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Great Expectations is the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life until a twist of fate introduces him to the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham and Estella, showing him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be.

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Greenville Theatre Announces 94th Season Photo Greenville Theatre Announces 94th Season
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2020

Greenville Theatre donors, sponsors, and advertisers were treated to a musical 'season reveal' at the annual announcement party on January 26. Executive Artistic Director Allen McCalla thanked the attendees for their continued support before expressing his delight with the remarkable body of work b...


Town Hall Theatre Announces Dynamic 2018/19 Season: Lost & Found Photo Town Hall Theatre Announces Dynamic 2018/19 Season: Lost & Found
by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2018

Town Hall Theatre Company (THT) is excited to announce four powerhouse productions for its 2018/19 Season: LOST & FOUND. Town Hall's LOST & FOUND Season opens with the Bay Area premiere of Lauren Gunderson's seriously smart comedy The Revolutionists; continues with Great Expectations, the West Coas...


THE MAGIC FIRE Opens This Week At Different Stages Photo THE MAGIC FIRE Opens This Week At Different Stages
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2019

Different Stages continues its 2018- 2019 season this week with The Magic Fire by Lillian Groag. The Magic Fire is a wonderfully warm and amusing play about a young woman growing up in a family of European immigrants who surround themselves with a 'magic fire' of art to fend off the unpleasant reali...


BWW Album Review: Lena Hall's OBSESSED: CHRIS CORNELL is Vivid and Stirring Photo BWW Album Review: Lena Hall's OBSESSED: CHRIS CORNELL is Vivid and Stirring
by David Clarke - December 10, 2018

Lena Hall's ambitious and successful year long EP project - Lena Hall OBSESSED - comes to end this month with her lovely tribute to Chris Cornell, the iconic front man of Soundgarden and Audioslave. The four-track OBSESSED: CHRIS CORNELL stands as a vivid and stirring conclusion to the series, offer...


The Barn Theatre Announce Cast For New Production Of Patrick Barlow's BEN HUR Photo The Barn Theatre Announce Cast For New Production Of Patrick Barlow's BEN HUR
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2020

The Barn Theatre have announced casting for their upcoming production of the comedy Ben Hur by Olivier award-winning playwright Patrick Barlow. The production, which runs in the historic Roman town from 4 March to 18 April 2020, will star James Dinsmore (Great Expectations) as Edgar T Chesterfield, ...


Giles, Baum, Weinhold And More Join PICT's THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP Photo Giles, Baum, Weinhold And More Join PICT's THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
by Stephi Wild - October 27, 2018

Martin Giles, Karen Baum, Jordon Ross Weinhold and more join the cast of PICT Classic Theatre's upcoming production of The Old Curiosity Shop....


BWW Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Richmond Theatre Photo BWW Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 14, 2018

Following a chance encounter with an escaped convict, orphan Pip is given an unexpected opportunity to visit the reclusive Miss Havisham. In the decay and faded grandeur of her house, Pip falls in love with her adopted daughter Estella and helped by an anonymous benefactor, he moves to London to att...


The Park Square Presents The Summer Mystery You've Been Waiting For Photo The Park Square Presents The Summer Mystery You've Been Waiting For
by A.A. Cristi - June 19, 2019

Park Square Theatre's summer fare continues on the Proscenium Stage with the regional premiere of AGATHA CHRISTIE'S RULE OF THUMB (July 12 - August 25, 2019). Directed by local powerhouse Austene Van*, the evening featured three one-act murder mysteries by the most-read mystery writer of all time - ...


Trumpeter Nicholas Recktenwald And Jazz Quintet Spur Of The Moment to Perform Around Photo Trumpeter Nicholas Recktenwald And Jazz Quintet Spur Of The Moment to Perform Around Louisville
by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2018

Prominent Louisville trumpeter Nicholas Recktenwald and his jazz quintet, Spur of the Moment, have several residencies and performances slated around Louisville in early 2018. Recktenwald and Spur of the Moment will participate in residencies at the Lincoln Performing Arts School and Western Middle ...


Photo Flash: Griffin Theatre Hosts 10th Anniversary Production of LETTERS HOME Photo Photo Flash: Griffin Theatre Hosts 10th Anniversary Production of LETTERS HOME
by Julie Musbach - April 11, 2018

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Cast Announced for Steep Theatre's THE INVISIBLE HAND Photo Cast Announced for Steep Theatre's THE INVISIBLE HAND
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2017

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by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2018

The University of Colorado Boulder theatre division kicks off its fall season with "Great Expectations," a play adapted from the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. The season will also feature the world premiere translation of "Hecuba" from Roe Green Artist Diane Rayor, with mask work by Roe Gr...


GREAT EXPECTATIONS Comes to Town Hall Theatre For The Holidays Photo GREAT EXPECTATIONS Comes to Town Hall Theatre For The Holidays
by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2018

Town Hall Theatre "Lost & Found" Season 2018/19 continues with our holiday offering: the West Coast Premiere of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, an adventure-packed adaptation of the classic Dickens' coming-of-age story by Gale Childs Daly. GREAT EXPECTATIONS will have 12 performances, including two previews, N...


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by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2020

Different Stages continues its 2019 - 2020 season with the premier of Rita Anderson's Gliders. In the summer of 1969, three generations of seemingly ordinary women begin to uncover secrets about themselves even as the extraordinary events of the Apollo 11 mission unfold overhead. ...


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by Tori Hartshorn - March 02, 2018

According to Deadline, actress Perdita Weeks is set to take on the role of Juliet Higgins in the upcoming CBS reboot of Magnum PI. She will star alongside the previously announced Jay Hernandez, in the role of Thomas Magnum. Peter Lenkov will be producing and writing the reboot, along with Eric Gugg...


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Ella is a precocious and fiercely competitive actress whose sole aim in life is making her famous playwright father, David, proud. Over the course of a boozy evening, Ella and David deliberate over whether to read the reviews of her Off-Broadway debut...and things unravel from there. Halley Feiffer'...


THE MAGIC FIRE Opens This Week At Different Stages Photo THE MAGIC FIRE Opens This Week At Different Stages
by A.A. Cristi - January 09, 2019

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by BWW News Desk - December 15, 2018

Martin Giles, Karen Baum, Jordon Ross Weinhold and more join the cast of PICT Classic Theatre's upcoming production of The Old Curiosity Shop....


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GREAT EXPECTATIONS Comes to Town Hall Theatre For The Holidays Photo GREAT EXPECTATIONS Comes to Town Hall Theatre For The Holidays
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2018

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