Pope High School Theater Presents: Annie Get Your Gun
Irving Berlin hits the bull’s-eye with this delightful take on the life of Wild West legend Annie Oakley! Featuring such hit songs as “There’s No Business like Show Business,” “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” and “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun,” Annie Get Your Gun is one of the most beloved and “hummable” classic musicals. Bullets and romantic sparks fly in equal measure as Annie challenges handsome marksman Frank Butler for star billing in Buffalo Bill’s traveling show.
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It's often been said that there's no business like show business - that it's like no business you know - and May 11-14, 2011, the Pope High School Theater Department will look to prove the old saying true as they open their production of Irving Berlin's musical comedy "Annie Get Your Gun."
Originally produced for Broadway in 1946, the show presents a fictionalized version of the life of infamous lady sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her time with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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In the Pope production, Oakley is played by Sarah Glazer and her sharp-shooter love interest, Frank Butler - is played by Tim Roberts.
When Buffalo Bill (played by Dillon Eoff) brings his traveling show through Cincinnati, Ohio, Butler (one of the show's major attractions) makes his usual offer, challenging the best sharpshooter in town to a shootout.
When the unknown Oakley matches him shot-for-shot, eventually besting him, she is offered a place in the show. She accepts and quickly becomes the show's star, chasing Butler (who is both in love with Oakley and hurt by her stealing of the spotlight) into a competitor's traveling show.
Eventually, the show's stars find a way to be with each other, but not before presenting the audience with a lineup of hit Broadway songs and a powder keg full of laughs.