Big River
New York City Center
Encores!
Opening Night: February 8, 2017
Closing Night: February 12, 2017
Music: Roger Miller
Lyrics: Roger Miller
Book: William Hauptman
Though trying to stay “respectable,” Huckleberry Finn, runs into trouble when his father, Pap, returns to town. Huck is forced to fake his own death to escape and joins up with another on the run – Jim, a slave in the search for freedom. As they head down the river, they get sucked into scams involving two “aristocrats,” one of which lands Jim in chains once again and Huck and Tom Sawyer join together to free him.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Overture………………………………………………..Orchestra
Do You Wanna Go to Heaven……………………Company
The Boys……………………………..Tom Sawyer, The Boys
Waitin’ for the Light to Shine………………………….Huck
Guv’ment………………………………………………….Pap Finn
Hand For the Hog……………………………….Tom Sawyer
I, Huckleberry, Me…………………………………………Huck
Muddy Water………………………………………….Jim, Huck
The Crossing………………………………………………..Slaves
River in the Rain……………………………………..Huck, Jim
When the Sun Goes Down in the South………….Duke,
Huck,
King,
Jim
ACT TWO
Ent’racte………………………………………………..Orchestra
The Royal Nonesuch……………………….Duke, Company
Worlds Apart…………………………………………..Jim, Huck
Arkansas/How Blest We Are…………………………..Fool,
Alice’s Daughter,
Company
You Oughta Be Here With Me…….Mary Jane Wilkes,
Susan Wilkes,
Joanna Wilkes
How Blest We Are (Reprise)…………………….Alice, Bill,
Alice’s Daughter
Leavin’s Not the Only Way to Go…………….Jim, Huck,
Mary Jane Wilkes
Waitin’ for the Light to Shine (Reprise)…………..Huck,
Slaves
Free At Last…………………………………………..Jim, Slaves
River in the Rain (Reprise)……………………….Huck, Jim
Muddy Water (Reprise)…………………………….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Nicholas Barasch Huckleberry Finn
Cass Morgan Widow Douglas
Sally Phelps
Annie Golden Miss Watson
Strange Woman
Kyle Scatliffe Jim
Charlie Franklin Tom Sawyer
Andrew Kruep Ben Rogers
Hank
A Young Fool
Megan Masako Haley Jo Harper
Andrew Cristi Simon
Lafe
Hired Hand
Zachary Infante Dick
Andy
Hired Hand
Wayne Duvall Pap Finn
Sheriff Bell
Man in the Crowd
Hired Hand
Tom Nelis Judge Thatcher
Second Man
Harvey Wilkes
Stephen Lee Anderson Overseer
First Man
Counselor Robinson
Silas Phelps
Mike Evariste Slave
Katherine A. Guy Slave
Alice’s Daughter
Adrianna Hicks Slave
John-Michael Lyles Slave
Horace V. Rogers Slave
David Pittu The King
Christopher Sieber The Duke
Lauren Worsham Mary Jane Wilkes
Gizel Jimenez Susan Wilkes
Megan Masako Haley Joanna Wilkes
Patrice Covington Alice
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