With three songs cut and a strong new opening number added by the end of its first week (of two) in New Haven, Conn., "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" has been making good use of its pre-Broadway ...

Miracles have transformed shaky adventures ... attributes that this “Tom Sawyer” lacks: a dynamic and moving interracial relationship and a score with one great song, “River in the Rain.” ...

21—OSAGE — "The Adventures of Tom ... the greatest Tom Sawyer exploits come to life on the stage, with foot-stomping blue-grass and country songs that prove fun for the whole family.

Inspired by Mark Twain’s 1876 novel The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, the song paints a modern-day, more mature portrait of the same rebellious free spirit that defines the song and the story’s ...

Frontispiece from the first edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 1876. Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in ...

Since I can safely count my international readership as my brother in England (Hi, Aaron) being linked to my posts by my mother (Hi, Mom) I will assume among you fine folks a base level of familiarity ...

"Tom Sawyer ... “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” are inevitable and not likely to favor the new show, which features a book by Ken Ludwig (“Crazy for You,” “Lend Me a Tenor”) and ...

It's hard not to admire the folksy eagerness with which "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," a new musical adaptation ... secure voices, but the songs, orchestrated with a loving country twang by ...

despite lackluster songs. And the staging keeps things moving, particularly in Act II’s trippy cave sequence. Overall, Adventures earns a grade the academically challenged Tom might find familiar.