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	Coffeyville Community College - Big River Photo Album
		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.
	www.ccc.cc.ks.us /theatrephotos/bigriver.htm (87 words)

	Big River
		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.
	www.angelfire.com /ny/broadwayandbeyond/BigRiver2.html (2472 words)

	Villanova Theatre presents the hit musical Big River
		Big River is directed by Villanova theatre department chairperson Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., a five-time Barrymore nominee and winner of the 2002 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical.
		Big River follows the adventures of the rebellious Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim as the two board a raft and set sail down the mighty Mississippi River searching for freedom and discovering the value of true friendship.
		Big River was Miller's last major work; he died in 1992 at the age of 56.
	www.theatrealliance.org /news/2005/0315a.html (696 words)

	UTM Office of University Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin's department of music presents the musical "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" at 8 p.m., April 16 and 17, and at 3 p.m., April 18, in the Harriet Fulton Theatre on the UT Martin campus.
		"Big River," which won eight Tony awards in 1985 including "Best Musical," with music and lyrics by Roger Miller was written by William Hauptman and adapted from Mark Twain's novel of the same name.
		Margaret Olson, assistant professor of music, is director and choreographer.
	www.utm.edu /departments/univrel/archive/2004/April/bigriver.php (222 words)

	He's making noise with Deaf West's 'Big River' - The Boston Globe
		''Big River," which is believed to be the first full-fledged musical adapted, designed, and performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, first transferred from Deaf West's small venue to the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where it played to local acclaim and then started getting national attention.
		Sure enough, demand for ''Big River" on the road has been far better than it was on Broadway, according to Wang Center president Josiah Spaulding.
		Which is why the Wang, Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars, and Dallas Summer Musicals, members of the Independent Presenters' Network, an organization that is attempting to produce and market independently owned show tours, put together an investment and producing agreement with Deaf West for the tour, which launched last spring.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/11/14/hes_making_noise_with_deaf_wests_big_river (994 words)

	Lift every voice and sign. The musical 'Big River' takes Twain as its inspiration -- and speaks to deaf and hearing ...
		The director of "Big River," the 1985 Broadway musical that opens a 14-stop national tour tonight at the Curran Theatre, had words of instruction and encouragement for his cast the other day at the beginning of a dress rehearsal.
		And so it is with "Big River." In ways that may be clear to ASL- fluent audience members and subliminally present for others, the show seeks to enrich rather than merely translate meaning.
		Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The musical by Roger Miller and William Hauptman, adapted from the novel by Mark Twain, opens tonight and runs through July 10 at the Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St., San Francisco.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/14/DDGBF74FLA1.DTL (1712 words)

	Deaf West Theatre
		Every moment of "Big River" is accessible to hearing patrons and to those who are deaf but conversant in sign language.
		The 2003 revival of Big River, Roger Miller's Huckleberry Finn musical, wowed audiences and won two Tony Awards with an approach to musical theater that, while novel to most hearing audiences, was almost obvious to the deaf.
		"Big River" is a musical adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." It employs deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing actors performing roles together in a synchronized ballet of speaking, signing, gesture, song and dance.
	www.deafwest.org /productions/bigrivertourpress.html?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/06/16/DDGHB7660Q1.DTL (8218 words)

	Deaf West Theatre
		This is a musical with a mission, heavily imbued with thought provoking messages including a disturbing scene when a young girl is separated from her mother and sold to new owners in the South.
		The Big River Band, conducted by pianist Nick deGregorio, energetically performs "Do You Want to Go to Heaven?" "Waiting for the Light to Shine," "Muddy Water," and "Worlds Apart." O'Brien also plucks a mean banjo, completing an evening of catchy bluegrass melodies and spirituals.
		"Big River" is not a great musical, but it's an altogether decent one, with some ebullient songs by Roger Miller, composer of the '60s pop standard "King of the Road." Some of the ingredients are poured in unevenly.
	www.deafwest.org /press/bigriverindc.html (6712 words)

