Annie Get Your Gun
Musical - Original
Imperial Theatre
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- First Preview:
- Opening Date: May 16, 1946
- Closing Date: February 12, 1949
- Previews: 0
- Performances: 1147
Book: Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields
Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Music: Irving Berlin
Synopsis
Sharp-shooting country girl Annie Oakley is such a natural with a gun that she ultimately becomes the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show — to the consternation of the man she loves but can out-shoot, Frank Butler.
Opening Night Cast
| Ethel Merman | Annie Oakley | |
| Ray Middleton | Frank Butler | |
| Marty May | Charlie Davenport | |
| Lea Penman | Dolly Tate | |
| Kenneth Bowers | Tommy Keeler | |
| Betty Anne Nyman | Winnie Tate | |
| William O'Neal | Col. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) | |
| Lubov Roudenko | Riding Mistress |
Opening Night Production Credits
| Herbert Fields | Book | |
| Dorothy Fields | Book | |
| Irving Berlin | Music | |
| Irving Berlin | Lyrics | |
| Joshua Logan | Director | |
| Helen Tamaris | Choreographer |
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