On Oct. 10 and 17, the Actors Theatre Playhouse will close their 2016 season with a return engagement of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” the best-seller by Ilene Beckerman adapted for the stage by Nora Ephron and her sister Delia.
According to a news release, ticket demand for last year's season closer was so high that a return engagement for this year's finale was booked. Sitting before music stands, five actresses recreate memories and colorful sketches of clothing and accessories to reveal stories that define for themselves - and the men who love them - life's more delightful and painful moments.
Winner of the 2010 Drama Desk Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award as favorite Off-Broadway play, “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” is based on Beckerman's 1995 book along with recollections from several of Ephron's friends.
“The book [and the play] are really not about fashion,” Nora Ephron has noted. “It's about the moments when we are trying to find our identity through clothes.” Narrated by a character called Gingy whose wardrobe stirs poignant memories, a cast of characters speak directly to the audience to reveal numerous experiences in their lives that are marked by a particular item of clothing.
Directed by Marilyn Tullgren, the production features Nancy Stephens, Debbi Reed-Savory, Sadie Fischesser, Brenda Galenus, and Mia Moravis.