"Big River" - LIVE ON STAGE!
Thu, Sep 18
|The Ideal Playhouse
Award-winning musical based on Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," tells the story of Huck who escapes his life and embarks on a journey down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. They form a deep friendship as they navigate the challenges of the river on their path to freedom.
Time & Location
Sep 18, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MDT
The Ideal Playhouse, 113 N. Main Street Heber City, UT 84032
About the event
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller, and a book by William Hauptman.
Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it features music in the bluegrassand country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel. The 1985 Broadway production ran for more than 1,000 performances and it remained one of the few very successful American musicals in the mid-1980s among the emerging successes coming from Great Britain. Big River won 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Featuring some of our favorite songs ever!
"Waitin' for the Light to Shine"
"Muddy Water"
"River in the Rain"