CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- What first comes to mind when hearing of a play named “Intimate Apparel?” Maybe it’s an X-rated production, or maybe it’s about the business of selling retail undergarments.
Intimate Apparel follows the story of Esther, a black seamstress who lives in a boarding house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. She ...
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 ...
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Join us for an award-winning play written by Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel, presented by Compass Rose Theater in Annapolis, MD. The show will follow with a talkback and reception with the director, ...
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.
The story that unfolds in Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel” is a delicate tapestry woven from hope, longing and a wistful acknowledgment of disappointments reckoned with and limitations faced. Those ...
A woman alone in New York can be a treacherous enterprise. Especially in 1905, when immigrants are flooding the city, there’s a migration northward from within the country, and there are rigid ...
Aerosoles, a leading global footwear brand, has signed a licensing agreement with United Intimate Group for the distribution of women’s sleepwear, robes and intimate apparel. Aerosoles, which was ...
GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2004--VF Intimates, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), the world's largest apparel supplier, announced today plans to launch its ...