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April 4, 2005
Handheld
Individual Captioning System on Tour with
Big River
Patrons attending Deaf West Theatre’s
production of Big River on tour, which features
both deaf and hearing actors, can follow
the onstage dialogue and lyrics with I-Caption
TM.
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March 31, 2005
Deaf
West Theatre Awarded an “Arts Connect
All” Grant
VSA arts and MetLife Foundation today announced
that they have awarded the Deaf West Theatre
(DWT) an “Arts Connect All”
grant.
March 23, 2005
Second
Company of BIG RIVER Premieres in National's
Capital
Washington DC's Ford's Theatre welcomes
a second company of BIG RIVER for their
2004-2005 season.
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September 23, 2004
Roundabout's
'Big River' Cast Among Tony Honorees
The 2004 Tony Honors for Excellence in the
Theatre includes the ensemble cast of the
first musical on Broadway to be presented
simultaneously in English and American Sign
Language.
September 13, 2004
ASL
Story Time listed as one of L.A.'s Hidden
Treasures
Deaf
West's own ASL Story TIme was recently spotlighlighted
in L.A. Parent's "Best of L.A. 2004"
as a gem in the heart of the thriving NoHo
arts district.
September 9, 2004
Second
Company of 'Big River' Branches Out
af
West's own ASL Story TIme was recently spotlighlighted
in L.A. Parent's "Best of L.A. 2004"
as a gem While the original Broadway cast
members Tyrone Giordano, Daniel Jenkins
and Michael McElroy currently perform on
the national tour for the revivial of 'Big
River'
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June 30, 2004
'Big
River' replaces 'Town' on Broadway bill
This groundbreaking revival to replace Wonderful
Town in the 2004-05 Fifth Third Bank
Broadway in Cincinnati line-up at the Aronoff
Center for the Arts.
June 16, 2004
'Big River' full of surging songs,
poetic sign language
Reviews are in! BIG RIVER hits San Francisco
on its first stop on its national tour.
June 6, 2004
BIG
RIVER's performance at the Tony® Awards
Missed the perfomance? See the video clip
from Tony ® nominated BIG RIVER, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(Video player required to view clip).
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May 2004
Reviews
are in for WHAT ARE YOU . . . DEAF? (May
20, 2004)
RECOMMENDED by LA Weekly!
"ENTERTAINING· Jones
is a GREAT STORYTELLER...Paul Raci (voice
actor) does a masterful job."
Backstage
West calls WHAT ARE YOU . . .DEAF? "Highly
Entertaining!" (May 19,
2004)
ăJones' humor and Raci's talent particularly
shine...enormous energy, abundant charm
and terrific sense of humor."
Performers
React to the Big News (May
11, 2004)
Tony nominated performer for BIG RIVER,
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Nominee
Micheal McElroy, explains his feelings about
his Tony nomination.
Two
Tony Nominations for BIG RIVER!
(May 10, 2004)
Nominations in 21 competitive categories
for the American Theatre Wing's 58th Annual
Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®
(www.TonyAwards.com) were announced today
by a group of celebrated New Yorkers.
Wicked,
Frozen, I Am My Own Wife, Caroline, Oz Among
2004 Tony Nominees.
(May 10, 2004)
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April 2004
Four
Drama Desk Nominations for BIG RIVER!
(April
29, 2004)
The Nominations for the 2003 - 2004 Drama
Desk Awards were announced by Mary-Louise
Parker (Former Drama Desk Winner and current
regular on TV's The West Wing) and Tony
Roberts. (Broadway/Film star).
One
Drama League Nomination for BIG River!
(April 21, 2004)
Nominations were announced for the 70th
Annual Drama League Awards. Awards will
be given out on Friday, May 14, 2004. Spring
Production Set for DWT (April
18, 2004)
Deaf West Theatre announces the world premiere
of WHAT ARE YOU… DEAF?, a solo play
written by and starring actor / writer /
performance artist CJ Jones. Performances
begin Friday, May
14th and run through June 20th.
National
Tour Announnced!
(April 12, 2004)
Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars, in
association with Dallas Summer Musicals,
Houston’s Theater Under the Stars,
and Boston’s Wang Center for the Performing
Arts, is delighted to announce the mounting
of a touring production of Deaf West Theatre
Production of BIG RIVER, The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn.
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