Big Expectations
Broom Street Theater
Broom Street Theater 1119 Williamson St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
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Friday, Oct. 23, Broom Street Theater
Written and directed by Ray Olderman, a stalwart of Madison’s theater community and former professor of English at the UW, Big Expectations riffs on Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations. The bones of the story are similar: A poor boy from the edges of society has his life changed by a benefactor. But Dickens likely wouldn’t recognize this revisioning of his tale. Set mostly in the near future, Big Expectations opens in the complaint department of “The Universal Everything Corporation” and involves time travel. We predict this show will reinforce Broom Street’s reputation for experimental and innovative theater. Through Nov. 14.
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