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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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2006:  '''''[[The Wiz]]''''' presented by [[The Young Performers Project]] ([[YPP]]),  at the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]], Durban.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:10, 6 December 2023

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical by Roger Miller and William Hauptman.

Also referred to simply as Big River in some sources.

The original text

Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it has a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics in bluegrass and country style by Roger Miller.

First staged by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in February 1984, opening on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 25 April, 1985.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2006: The Wiz presented by The Young Performers Project (YPP), at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Durban.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_River_(musical)

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