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Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Learn All About Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and Celebrate Broadway's Return with #NoBusinessLikeShowBusiness

www.broadwayworld.com : Live theatre is officially back and Concord Theatricals is celebrating! "There's No Business Like Show Business" is a digital celebration that launched just last month, marking the return of live theater and all of the incredible people who help to make it happen. The celebration coincides with the 75th anniversary of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun and its iconic showstopper "There's No Business Like Show Business," a song that has more resonance than ever this year.

1 comment:

Sawyer Anderson said...

Growing up, Annie Get Your Gun! Was one of my favorite musicals, actually it still is. I remember watching the entire Rodgers and Hammerstein box set- Oklahoma! The King and I, Carousel, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and I think some others. Looking back, many of these musicals are problematic, specifically the King and I, in the way it handles colonialism, and Annie Get Your Gun in the way it looks at the indigionious peoples of America. It is both an incredibly racist movie and musical. The music is stunning, but it contains countless instances of whitewashing, and mockery of the indigiounious people. This article begins by saying it will “Study up on the origins of Annie Get Your Gun” but completely neglects to mention the racism throughout the musical on broadway, and the movie. The white actor who played Sitting Bull has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.