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Annie Get Your Gun: Musical cast


Annie Get Your Gun cast


Cast and principal roles.

Type of article: Cast list. Focused on principal performers.

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Original Broadway cast, 1946.

RolePerformer
Annie OakleyEthel Merman
Frank ButlerRay Middleton
Dolly TateLea Penman
Buffalo BillWilliam O'Neal
Chief Sitting BullHarry Bellaver
Tommy KeelerKenneth Bowers
Charlie DavenportMarty May
Foster WilsonArt Barnett

Opened May 16, 1946. A long, golden run followed.

Lincoln Center revival, 1966, then Broadway transfer.

RolePerformer
Annie OakleyEthel Merman
Frank ButlerBruce Yarnell
Dolly TateBenay Venuta
Buffalo BillRufus Smith
Chief Sitting BullHarry Bellaver
Charlie DavenportJerry Orbach
Pawnee BillJack Dabdoub

Short engagement, mighty footprint. The wedding duet arrived here.

Broadway revival cast, 1999, Marquis Theatre.

RoleOriginal revival performer
Annie OakleyBernadette Peters
Frank ButlerTom Wopat
Buffalo BillRon Holgate
Dolly TateValerie Wright
Charlie DavenportPeter Marx
Foster WilsonRonn Carroll
Chief Sitting BullGregory Zaragoza
Tommy KeelerAndrew Palermo
Winnie TateNikki Snelson
Little JakeTrevor McQueen Eaton

Staged as a circus frame. It glittered, then roared.

Notable 1999 replacement stars.

  • Reba McEntire, Annie Oakley. A landmark replacement run.
  • Cheryl Ladd, Annie Oakley. Glamour with grit.
  • Crystal Bernard, Annie Oakley. Closing months spark.
  • Brent Barrett, Frank Butler. Velvet-voiced cool.
  • Patrick Cassidy, Frank Butler. Easy charm, solid bite.
  • Susan Lucci, Annie during holiday weeks. A buzzy cameo.
  • Nick Jonas, Little Jake. Early Broadway credit.

The revival kept evolving. Box office loved the variety.

West End original cast, 1947.

RolePerformer
Annie OakleyDolores Gray
Frank ButlerBill Johnson

Coliseum run lasted 1,304 performances. A true London smash.

Film cast, 1950, for context.

RolePerformer
Annie OakleyBetty Hutton
Frank ButlerHoward Keel
Buffalo BillLouis Calhern
Chief Sitting BullJ. Carrol Naish
Dolly TateBenay Venuta
Charlie DavenportGavin Gordon

The movie amplified the score. It minted new fans fast.

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Last Update:August, 22nd 2025

Annie Get Your Gun Lyrics: Song List

  1. Act 1
  2. Overture
  3. Colonel Buffalo Bill
  4. I'm a Bad, Bad Man
  5. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
  6. Girl That I Marry
  7. You Can't Get a Man With a Gun
  8. There's No Business Like Show Business
  9. They Say It's Wonderful
  10. Moonshine Lullaby
  11. I'll Share It All With You
  12. There's No Business Like Show Business (Reprise)
  13. My Defenses Are Down
  14. I'm an Indian, Too
  15. Act 2
  16. I Got Lost in His Arms
  17. Who Do You Love, I Hope
  18. I Got the Sun in the Morning
  19. Old Fashioned Wedding
  20. Anything You Can Do
  21. Finale

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