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Article: 'ANNIE': AIMING TO PLEASE.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 27, 2001
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Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Writer
Apparently, you can get a man with a gun. An audience full of 'em even. Women, too. Even 55 years after Ethel Merman put her signature on the role of Annie Oakley as definitively as the real Oakley could put a slug through a clay pigeon.
Annie's still shooting, and audiences are still going bananas. The Tony Award-winning revival of Irving Berlin's ``Annie Get Your Gun'' arrives for an eight-performance engagement starting today at the Wilshire Theatre. While the tour may then continue, L.A. is the final stop for Marilu Henner, who has been on the road since July, and for co-star Tom Wopat, whose involvement dates ...