	Dow Jones Newspaper Funds Workshop
		Despite a mediocre transition between comedy and drama, the William Thornton Hauptman musical Big River, directed by Terri Kent at the Porthouse Theatre, presents an entertaining glance at the exploits of a boy during 1840s American South.
		Musical director Lawrence Hartzel and the orchestra captured each element of this music through their musical performance.
		Due to the outstanding acting, musical performances and a commitment to the portrayal of Southern authenticity, Big River succeeds in having a clear motive, an excellent moral and an engaging plot, although the posters would like to claim otherwise.
	www.jmc.kent.edu /djwksp/opinion/bigriver.html (816 words)

	ThePilot.com : 'Big River': Musical Brings Folk Tale to Life
		Moore OnStage brings this American folk tale to life on the Sunrise Theater stage when it presents "Big River -- the Story of Huckleberry Finn," a musical adaptation of Mark Twain's masterpiece for two weekends beginning Feb. 2 and ending Feb. 11.
		The music and lyrics were written by Roger Miller, another American artist, known for his song, "King of the Road." This was Roger Miller's only Broadway musical.
		Returning from New York to direct Big River is Tim Herman, last seen in "Forever Plaid" and as director of "Sylvia." Tunstall will be performing double duty by being the choreographer.
	www.thepilot.com /stories/20070126/scene/arts/20070126river.html (425 words)

	Big River: Huck Finn adventure comes to life in musical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Old-time country fiddle, banjo and mouth harp break musical tradition and free the singers to explore their vocal range, Rocha said.
		Parker is a veteran of "Big River," though he's earned a few more lines this go-around.
		The musical is packed with country humor suitable for all ages, such as when Huck dresses as a little girl to disguise himself for a funeral.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/diversions/050227/river.shtml (557 words)

	Big River returns to Broadway! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Big River was originally produced at Deaf West Theatre's 99-seat space in North Hollywood California in the Fall of 2001.
		Big River was originally produced at the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, California in 2001 then transfered to the larger Mark Taper Forum in 2002.
		Big River, which debuted at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre in 1985, is a musical re-telling of Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," concentrating mostly on Finn's travels with the runaway slave Jim as they float down the Mississippi on a raft.
	www.rogermiller.com /bigriver1.html (3641 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - "Big River - 12/17/06
		Big River is a musicalization of Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The story follows young Huck in pre-Civil War America.
		As the slave Jim, Horace E. Smith III sings with splendidly big and soulful vocals, and brings the needed dignity and determination to the role.
		Big River will likely never be considered one the better Best Musical Tony Award winners, but the source material and writing for this piece provide opportunities for an engaging and entertaining show.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/cincy/cincy152.html (851 words)

	Broadway musical 'Big River' sings and signs: Huck Finn returns to Broadway in a show using deaf and hearing actors - ...
		But the current production of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" manages to be both an old favorite and innovative.
		The seven deaf performers act and sign, feeling the vibrations of the music and reacting to subtle visual cues so they can interact with the 11 hearing actors who must not only act and sing, but sign every word as well.
		I appreciated the idea of inclusiveness, but worried the sign language, not to mention having one actor at the side of the stage singing and speaking for another, would be distracting.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1141/is_36_39/ai_106914822 (814 words)

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		"Big River," a Roger Miller musical based on Mark Twain's novel Huckleberry Finn, can be seen on the Main Stage at Florida School of the Arts, located on the Palatka Campus of St. Johns River Community College, 5001 St. Johns Avenue.
		Big River will run February 23 through Feb. 25th at 7:30 p.m.
		Many of the issues in the show will be enhanced by the bluegrass music, which will be played by a seven-piece orchestra.
	www.sjrcc.cc.fl.us /pressreleases/bigriver.html (461 words)

	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
		Based on Mark Twain’s quintessential American novel, this musical will sweep the audience down the mighty Mississippi River propelled by the foot-stomping music of Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman.
		A theatrical celebration of a beloved classic, the music blends country, folk and gospel sounds to relay the incredible story of Huck Finn in the Deep South.
		Big River is being brought to the stage by 4th Wall Theatre, Inc., which began its journey in 1996 on a mission to fulfill the creative needs of theatre devotees while bringing lesser known or lesser produced high-quality musicals to life.
	www.kean.edu /pressreleases/2005/03_30_05_bigriver.html (230 words)

