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Annie Oakley on the Coast. (Southern Scrapbook).


The Mississippi Gulf Coast The Mississippi Gulf Coast refers to the three Mississippi counties which lie on the Gulf of Mexico: Hancock County, Mississippi, Harrison County, Mississippi, and Jackson County, Mississippi.  is in for a musical treat as the Coast Performing Arts presents the highly-acclaimed musical Annie Get Your Gun. This production is currently enjoying a revival on Broadway and is sure to delight audiences with toe-tapping tunes and hum-along melodies.

Annie Get Your Gun, written in 1946 by Irving Berlin Noun 1. Irving Berlin - United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
Israel Baline, Berlin
 and Herbert and Dorothy Fields, tells the highly fictionalized story of "Little Sure Shot," Annie Oakley An·nie Oak·ley  
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, and her relationship with dashing marksman Frank Butler. The entertainment is nonstop as these two characters tour the country with "Buffalo Bill's Buffalo Bill's is a hotel and casino located in Primm, Nevada, near the California-Nevada stateline. It has 1,242 guest rooms and suites. The hotel is home to the Desperado roller coaster, one of the tallest (225 foot drop) and fastest (80 mph) roller coasters in the world, as  Wild West Show."

Created in September 2000, the Coast Performing Arts is an organization dedicated to meeting the cultural needs of the community. Deana Mullins, a member of the Board of Directors, states that, together with other arts organizations throughout the Southeast, Coast Performing Arts is able to "bring truly world-class opera, ballet, musical theater, modern dance, and choral events to the Mississippi Gulf Coast."

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 Mullins, the initial productions of the Coast Performing Arts organization have been met with "unprecedented success." The upcoming performance of Annie Get Your Gun is also expected to generate high reviews.

Annie Get Your Gun will be presented on January 20 at 3 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre in Biloxi.
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Publication:Mississippi Magazine
Article Type:Theater Review
Date:Jan 1, 2002
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