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Article: 'BIG RIVER' FLOWS AGAIN\ NEW STYLE OF THEATER ENHANCES ENJOYMENT FOR DEAF AND HEARING AUDIENCES, AS WELL.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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- March 15, 2005
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Byline: Jerry Stein Post staff reporter
The return of the 1985 musical "Big River: the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" to the Aronoff Center today isn't just another revival. The show is a production of the Deaf West Theatre of Los Angeles.
"Big River," which won seven Tony Awards, has music and lyrics by the late Roger Miller, who died in 1992. William Hauptman adapted Mark Twain's classic novel.
This production of the musical, which uses a combination of deaf, hearing and hard-of-hearing actors, tells the story of Huck's (Garrett Mathew Zuercher) adventures on the Mississippi River in the 1840's with the runaway slave Jim (Michael McElroy).