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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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Photo Flash: First Look at Rebecca Ann Johnson, John Caird and More in LITTLE MISS SCROOGE
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2012

Tony and Olivier Award-winner JOHN CAIRD (Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby), West End rising star SAM CAIRD, and Tony nominee PAUL GORDON (Jane Eyre), arrived in Ventura today to begin rehearsals tomorrow for a new holiday musical entitled LITTLE MISS SCROOGE, which will be presented as a limite...


Max Irons, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Robert Pattinson in Talks for POSH Film Adaptation?
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2013

According to the Daily Mail, Max Irons, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Robert Pattinson are in negotiations to appear in the film version of Laura Wade's play Posh for Blueprint Pictures. The film is directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education)....


Strawdog Announces 2013-14 Season: CONVERSATIONS ON A HOMECOMING, GREAT EXPECTATIONS & More!
by Tyler Peterson - June 11, 2013

Strawdog Theatre Company and Interim Artistic Director Hank Boland are proud to announce their 2013 - 2014 season. The 26th Strawdog season includes Conversations on a Homecoming by Tom Murphy, August 23 - September 28, directed by Jonathan Berry; Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and adapted fo...


Photo Flash: First Look at Strawdog Theatre's GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2013

Strawdog Theatre Company and Interim Artistic Director Hank Boland present the second production in their 2013 - 2014 season, a new adaption of Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations, adapted by Gale Childs Daly and directed by Jason W. Gerace, November 11 - December 14, at Strawdog Theatre, 38...


NEXT TO NORMAL Begins 5/31 in LA With Bets Malone, Robert Townsend and More
by Kelsey Denette - May 02, 2013

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT will present the Southern California regional theatre premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical, NEXT TO NORMAL, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, musical direction by Darryl Archibald and directed by Nick DeGr...


DEATHTRAP Opens November 7 at Georgia Ensemble Theatre
by Robert Diamond - October 18, 2013

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), North Fulton's only professional theatre company, will continue its record-setting 21stseason with the classic thriller Deathtrap by Ira Levin. Fresh from the success ofAlmost Heaven, John Denver's America, which garnered the highest attendance ever for a season openi...


Photo Flash: Georgia Ensemble Theatre's DEATHTRAP Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), North Fulton's only professional theatre company, will continue its record-setting 21st season with the classic thriller Deathtrap by Ira Levin. Fresh from the success of Almost Heaven, John Denver's America, which garnered the highest attendance ever for a season ope...


Helena Bonham Carter to Play 'Fairy Godmother' in Kenneth Branagh's CINDERELLA
by Tyler Peterson - June 20, 2013

Just off of playing Madame Thenardier in Tom Hooper's big screen adaptation of LES MISERABLES, the actress has officially signed on to play the fairy godmother in Kenneth Branagh's upcoming live-action CINDERELLA, it was announced today....


HOT VIDEO: - New UK Trailer for GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by Robert Diamond - September 19, 2012

GREAT EXPECTATIONS will be released in theaters this fall. Starring an award-winning cast, this British tour de force is directed by the BAFTA winning director of Four Weddings and A Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mike Newell, and has been written for the big screen by David Nichol...


Helena Bonham Carter to Play 'Fairy Godmother' in Kenneth Branagh's CINDERELLA
by Tyler Peterson - June 20, 2013

Just off of playing Madame Thenardier in Tom Hooper's big screen adaptation of LES MISERABLES, the actress has officially signed on to play the fairy godmother in Kenneth Branagh's upcoming live-action CINDERELLA, it was announced today....


The CW to Develop Mary Queen of Scots Teen Drama REIGN
by Caryn Robbins - October 24, 2012

Deadline reports that The CW is developing a new teen drama based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots. The historical British monarch will be featured in the new pilot, REIGN, which the network is pitching as 'Game of Thrones meets Marie Antoinette'....


BandBazi Productions Opens MIND WALKING Today
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2013

Award winning, multicultural aerial theatre company BandBazi takes to the road this spring with a poignant study of a man as his mind falters and he is gradually lost to the alternative reality of dementia. Tanika Gupta's Mind Walking is a warm, humorous and poignant celebration of the life of one e...


