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Big river : the adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Title: Big river : the adventures of Huckleberry Finn [videorecording] / Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, artistic director, Ellen Richard, managing director, Julia C. Levy, executive director, external affairs, and Deaf West Theatre, Ed Waterstreet, artistic director, Bill O'Brien, producing director, in association with Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, present ; music and lyrics by Roger Miller ; book by William Hauptman ; adapted from the novel by Mark Twain ; directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication: New York, c2003.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 2753 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (135 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This musical adaptation of Mark Twain's novel The adventures of Huckleberry Finn is partly cast with actors from the Deaf West Theater troupe of Los Angeles, who perform in sign language alongside non-deaf performers who sing their roles.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

A videorecording of the original Broadway production of Big river, taped at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in June 1987, is available on NCOV 609.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Set design, Ray Klausen ; costume design, David R. Zyla ; lighting design, Michael Gilliam ; sound design, Peter Fitzgerald ; music direction/special music arrangements, Steven Landau ; associate director/choreographer, Coy Middlebrook ; prod. stage manager, Peter Hanson.

Performer (note)

Michael Arden, Scott Barnhardt, Catherine Brunell, Walter Charles, David Aron Damane, Christina Ellison Dunams, Gina Ferrall, Phyllis Frelich, Tyrone Giordano, Daniel Jenkins, Lyle Kanouse, Rod Keller, Troy Kotsur, Kevin Massey, George McDaniel, Michael McElroy, Drew McVety, Guthrie Nutter, Ryan Schlecht, Gwen Stewart, Melissa van der Schyff, Alexandria Wailes.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the American Airlines Theatre, New York, N.Y., Sep. 17, 2003.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

NCOV 2753

OCLC

NYPG03-F259

Title

Big river : the adventures of Huckleberry Finn [videorecording] / Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, artistic director, Ellen Richard, managing director, Julia C. Levy, executive director, external affairs, and Deaf West Theatre, Ed Waterstreet, artistic director, Bill O'Brien, producing director, in association with Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, present ; music and lyrics by Roger Miller ; book by William Hauptman ; adapted from the novel by Mark Twain ; directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

New York, c2003.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Set design, Ray Klausen ; costume design, David R. Zyla ; lighting design, Michael Gilliam ; sound design, Peter Fitzgerald ; music direction/special music arrangements, Steven Landau ; associate director/choreographer, Coy Middlebrook ; prod. stage manager, Peter Hanson.

Cast

Michael Arden, Scott Barnhardt, Catherine Brunell, Walter Charles, David Aron Damane, Christina Ellison Dunams, Gina Ferrall, Phyllis Frelich, Tyrone Giordano, Daniel Jenkins, Lyle Kanouse, Rod Keller, Troy Kotsur, Kevin Massey, George McDaniel, Michael McElroy, Drew McVety, Guthrie Nutter, Ryan Schlecht, Gwen Stewart, Melissa van der Schyff, Alexandria Wailes.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the American Airlines Theatre, New York, N.Y., Sep. 17, 2003.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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Added Author

Haimes, Todd, producer.

Richard, Ellen, producer.

Levy, Julia C., producer.

Waterstreet, Ed, producer.

O'Brien, Bill, producer.

Miller, Roger, 1936-1992. Big river.

Miller, Roger, 1936-1992, lyricist.

Hauptman, William, 1942- librettist.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Calhoun, Jeff, director.

Calhoun, Jeff, choreographer.

Klausen, Ray, set designer.

Zyla, David R, costume designer.

Gilliam, T. M, lighting designer.

Fitzgerald, Peter (Peter J.), sound designer.

Landau, Steven, conductor.

Landau, Steven, arranger of music.

Middlebrook, Coy, associate director/choreographer.

Hanson, Peter, production stage manager.

Arden, Michael, 1982- performer.

Barnhardt, Scott, performer.

Brunell, Catherine, performer.

Charles, Walter, performer.

Damane, David Aron, performer.

Dunams, Christina Ellison, performer.

Ferrall, Gina, performer.

Frelich, Phyllis, performer.

Giordano, Tyrone, 1976- performer.

Jenkins, Daniel H., performer.

Kanouse, Lyle, performer.

Keller, Rod, performer.

Kotsur, Troy, performer.

Massey, Kevin, performer.

McDaniel, George, performer.

McElroy, Michael, 1967- performer.

McVety, Drew, performer.

Nutter, Guthrie, performer.

Schlecht, Ryan, performer.

Stewart, Gwen, performer.

Van der Schyff, Melissa, performer.

Wailes, Alexandria, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Roundabout Theatre Company, producer.

Deaf West Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.), producer.

Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles, producer.

Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.), producer.

Ford Foundation.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2753

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