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REBA, GET YOUR GUN
Country singer Reba McEntire — currently earning rave reviews for her turn as Annie Oakley in Broadway's Annie Get Your Gun — will star in and executive produce a CBS TV-movie version of the Irving Berlin revival, Variety reports. Since McEntire assumed the role from Bernadette Peters in January, ticket sales for the Broadway production have quadrupled. "It's a natural fit," said Howard Braunstein, an exec from Jaffe-Braunstein Films, which is producing the project. "She's the toast of Broadway right now. You don't see that very often — someone who defines a role like she has." Barring a prolonged actors' strike, the Annie pic could debut during February sweeps 2002.
Country singer Reba McEntire — currently earning rave reviews for her turn as Annie Oakley in Broadway's Annie Get Your Gun — will star in and executive produce a CBS TV-movie version of the Irving Berlin revival, Variety reports. Since McEntire assumed the role from Bernadette Peters in January, ticket sales for the Broadway production have quadrupled. "It's a natural fit," said Howard Braunstein, an exec from Jaffe-Braunstein Films, which is producing the project. "She's the toast of Broadway right now. You don't see that very often — someone who defines a role like she has." Barring a prolonged actors' strike, the Annie pic could debut during February sweeps 2002.