“I adore her language and I’m excited to say her words,” said actor Chauncy Thomas. He is one of the co-stars of New Jewish Theatre’s presentation of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s ...

At 35, Esther is lonely. A skilled African-American seamstress in 1905 Manhattan, she makes exquisite undergarments for clients including a sincere socialite from tony Fifth Avenue and an earnest ...

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 35, Esther is lonely. A skilled African-American seamstress in 1905 Manhattan, she makes exquisite undergarments for clients including a sincere socialite from tony Fifth Avenue and an earnest ...

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 ...

Successful African American seamstress Esther’s business acumen, innovative skills, and utter discretion are much in demand by diverse clientele. You see, it’s 1905 and she crafts elegant and ...

DECATUR — The season-opener for Millikin University’s School of Theatre and Dance, “Intimate Apparel,” is a love story. “And there is so many types of love,” director Denise Myers said. The drama will ...

The time is 1905. The place, the Lower East Side. Sewing beautiful lingerie gives Esther Mills, an African American seamstress, an intimate look at the lives of her clientele, but she yearns for a ...