ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
OVATION WEST THEATRE COMPANY
CENTER STAGE EVERGREEN
SEPT 5 – 28
CIRCLE THE WAGONS, ALL Y’ALL, AND GET ON UP TO EVERGREEN FOR A RIP-ROARIN,’ EAR-PLEASIN,’ EYE-POPPIN’ MUSICAL TRIP TO THE OLD WEST!
With music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and original book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields (revised by Peter Stone), Ovation West’s ANNIE GET YOUR GUN is not to be missed!
The show was a big hit on Broadway in 1946, and the revival in 1999 garnered Tonys for Best Revival of a Musical and Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Musical for Bernadette Peters. The show is chock-full of upbeat classics such as “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, “Doin’ What Comes Naturally” and “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun.”
Michele Crow is Outstanding as Annie Oakley! Besides her silver-throated vocals, this lady can really handle a gun! It turns out that she served a tour of duty during the war in Afghanistan, and her expertise shows!
Daniel Sares is a thoroughly well-sung and acted Frank Butler. I couldn’t keep myself from thinking that if ever there were a good musical created of “Gone with the Wind” he would be an excellent Rhett Butler. Sares’ duets with Ms. Crow like “Anything You Can Do” and “They Say It’s Wonderful” are unforgettable!
Dialect coach Christine Kahane has made sure that the dialogue is crisp and correct and even added Native American sign language that’s used in some portions of the show.
David Sibley has created a fantasia of colorful costumes for this cast. From the buckskin fringes for the men to the jewel-toned costumes for the ladies, Sibley’s work is amazing! Sibley’s gowns for Miss Crowe in Act Two are eye-popping indeed!
The Music Direction by award-winning Lee Ann Scherlong is of the excellence that the Colorado audience has come to expect of her! Her conducting of the sensational just off-stage orchestra makes the Berlin tunes ring in our ears for days!
The high-steppin’ dance moves created by choreographer Rachel Lessard are exhilarating!
Director Tim Kennedy, who gave an outstanding pre-show history of this classic has cast the show with an eye to authenticity and an ear for excellent voices. His casting is dynamite and the pacing great!
Art Razo lends an aura of respect to his well-acted portrayal of Chief Sitting Bull. (It is to be noted that one is deeply gratified that the disrespectful “I’m an Indian, too” was removed for the 1999 revival.)
Owen Niland turns in a dynamic portrayal in the role of Buffalo Bill Cody.
Leslie Randle’s performance as Butler’s assistant, Dolly Tate, is superbly – and intentionally - exasperating!
Max Guzman (Tommy Keeler) and Savannah Poor’s (Winnie Tate) duet, “Who do You Love, I Hope,” is beyond enchanting! Hilarious in its well-sung and danced performance, you’ll want to be searching out their names in every program from now on! Brian Trampler gives us a fine performance as Charlie Davenport, the general manager of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.
Evergreen is the perfect place to see this Wild West Show. There was a herd of elk wandering down the road as we left the theatre!
How does it get any better than that?
For tickets call 303-674-4002 or go online at www.ovationwest.org
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