Annie Get Your Gun
Poster
1999 (designed)
1999 (designed)
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Annie Get Your Gun is a 1946 musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy and Herbert Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The musical contains several songs that became hits, including "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)".
The 1999 Broadway revival starred Bernadette Peters as Annie and Tom Wopat as Frank. Peters won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, and the production won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. This poster depicts Peters holding these two awards in order to promote the musical.
The 1999 Broadway revival starred Bernadette Peters as Annie and Tom Wopat as Frank. Peters won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, and the production won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. This poster depicts Peters holding these two awards in order to promote the musical.
Object details
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| Title | Annie Get Your Gun (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Annie Get Your Gun at the Marquis Theatre, New York, 1999 |
| Physical description | Poster advertising Annie Get Your Gun at the Marquis Theatre, New York, 1999. Poster depicts actress Bernadette Peters in costume as Annie Oakley in front of a bulls-eye target background. She holds aloft two Tony Awards. |
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| Credit line | Given by Roy Opie |
| Summary | Annie Get Your Gun is a 1946 musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy and Herbert Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The musical contains several songs that became hits, including "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)". The 1999 Broadway revival starred Bernadette Peters as Annie and Tom Wopat as Frank. Peters won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, and the production won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. This poster depicts Peters holding these two awards in order to promote the musical. |
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| Accession number | S.191-2020 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2020 |
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