'Big River' review: A boring trip, but the music helps
Many people have special affection for "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." This was the first (and only) musical score by the late country singer-songwriter Roger Miller, who won a 1985 Tony for his savvy and jolly songs that roamed styles from honky-tonk to spirituals, from blues to hymns to foot-stomping, string-picking, dang-me country two-steps.