In the fall of 1945, Kern returned to New York City to oversee auditions for a new revival of Show Boat, and began to work on the score for what would become the musical Annie Get Your Gun, to be produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
No outono de 1945, Kern volveu a Nova York para supervisar as audicións para unha nova estrea de Show Boat, e comezou a traballar na banda sonora do que foi o musical Annie Get Your Gun, que ía ser producido por Rodgers e Hammerstein.