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UNNATURAL HISTORY.(Intimate Apparel)(Theater Review)
At the final beat of Lynn Nottage's subtle and compelling "Intimate Apparel" (a Roundabout Theatre Company production at the Laura Pels), the stage picture freezes on the heroine, a thirty-five-year-old seamstress named Esther Mills (Viola Davis), hunched over her sewing machine. Projected above the proscenium are the words "Unidentified Negro Seamstress Ca. 1905." This photographic trope is an answer, half a century later, to Zora Neale Hurston's provocative contention that "the average, struggling, non-morbid Negro is the best-kept secret in America." Hurston, who denounced "the Anglo-Saxon's lack of curiosity about the internal lives and emotions of the Negroes," ...
- Finely Tailored Intimate Apparel Recaptures Lives Lost to...
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) April 26, 2004 700+ words
...the heroine of Intimate Apparel, she's a 35...seamstress named Esther, the daughter...finely tailored "intimate apparel"--or ladies...tactile links. Esther fits the unhappy...refreshing way, Intimate Apparel is both an innocent...story begins with Esther's ...
- 'Intimate Apparel' wears well: a black spinster seamstress seeks true love in...
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Blaney, Retta April 30, 2004 700+ words
...stranger in "Intimate Apparel," Lynn Nottage...year-old Esther Mills (Viola...Pulitzer, when "Intimate Apparel" was co-produced...nomination. The words Esther uses to define...easily apply to "Intimate Apparel." She says...
- K-State Theater to Present 'Intimate Apparel'.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire February 2, 2009 700+ words
...Circle Award. "Intimate Apparel" is set in 1905...main character, Esther, designs and sews intimate apparel for a variety of...will be reflecting Esther's journey in...with shows like "Intimate Apparel," produced in...
- Gap to Open Stores for Intimate Apparel Line.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Gross, Esther October 1, 1998 700+ words
...underneath. After two years of sales within stores, Gap's intimate apparel line is going solo. A new chain called GapBody will feature...type of atmosphere." "They have done well with their intimate apparel in the stores that have it," said Marcia Aaron, an apparel...
- Global Intimate Apparel Market: Trends and Opportunities.
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 12, 2007 700+ words
...available to its catalogue. Global Intimate Apparel Market: Trends and Opportunities...www.reportlinker.com/p052813/intimate-apparel.html Traditionally, North America...Europe have been the major markets for intimate apparel, accounting for more than two-third...
- Learn about the Global Intimate Apparel Market: 2008 Edition.
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 11, 2008 700+ words
...available in its catalogue. Global Intimate Apparel Market: 2008 Edition http://www...reportlinker.com/p098047/Global-Intimate-Apparel-Market-2008-Edition.html The...2008, the report titled "Global Intimate Apparel Industry: 2008 Edition" gives an...
- The 2008 Edition of the Global Intimate Apparel Market is Now Avaiable.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 18, 2008 700+ words
...Markets: The 2008 Edition of the Global Intimate Apparel Market is Now Avaiable(C)1994...announced the addition of the "Global Intimate Apparel Market: 2008 Edition" report to...2008, the report titled "Global Intimate Apparel Industry: 2008 Edition" gives an...
- The 2008 Edition of the Global Intimate Apparel Market is Now Available.
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 18, 2008 700+ words
...addition of the "Global Intimate Apparel Market: 2008 Edition...the report titled "Global Intimate Apparel Industry: 2008 Edition...analytical view of the global intimate apparel industry. The report assesses...