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• Nov 21st 2007 to Nov 24th 2007

Event Details

• Group: Trowbridge Amateur Operatic Society

Address

• Address:
  
  The Civic Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• Location: South West

Contact Details

• Contact: 01225-350620 or enquiries [at] trowbridgeops [dot] co [dot] uk

Extra Information

• Notes: 1999 Broadway Revival Version The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley who was a sharpshooter from Ohio (born in 1860) and her husband, Frank Butler. In the musical, when a travelling Wild West show visits her town, Annie Oakley enters a shooting contest, wins, and is asked to join the show. She has fallen in love with the star of the show, Frank Butler, and agrees to join, although she has no idea what “show business” is – she is informed with the classic song, “There’s No Business Like Show Business”. Over the course of the musical, Frank, although insisting that the girl he wants will “wear satin and smell of cologne” (“The Girl That I Marry”), becomes enamoured of the tomboyish Annie. Unfortunately, his ego is bruised and he becomes jealous when Annie becomes a star, and he walks out on her. After various complications, Annie and Frank come together again, only to have one last shooting duel in the finale — “Anything You Can Do”. In the original production and all subsequent versions up until the 1999 revival, Annie deliberately loses to Frank to soothe his ego, and they go off together.
• Webpage: http://www.trowbridgeops.co.uk