Actors who played the role of Becky Thatcher: Kate Reinders,Kristen Bell,Nikki M. James [Broadway] ...

Actors who played the role of Becky Thatcher: Mary Buckner [Broadway] ...

Judy Mann, center, portraying Becky Thatcher, holds the hair of Mia Long, 6, during the pie-eating contest as Nolan Gobel, 9 looks over at the competition during the Tom- a-palooza on Sunday ...

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Tom Sawyer, played by Hayden Ponjuan, and his girlfriend Becky Thatcher, played by Ashley Stevens, take a break in this scene from Playmakers production ...

So why do we now have “Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher” (St. Martin’s Press, $24.95)? It’s yet another novel that plucks a few cells from someone else’s literary creation and ...

He started to school and had the luck of coming upon Becky Thatcher at the head of Meadow Lane. His mood always determined his manner. Without a moment's hesitation he ran to her and said: ...

But an ingratiating attitude will only get you so far at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre, where Tom, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, Injun Joe, the Widow Douglas and all the other memorable ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. â Colin Brown and Riah Wigfall learned they are Hannibal's official Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher during the Tom and Becky Pageant on Saturday in Central Park.

The house was built in the 1800s and once was the residence of Laura Hawkins, who was the model Twain used for the Thatcher character in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- The home of Tom Sawyer's sweetheart is about to get an upgrade. Plans call for spending up to $1.4 million to improve the Becky Thatcher House in Hannibal's historic district ...

"Tom Sawyer" is a sunny and handsome but deflatingly bland musical adaptation of the Mark Twain classic. The show is a pleasant two hours of family entertainment, but Broadway is surfeited with ...