Actresses should be cast in male roles on stage, says the union Equity as it complains about the lack of roles for women in theatre. full story ![]()

The actor talks about men playing women, her selfishness, and why theatre isn't the new footballWhat first drew you to acting?The inevitable school plays. I found doing them quite odd, but I was friends with a wonderful actor called Michele, who used to make me listen to her audition pieces. They all seemed to be about prostitutes; I found them fascinating. Later, my twin...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 22 days ago)

Nora in A Doll's House is right up there on the list of big theatrical roles for women; Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play provides a richly complex female central character, who ultimately leaves her babying, patronising husband – and her children – so she can discover who she really is. The play has also, of course, been seen as a game-changer in feminist literature and, for its...
independent.co.uk (1 month and 22 days ago)
The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presented a Reader’s Theatre production of the documentary play “Seven” as part of the Women’s History Celebration in the Minsky Recital Hall on March 27. The Women’s History Celebration is an annual event on campus that features UMaine faculty members and students, ...
bangordailynews.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one - with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere of Edward Albee's new play "Laying an Egg."
miamiherald.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
NEW YORK (AP) -- The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one - with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere of Edward Albee's new play "Laying an Egg."...
ap.org (2 months and 7 days ago)

It seems an odd fit, though perhaps it shouldn’t. Simon Russell Beale is associated most strongly with sublime classical roles at the National Theatre. Yet here he is, at the age of 52, taking part in director Jamie Lloyd’s rudely energetic, inaugural four-play Trafalgar Transformed season, aimed at dragging new audiences and new energy to the Cinderella venue that is the...
standard.co.uk (18 days ago)

Kelli Smith, a Merck employee since 2004, says the company's sales plans create incentives to discriminate against women, that women are told they have to choose between having children and taking bigger roles at the company, and that men get more opportunities to meet senior managers and develop important contacts.
cleveland.com (9 days ago)

Edward Fox steps in to play opposite Helen Mirren in Peter Morgan's play after Robert Hardy stands down due to injuryBafta-winning actor Robert Hardy has pulled out of The Audience at the Gielgud theatre, London, in which he was playing Winston Churchill opposite Helen Mirren's Elizabeth II, as a result of an injury.The 87-year-old appeared in all last week's preview...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 22 days ago)

'I decided I wanted to be a director at university. So I sold my granny's piano to take a show to the Edinburgh festival'Job: Incoming artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Court theatre, London: officially takes over from Dominic Cooke in April.Age: 45Best known for: Setting up the National Theatre of Scotland, where she remained as artistic director for six...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 30 days ago)
Edward Albee's 'Laying an Egg' will be highlight of Signature Theatre's 2013-2014 season
msn.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
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