Production: Big River - June, 2003

Published: April 18, 2007, 2:03 p.m.

Director Jeff Calhoun, actor Phyllis Frelich (Tony winner for Children of a Lesser God), actor Tyrone Giordano, producer Todd Haimes (who has scored multiple Tonys while serving as Artistic Director for Roundabout Theatre Company) , actor Daniel Jenkins and producer Bill O'Brien explain how Deaf West Theatre Company, a sign language theatre company, decided to put on the musical Big River; why that is not a bad idea, as many initially thought; the integration of signing into the choreography of the show; and how 2 actors, one hearing and one deaf, shared each of the principal roles.