Casting for the upcoming London play about old-ass Harry Potter characters, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has been announced. And much to the chagrin of ~certain~ Potter fans, a black actress is playing Hermione.
The Kilroys, a self-described gang of lady playwrights and producers who are done talking about gender parity in the theater and are ready to do something about it, have just released a list of 46 highly recommended plays by female-identified authors. This list can now be shoved in the face of theater industry leaders…
[Edinburgh, August 25. Performers take to the Royal Mile to promote their show during week three of the Fringe Festival. This 64th Edinburgh Festival Fringe is one of the largest arts festivals in the world. Image via Getty]
The play "The Lady With All the Answers" stars Judith Ivey as Ann Landers , dealing in 1970s Chicago with the breakdown of her own marriage. "The hair's right," says Ivey. [EditorandPublisher]
Nora and Delia Ephron have penned a series of monologues based on clothes and accessories. "Love, Loss and What I Wore," which comes to Off-Broadway October 1, is set to feature, among others, clotheshorses Tyne Daly and Rosie O'Donnell. [AP]
A new study, "Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender," explores the under-representation of female playwrights on Broadway, despite their history of success. "This study will probably change the way we read scripts," says one director. [New York]
Influential dramatist and director Harold Pinter has died at 78 after a long battle with cancer.
Germaine Greer calls a female playwright an "insane reactionary" after she wrote a play loosely based on Greer being held hostage by a teen. • An Alaskan prison is home to America's only all-female prison orchestra. • Tempest Storm, a self-described "classy" 80-year-old stripper, says she isn't giving up her vocation…
