Photo Flash: Annie Get Your Gun at Foothill

Multi-award winning Foothill Music Theatre presents Herbert and Dorothy Fields and Irving Berlin's sharp-shootin', rootin'-tootin', wild-west musical, Annie Get Your Gun.  "Based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, the story revolves around a tomboy from the hills who joins Buffalo Bill's traveling Wild West Show, and ultimately meets her match in love, and gunfire, with the show's featured shooting ace Frank Butler," according to press notes.

Director Jay Manley helms this action-packed take on Peter Stone's 1999 acclaimed Broadway Revival, with musical direction by Catherine Snider and chorography by Tyler Risk.  Featuring a live orchestra and a cast of 40, Annie Get Your Gun boasts some of Irving Berlin's most unforgettable songs including "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Anything You Can Do," and "I Got the Sun in the Morning."

Annie Get Your Gun begins performances July 28, with press openings July 29 and July 30, and its closing show August 20.  Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 2:00PM at the Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College, located at 12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills.

Tickets are $24 general; $22 seniors; $18 students; $10 children under 12.  For tickets, please call the box office at 650-949-7360 (open Thursday through Saturday, 5 to 9:00PM; Sunday, 12 to 4:00PM), 24-hour charge-by-phone hotline at 650-949-7414, or visit www.foothillmusicals.com.

Photos by Nancy Fitzgerald

Jessica Raaum stars as sharp-shooter Annie Oakley

Jessica Raaum and Byron Westlund

Annie (l, Jessica Raaum) and Frank (r, Byron Westlund)
have a sharp-shooting contest

Jessica Raaum and Byron Westlund

l-r, Charlie Davenport (Doug Brees), Sitting Bull
(Steve Completo), and Buffalo Bill (John Musgrave)

l-r, Buffalo Bill (John Musgrave), Annie Oakley
(Jessica Raaum) and Charlie Davenport (Doug Brees)

Annie Oakley (Jessica Raaum) and
Frank Butler (Byron Westlund)

Sitting Bull (Steve Completo) consoles
Annie Oakley (Jessica Raaum)

The cast of Annie Get Your Gun

Celebration time!

Cowboys revel in Annie Get Your Gun.

The ho-downin' cast of Annie Get Your Gun.

Foothill Music Theatre presents the sharp-shootin' wild-west musical,
Annie Get Your Gun from June 28 through August 20.