NEW YORK—“The Girl Who Jumped...” can be read as a straightforward story of a young woman who tries to beat the odds and make it in Hollywood, or given the tenor of today’s times, it can be read as something much more important. Read on.
Taking as its inspiration the actual suicide of actress Peg Entwhistle who jumped off the Hollywood sign in 1932, playwright, actress, and singer Joanne Hartstone has fashioned the fictional tale of aspiring actress Evie Edwards, who follows her dream against overwhelming odds.
