It was 20 years later, but Annie was still doing what comes naturally, and so was the audience: they responded with a standing ovation in Manhattan's New York State Theater on opening night of a vibrant revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Showing her age a bit, yet just as sassy and brassy as ever, Ethel Merman, 57, was back bellowing out such semiclassics as You Can't Get a Man With a Gun, and a new tune called Old Fashioned Wedding that Irving Berlin, 78, cooked up especially for the revival. Later, Irving and...
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