Grace Rowe, Taylor Jay-Davies, and More Star in GREAT EXPECTATIONS Tour, Beginning Sept 13
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2012

As the culmination of the bicentenary of Charles Dickens, a new stage adaptation of one of his best loved novels will begin a national tour prior to London's West End, opening at the Richmond Theatre today, 13 September....


Claybourne Elder, Sean Hudock to Lead ROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL Readings
by Kelsey Denette - February 14, 2013

Claybourne Elder (Broadway's Bonnie & Clyde) and Sean Hudock (Private Romeo) will play estranged brothers Malky and Doug in two industry workshop readings of Rocco Natale's new two-hander ROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL. Ross Evans (Broadway's Venus in Fur; Mary Mill Directing Fellowship from Manhattan ...


GREAT EXPECTATIONS to Screen Live Across UK and Worldwide from Vaudeville Theatre on Dickens' Birthday, Feb 7
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2013

To celebrate the launch of The Dickens Legacy at the Gala Evening at London's Vaudeville Theatre, GREAT EXPECTATIONS will be screened live via satellite to more than 150 cinemas across the UK and Ireland, with a global cinema release including mainland Europe, Canada, USA, Asia and Australia....


Photo Flash: New Production Shots from Strawdog Theatre's GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2013

Strawdog Theatre Company and Interim Artistic Director Hank Boland present the second production in their 2013 - 2014 season, a new adaption of Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations, adapted by Gale Childs Daly and directed by Jason W. Gerace, November 11 - December 14, at Strawdog Theatre, 38...


GREAT EXPECTATIONS to Close Early at the Vaudeville Theatre, March 30
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2013

Great Expectations will now run at the Vaudeville Theatre until 30 March 2013, closing two months earlier than its original run date....


The Onewhero Society of Performing Arts to Stage PLAYING MISS HAVISHAM, Aug 4
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2013

The Onewhero Society of Performing Arts (OSPA) will be bringing Playing Miss Havisham to the stage on 4 August at 8pm, courtesy of Arts on Tour NZ and Willow Productions....


Production Begins on Action Comedy BARELY LETHAL, Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Alba,
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2013

Principal photography has begun on RKO Pictures' action comedy “Barely Lethal,” which is being produced by Main Street Films, Hopscotch Pictures and RatPac Entertainment and directed by Kyle Newman....


The Guthrie Celebrates Stephen Kanee, 4/14
by Kelsey Denette - April 10, 2013

The Guthrie Theater today announced that a public celebration of the life and work of former Guthrie artist Stephen Kanee, who passed away on January 18, will take place Sunday, April 14 at 11 a.m. on the Guthrie's Wurtele Thrust Stage....


Photo Flash: First Look at Miriam Margolyes in CST's DICKENS' WOMEN
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2012

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) joins the international celebration of the bicentennial of Charles Dickens' birth, Dickens 2012, with a World's Stage presentation of the Olivier Award-nominated production Dickens' Women, featuring actress Miriam Margolyes, tonight, December 18-22, 2012 in the thea...


Jay Craven's NORTHERN BORDERS to be Screened at Various Vermont Venues in Sept.
by Tyler Peterson - August 29, 2013

Award-winning Vermont director Jay Craven will present his new film, “Northern Borders,” at special screenings, Friday, September 6th at the Brandon Town Hall; Friday, September 13th , Vergennes Opera House; Saturday, September 14th at Middlebury Town Hall Theater; and Sunday, September 15th at Hol...


DICKENS ABRIDGED to Play London's Arts Theatre; Opens December 2
by Nicole Rosky - July 09, 2013

London's Arts Theatre will soon present DICKENS ABRIDGED beginning November 27. 2013. The production will open December 2 and run through January 5, 2014. Tickets are £39.50, £37.50, £20....


GREAT EXPECTATIONS To Open in West End, Feb 6
by BWW - December 14, 2012

Following a highly successful national tour, a new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations will open in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre on Wednesday 6 February 2013, following previews from 1 February. Although it is Dickens's most popular novel (Guardian Poll 2012) and ...


Photo Flash: First Look at GREAT EXPECTATIONS in the West End!
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2013

A new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations will open at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre on 6 February 2013, following previews from 1 February. Reprising their roles from the play's recent, successful UK tour, Jack Ellis will star as Jaggers, Chris Ellison as Magwitch and Paula...






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