Annie Get Your Gun

THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS!
AND THERE’S NO SHOW LIKE.....

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Starring Broadway and Television Stars

MARILU HENNER and TOM WOPAT!

Barry and Fran Weissler, winners of five Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival for ANNIE GET YOUR GUN in 1999, have done what comes naturally and landed the multi - talented MARILU HENNER and Tony Award Nominee, TOM WOPAT for the national tour of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, coming to Jones Hall December 19 - 24, 2000 as part of the Houston Broadway Series, presented by The Society for the Performing Arts. Henner, a Broadway, Television and Silver Screen star, will play the role of Annie Oakley and Wopat will re - create his Tony nominated role of Frank Butler. Individual tickets for all performances are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations, charge-by-phone by calling 713-629-3700, or online at www.Ticketmaster.com.

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival will star Marilu Henner as Sharpshooter Annie Oakley in this rip roaring, award winning musical on December 19 - 24, 2000 at the Jones Hall.

Ms. Henner’s return to the Broadway stage as CHICAGO’s Roxie Hart, elicited rave reviews. She re - created the role in a special engagement at the Mandalay Bay Theatre in Las Vegas. Previous Broadway credits include: SOCIAL SECURITY, PAL JOEY, OVER HERE and GREASE. She is currently appearing in the motion picture “Man on the Moon” starring Jim Carrey and can also be seen in “L. A. Story” with Steve Martin, “Noises Off” with Michael Caine and “Blood Brothers” with Richard Gere. Ms. Henner is best known for her Emmy nominated role as Elaine Nardo in the top rated TV series - TAXI and co - starred in Evening Shade with Burt Reynolds. Marilu’s versatility extends beyond performing. She is a best - selling author with five hit books to her credit including her most recent, “Marilu Henner’s Healthy Life Kitchen”, now in bookstores.

Mr. Wopat is known for his seven - season run in the TV phenomenon, The Dukes of Hazzard and most recently seen on the hit CBS sitcom, Cybill. Recent Broadway credits include the role of Detective Stone in CITY OF ANGELS and Sky Masterson in the revival of GUYS AND DOLLS. Mr. Wopat has released several successful albums with CBS and Capitol Records, yielding several top - 20 hits, and has toured throughout the United States and Europe. His current CD on Angel Records is “Tom Wopat, The Still of the Night.”

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN is the highly fictionalized story of Annie Oakley, one of the world’s most famous sharpshooters. The 1946 musical celebrates her stormy, competitive relationship with Frank Butler, a dashing vaudeville marksman, as they tour the country as the stars of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.”

With a vibrant score written by legendary composer Irving Berlin, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN features some of the best songs ever written for the Broadway stage, including: “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “I Got The Sun in the Morning,” “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” “You Can’t Get a Man With a Gun,” “They Say It’s Wonderful” and “Anything You Can Do.”

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival will star Marilu Henner as Sharpshooter Annie Oakley in this rip roaring, award winning musical on December 19 - 24, 2000 at the Jones Hall.

This hoop - hollerin’ musical adventure is directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun. Costumes by William Ivey Long; Sets by Tony Walton; a revised script by Peter Stone and musical supervision by John McDaniel. The original New York production was directed by Graciela Daniele and choreographed by Graciela Daniele and Jeff Calhoun.

Tickets for the Houston Broadway Series engagement of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN presented by The Society for the Performing Arts may be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations and online at Ticketmaster.com. To charge - by - phone, call 713-629-3700; for groups of 20 or more, call 713-693-2692 or toll - free at 1-800-889-8457. Prices range from $31.25 to $56.25. Performance times are as follows: Tuesday, December 19 - Saturday, December 23 evenings at 8:00pm and matinee performances Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 24, 2000 at 2:00pm.

Please note: the 2:00 matinee on Saturday, December 23, 2000 will be captioned for the hearing impaired. The TDD# for tickets is 1-800-755-6244.

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