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 ...

Would you marry someone sight unseen? What if it was 1905 and you were a 35-year-old Black woman with no appealing romantic prospects? That’s Esther’s predicament in “Intimate Apparel,” a ...

Before she became the first (and, so far, only) woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, for her grittier plays “Ruined” (2009) and “Sweat” (2015), Lynn Nottage had one of her first successes ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Lynn Nottage’s play about a Black woman in 1905 becomes an opera, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon, that forefronts voices ignored by ...

FORT MYERS, Fla., March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chico's FAS' (NYSE: CHS) intimate apparel brand, Soma®, launches "Everything We Do Starts with You," aimed to celebrate women, their bodies and their ...

One of the best things about theater is the opportunity it gives us to peek into the stories and lives of others. Everyone has their own unique tale, and theater gives us a window into lives and ...