Shows · Big River
Big River
Opened 1985
1,005 performances
Musical, Megamusical
Tony Award for Best Musical, 1985
Set in 1849, with the action taking place both on the Mississippi River and in various locations along its banks (thanks to Heidi Landesman’s atmospheric settings), the imaginative and faithfully conceived adaptation of the picaresque novel is concerned primarily with the relationship between Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim (Daniel H. Jenkins and Ron Richardson) as they enjoy the untethered life traveling on a raft down the Mississipi from Hannibal, Missouri, to Hillsboro, Arkansas.
"Roundabout Theatre Company presentation of the Deaf West Theatre revival of the Musical with Book by William Hauptman; M": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Roger Miller
- Lyrics
- Roger Miller
- Book
- William Hauptman
Productions2 on Broadway
Songs6 songs
Guv’ment, Muddy Water, River in the Rain, Waiting for the Light to Shine, Worlds Apart, Not the Only Way to Go
Recordings 1 recording
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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