Lynn Nottage speaks with the cast members who both have played the title role and how Nottage reimagined her play as an opera. I think we have to tell stories that connect to people, that people can ...

The time is 1905 in New York City. Esther, a Black seamstress, lives in a boarding house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to Black prostitutes. Her ...

Special to The Daily Reflector Oct 20, 2022 Oct 20, 2022 Audiences have a chance to be up close and personal for the ECU/Loessin Playhouse production of “Intimate Apparel,” which continues through ...

While sorting the contents of her grandmother's Brooklyn brownstone a few years ago, playwright Lynn Nottage opened an old issue of Family Circle, and discovered a photograph of her great-grandmother.

Playwright Lynn Nottage described writing the opera adaption of her “Intimate Apparel” play as revisiting “an old friend” — and PBS viewers will get to experience the 2004 work which premieres Friday.

If we’re lucky throughout a theater season or two, we get to see one or two transcendent performances so connected to the character it is almost impossible to separate actor from the role. That’s what ...

After stitching, hemming and seaming for four performances, the Dramat’s production of “Intimate Apparel” finished its last show with quiet grace and emotional resonance on Saturday. Written by Lynn ...

For a play named after lingerie and with a bed positioned at center stage, “Intimate Apparel” is really more about the longing for intimacy than its achievement. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn ...

At its core, Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel” is a play recounting the African-American experience in turn-of-last century America. But Oz Scott, who is directing Arizona Theater Company's production ...

In celebration of Black History Month, “Intimate Apparel” — telling the story of an African-Americn seamstress in 1905 — opens in Martinez this weekend. Directed by Vallejo resident Carlene Coury, ...

Laced with themes of tenderness and resilience, “Intimate Apparel” tells the story of a Black seamstress in 1905 New York. Written by Lynn Nottage DRA ’89, the play navigates the challenges of a woman ...