{"id":96,"date":"2013-03-14T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:04:25","slug":"the-adventures-of-huck-finn-a-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"The Adventures of Huck Finn — A Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n

Adapted by R. Rex Stephenson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Music by Jon Cohn<\/strong> and C. Michael Perry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lyrics by R. Rex Stephenson<\/strong>, Jon Cohn<\/strong> and C. Michael Perry<\/strong><\/p>\n

(TCY & YT)<\/strong> (For production by Professional Groups, College\/University Groups, Community Groups, High Schools, Middle Schools\/Junior High Schools, Church Groups, Children\u2019s Theatres\/Youth Theatres<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n

This adaptation of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows Mark Twain\u2019s novel from Huck running away from The Widow Douglas to join Jim for their adventures down the Mississippi River. They encounter the King and the Duke; get involved in a Shakespearian production of \u201cRomeo and Juliet,\u201d are joined by Tom Sawyer and end up at Aunt Sally\u2019s, where Jim is freed and Huck takes off for \u201cInjun Territory.\u201d The songs are sprightly and evocative and some are just plain beautiful like Jim\u2019s song about Freedom. This show has so much inside it, like its novel predecessor, that it cannot help but speak to a modern audience; a group of human beings embroiled in the very same political and social climate that was present over 150 years ago. But it is also a testament to a loving father and son relationship, which the whole journey was about in the first place.<\/p>\n

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