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''Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller. Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel. The 1985 Broadway production ran for more than 1,000 performances and it remained one of the few very successful American musicals in the mid-1980s among the emerging successes coming from Great Britain.〔(Stage Musicals 1980s - Part 2 )〕 ==Productions== The first productions were staged by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in February 1984〔Plotkins, Marilyn (''The American Repertory Theatre Reference Book'' (2005) ), Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-28913-1, p. 44.〕 and at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, from June through July 1984.〔(LaJolla Playhouse history. )〕 The Broadway production, directed by Des McAnuff and choreographed by Janet Watson, opened on April 25, 1985, at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and closed on September 20, 1987, running for 1,005 performances. The cast featured René Auberjonois as The Duke, Bob Gunton as The King, John Goodman as Pap Finn, Daniel H. Jenkins as Huckleberry Finn, Ron Richardson as Jim, with Susan Browning, Gordon Connell as Mark Twain, Patti Cohenour, Jennifer Leigh Warren as Alice's Daughter and John Short. After twenty-eight previews, a critically acclaimed〔Murray, Matthew.(Review ) talkinbroadway.com July 24, 2003.〕 revival, directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun, opened on Broadway on July 24, 2003 at the American Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. This production, staged by the Roundabout Theatre Company and Deaf West Theatre, was notable in that it featured both deaf and hearing actors performing together. About half the characters, including the leading role of Huck, were 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. The character of Mark Twain (portrayed by Daniel H. Jenkins, who portrayed the role of Huck in the original Broadway cast) was expanded, so that that actor also provided the voice of Huck, portrayed by Tyrone Giordano, who is deaf. It was remounted for a U.S. tour, which ran from June 11, 2004, to May 31, 2005, and included most of the Broadway cast,〔Hernandez, Ernio.("Broadway's Huck, Twain and Jim Join Calhoun for Big River Tour, Launching June 11 in CA" ), playbill.com, April 5, 2004.〕 and was nominated for several regional awards. A production ran at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. from March 18 to June 4, 2005. Goodspeed Musicals staged a major production of the musical at the historic Connecticut theater. The production was directed by Rob Ruggiero and ran from September 26 to November 29, 2008.〔''The Hartford Courant'', Frank Rizzo, 10/1/07〕 An Australian production starring Cameron Daddo as Huckleberry Finn, John English as Pap Finn, John Bell as The Duke and featuring Marcia Hines and Michael Edward Stevens opened in 1989 at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney. It also played Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, as well as Festival Theatre in Adelaide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Big River (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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