Marilu Henner "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Rex Smith / Irving Berlin 2000 Tour Flyer

Description

This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting the one-week, National Tour engagement of the IRVING BERLIN, HERBERT FIELDS and DOROTHY FIELDS musical hit "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN"
at
Heinz Hall in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania beginning August 22nd, 2000. (The revival opened March 4th, 1999
at
the Marquis Theatre in
New York City and ran for 1045 performances while simultaneously playing on the road.) ..... The Tony Award winning "Best Revival of a Musical" starred MARILU HENNER as "Annie Oakley", the role originated by ETHEL MERMAN more than fifty years earlier and REX SMITH as "Frank Butler" and featured SUSANN FLETCHER, CHARLES GOFF, JOE HART, CLACI MILLER, ERIC SCIOTTO, AINSLEY BINNICKER, MITCHEL FEDERAN and GRACIE WINCHESTER with LARRY STORCH as "Sitting Bull" and GEORGE McDANIEL as "Buffalo Bill" ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by IRVING BERLIN ("Music Box Revues", the Marx Brothers' "The Cocoanuts", "Louisiana Purchase", "This is the Army", "Miss Liberty", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Call Me Madam", "Mr. President"); Book by HERBERT and DOROTHY FIELDS; Book revised by PETER STONE; Sets designed by TONY WALTON; Costumes designed by WILLIAM IVEY LONG; Directed and Choreographed by JEFF CALHOUN; Produced by BARRY and FRAN WEISSLER in association with KARDANA / SWINSKY PRODUCTIONS, MICHAEL WATT and HAL LUFTIG ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows. This single page, one-sided flyer measures 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" inches and includes wonderful graphics, a photo of MARILU HENNER and performance dates. The backside is blank ..... CONDITION: This rare handbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.