Thu 5/1 @ 7PM

Irving Berlin wrote the music for the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun so you know it’s going to be packed with classic tunes. And it is certainly is: “The Girl That I Marry,” “I Got the Sun in the Morning,” “They Say It’s Wonderful,” “I Got Lost in His Arms,” “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” “Anything You Can Do,” and of course, “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” which appears three times and closes the show. Originally starring belter Ethel Merman onstage, the 1950 film featured Betty Hutton.

Alas, the play has a plethora of issue problematic to modern sensibilities, including the basic sexism of the show (sharpshooter Annie has to lose a match and become “as soft and as pink as a nursery” and “wear satins and laces and smell of cologne,” to quote the song “The Girl That I Marry” to get her man), racism and Native American caricatures.

That will give participants in this month’s “Movies at Home” discussion plenty to talk about when they join The Musical Theater Project’s Bill Rudman on Zoom. Bill has already posted his intro to watch before you check out the film, giving you a head’s up about what to look for. The film is available to watch here.

Bill will be waiting for you on Thursday at 7 here.