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Encyclopedia > Big River (musical)
Broadway Show
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Big River
Theatre Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Opening Night April 25, 1985
Tony Nominations 10
Tony Awards 7
Author(s) Music & lyrics by Roger Miller; book by William Hauptman; based on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Director Des McAnuff
Leading Original Cast Members Daniel H. Jenkins and Ron Richardson

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical based on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with music and lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. In keeping with the setting of the novel, Big River features music in the bluegrass and country styles. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Image File history File links Big_river_poster. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... Huckleberry Finn and Jim Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is commonly accounted as the first Great American Novel. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... Huckleberry Finn and Jim Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is commonly accounted as the first Great American Novel. ... Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of rural African-Americans, jazz, and blues. ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ...


Musical Numbers

Act 1

  • Do You Wanna Go To Heaven: Company
  • The Boys: Tom Sawyer and The Gang
  • Waitin' For The Light To Shine: Huck
  • Guv'ment: Pap
  • Hand For The Hog: Tom Sawyer
  • I, Huckleberry, Me: Huck
  • Muddy Water: Jim and Huck
  • Crossing Over: Slaves and Overseer
  • River In The Rain: Huck and Jim
  • When The Sun Goes Down In The South: Duke, King and Huck

Act 2

  • The Royal Nonesuch: Duke and Company
  • Worlds Apart: Jim and Huck
  • Arkansas: A Young Fool
  • How Blest We Are: Alice's Daughter and Company
  • You Oughta Be Here With Me: Mary Jane Wilkes, Susan Wilkes and Joanna Wilkes
  • How Blest We Are (Reprise): Company
  • Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go: Mary Jane Wilkes, Jim and Huck
  • Waitin' For The Light To Shine (Reprise): Huck
  • Free At Last: Jim
  • River In The Rain (Reprise): Huck and Jim
  • Muddy Water (Reprise): Company

Original Production

The original Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on April 25, 1985. It ran for 1005 performances and was nominated for ten Tony Awards. It won seven, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. This article is about the street in New York City. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... // 1940s 1949 Kiss Me, Kate - Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. ... The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is the Tony awarded to the librettist(s) of the musical. ... The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical in that year. ...


2003 Revival

A critically acclaimed revival of Big River opened on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on July 24, 2003. This production, staged by the Roundabout Theatre Company and Deaf West Theatre, was exceptional in that it featured both deaf and hearing actors, with about half the roles, including leads, played by deaf or hard-of-hearing performers. All dialogue and lyrics in the production were both spoken or sung and signed, making the production equally accessible to hearing and deaf audiences. This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Founded in 1991, Deaf West Theatre Company has become a cultural institution serving as a model for deaf theatre worldwide. ... Sculpture Douglas Tilden Television/Film Deanne Bray Lou Ferrigno Tyrone Giordano Marlee Matlin Anthony Natale Howie Seago Shoshannah Stern Terrylene Theatre Linda Bove Bernard Bragg Big River Deaf West Theatre Phyllis Frelich Troy Kotsur National Theatre of the Deaf Ed Waterstreet ... Deaf community and Deaf culture are two phrases used to refer to persons who are culturally Deaf as opposed to those who are deaf from the medical/audiological/pathological perspective. ... American Sign Language (ASL, also Amslan obs. ...


The production was nominated for three Drama Desk Awards and three Tony Awards, and won one of each; the 2004 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical and the 2004 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre. It was remounted for a U.S. tour in 2004. The Drama Desk Awards are awards given by the organization Drama Desk to honor New York City theater performers, both in Broadway shows but also off-Broadway as well. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ...


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Coffeyville Community College - Big River Photo Album (87 words)
Music and lyrics for Big River were written by Roger Miller.
Big River is based upon Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and tells the story of an uneducated, unwashed teenage boy, Huck, who tries to help a runaway slave, Jim, find freedom on an adventurous trip down the Mississippi River.
Mark Frank directed Big River and Darla Strecker was the musical director.
Big River (2472 words)
Big River documents their adventures along the way, with The King and the Duke, buried treasure, mischief, and the morality of Huck helping and befriending a runaway slave.
In short Big River saved Broadway in 1985 because "Big River is the first musical of the season that an audience can attend without fear of suffering either profound embarrassment or terminal boredom." (Rich, NY Times) That was written in a favorable review in the New York Times.
Big River is fun to listen to, had some interesting effects and was able to do what I believe to be it’s true intention, to convey the story of Huckleberry Finn to an audience of all ages and backgrounds, to educate them to some classic literature.
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