam Steere
Eileen Sweeney
Sue Sweeney
Nancy Tarricone
Cathy Theron
Amy Tonsits
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Bill Cates
Mitch
Covington
Jeff Davis
Rich Dodd |
Peter
Heath
Tim
Keegan
Bob
Kendall
Bill
MacSwiney |
Mark
Marroni
Peter
Preiser
Paul Van
de Graaf
Rick
Ryther |
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Caption |
Photo |
Contributed by
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“You Can’t Get
a Man with a Gun!” |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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“Doin’ What Comes
Naturally” |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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Annie introduces
her younger siblings.
(l to r) Kathy Calabro,
Joe Brunoli, Linda Pangborn,
Joan Ryan, Joan Montelone |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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“There’s No Business
Like Show Business”(l to r) Tom Magette,
Randy Meiklejohn,
Kathy Calabro,
Tom Snow |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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The Indian Ceremony
Chief Sitting Bull:
Peter Bugbee |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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Annie and Frank in a
warm embrace before
they start arguing
again. |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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The Bicentennial
Parade - I think we
won third place! |
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Kat (Calabro) Fitzpatrick
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| Memories |
Contributed By |
| The one thing I remember most clearly from Annie Get Your
Gun (other than losing my voice during tech week from trying to sing low
notes) was Mary Jo Kirwan literally ripping the shirt off the back of
Nancy Raufheisen on opening night in order to make an entrance because she
didn't have a costume yet. Hmmm... Seems like I can recall a little bit of
adlibbing on stage from the kids while they waited. |
Tom Magette |
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