'Annie Get Your Gun' opening this week

Published: Sunday, April 13 2008 1:02 a.m. MDT

Josh Richardson, left, Megan Heaps and Jim Dale star in Hale Centre Theatre's "Annie Get Your Gun."

Doug Carter, Hale Centre Theatre

Finish the line:

"There's no business like ..."

Or what about:

"Anything you can do, I can ..."

Try this one:

"You can't get a man with ..."

That is the great music of the incredible Irving Berlin. Changing the face of musical theater, Berlin couldn't read music beyond a rudimentary level but went on to write 3,000 songs — composing 17 film scores and 21 Broadway musicals — and left an amazing contribution to the Great American Songbook.

Your can check your answers to the above quiz when you go to see Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun," opening Monday at Hale Centre Theatre.

The story, loosely based on the life of Annie Oakley, shows the Wild West legend shooting at targets throughout the theater and riding atop a life-size horse that rotates with Hale's million-dollar stage.

With ornate sets and props, inspired by original posters of Buffalo Bill's stage show, prop master Kacey Udy said, "It's not your typical western where everything is brown and leather."

The show runs through May 31 at Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 S. Decker Lake Dr., West Valley City. Performances are nightly, except Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday matinees at 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $15-$25 (984-9000 or halecentretheatre.org)

Here are other shows opening this week:

"One Act Festival," opens Friday and runs through April 26 at the Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South, Magna.

This is the inaugural festival of one-act plays chosen from area high school students. Works include:

"If the Shoe Fits," Chelsy King, West Jordan High.

"Miscommunication," Gabriel Spencer, Hillcrest High.

"The Casualties," Megan Chase, Riverton High.

"Unforgettable," Eva Terra Nova, Olympus High.

Performances are nightly, except Sundays, at 7 p.m. $7-$8, (347-7373)

"Treasure," The U.'s department of theater opens its production Thursday and runs through Sunday at Studio 115 in the Performing Arts Building, U.

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