	The Mountain Press
		The hilarious musical is based on Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Through more than 20 musical numbers and memorable dialogue, the play follows Huck Finn and his newfound friend Jim, a runaway slave, as they travel down the Mississippi River in pre-Civil War America.
		Jared Riddle shows his theatrical and musical skills as Judge Thatcher and Todd Holt is sure to get some laughs as Pap, Huck's wayward father.
		This musical went in a different direction and reached out from Broadway to musical America.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1211&dept_id=169698&newsid=17385761&PAG=461&rfi=9 (530 words)

	Review of "Big River"
		By the time “Big River” debuted on Broadway a hundred years later Huck’s language was tame, but the book’s depiction of African-Americans was still not politically correct.
		Renowned country music composer Roger Miller, who did both music and lyrics for Big River, incorporates musical ideas from the late 19th century with contemporary rhythms to create a real rip-snortin’, foot-stompin’ joy of a score.
		It is the exactly the sort of hall in which the Duke would have performed his tortured Shakespearean soliloquies for a local audience who, with any luck, would have had the good taste to boo him off the stage and send him fleeing westward to his meeting with Huck, Jim, and the King.
	myvanwy.tripod.com /companies/cohoes/bigriver.html (1682 words)

	'Big River' full of surging songs, poetic sign language
		Big River: Musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Music and lyrics by Roger Miller.
		The Deaf West Theatre production of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is beautifully sung and well spoken, but it's more remarkable for how it makes words look than sound, let alone what's being said.
		Director and choreographer Jeff Calhoun's revival of the 1985 Roger Miller musical -- based, obviously, on Mark Twain's great American novel -- is a triumphant application of American Sign Language to the stage vocabulary of musical theater.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/16/DDGHB7660Q1.DTL (958 words)

	Show Business Weekly: Review: Big River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The 1985 musical Big River, based on the Mark Twain literary classic The Adventures of Huck Finn, has always been an atypical show because of a country music score by late singer-songwriter Roger Miller and a book that was extremely loyal to Twain’s novel by by William Hauptman.
		However, the Deaf West and Roundabout revival of this musical has brought something to Broadway never done before–a large-scale musical performed both in English and American Sign Language, with a cast of both hearing and deaf actors.
		Big River was not in need of a revival, but this astounding production is certainly welcome on the Great White Way.
	www.showbusinessweekly.com /archive/237/big_river.shtml (429 words)

	'Big River' keeps on rolling :: CTCentral Entertainment :: Sweet!
		Jeff Calhoun, however, sounds as passionate about his American Sign Language version of "Big River, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" as if he were back in his first week of rehearsal.
		This revival of "Big River" — the musical originally opened on Broadway in 1985 for a 1,005-performance run — started at North Hollywood’s Deaf West Theatre, which claims the distinction as being the first professional resident Sign Language Theatre west of the Mississippi River.
		Calhoun said that the only bad news clouding his "Big River" euphoria is the financial hard times that have recently befallen Deaf West, in spite of the theater’s success with the musical.
	entertainment.ctcentral.com /html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1820&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (1106 words)

	Twice-Told Twain - Newsday.com
		The sign language adaptation of Twain's classic novel, "Big River," with its score by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman, is being brought to Broadway by the Deaf West Theatre of West Hollywood, where it was first performed in 2001.
		Born in New York and raised on a farm in Kentucky, the actor, who's 40, made his Broadway debut in the first "Big River" and has since starred on Broadway as the 12-year-old trapped in the body of an adult in 1996's "Big," the musical version of the Tom Hanks' film.
		The American Sign Language adaptation of "Big River, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is at the Roundabout Theatre's American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St.; 212-719-1300 or www.roundabout theatre.org.
	www.newsday.com /entertainment/stage/ny-ffthe3374957jul20,0,3766728.story?coll=ny-theater-headlines (741 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - "Big River - 3/18/05
		The musical Big River has earned a reputation as a pleasant and fun show since it debuted twenty years ago, but hasn't really been noteworthy for much besides winning a lot of Tony Awards (7) in the very weak 1985 season on Broadway.
		As currently performed at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, this Big River is one that is thoroughly entertaining, compelling and original.
		Big River is a musicalization of Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/cincy/cincy124.html (1064 words)

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