Big River
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"Big River" is a Broadway musical adaptation of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," featuring a bluegrass and country-influenced score by Roger Miller.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | American novel ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | William Hauptman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
bluegrass
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country ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
freedom
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friendship ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| notableFeature | integration of American Sign Language in 2003 revival ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Free at Last
NERFINISHED
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Muddy Water NERFINISHED ⓘ River in the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ Waitin’ for the Light to Shine NERFINISHED ⓘ Worlds Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadway | 1985-04-25 ⓘ |
| orchestrationStyle | country-bluegrass band with traditional theatre orchestra elements ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayOrchestrationsBy | Steven Margoshes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayRole |
Huckleberry Finn
NERFINISHED
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Jim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayRunLength | over 1000 performances ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayStar |
Daniel Jenkins
NERFINISHED
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Ron Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayTheatre | Eugene O’Neill Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChoreographer | Janet Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalDirector | Des McAnuff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProducer | Dodger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereBroadway | 1985 ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Eugene O’Neill Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy | Rocco Landesman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revival | 2003 Deaf West Theatre production ⓘ |
| revivalBroadwayTransfer | American Airlines Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revivalBroadwayYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| setting | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-Civil War American South ⓘ |
| subject |
Huckleberry Finn
NERFINISHED
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Jim (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | journey down the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| wonAward |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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