It’s a very good sign. Composers are once again looking to plays, instead of movies, as source material for musical theater. Last year, David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2000 play “Kimberly Akimbo” became a ...

2022 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical Kearstin Piper Brown 2022 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical Lynn Nottage 2022 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design for a ...

Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel,” a beautiful play about a young Black seamstress struggling to make her way in 1905 New York, had a memorable Chicago premiere at the Steppenwolf Theatre some 17 ...

Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Kearstin Piper Brown was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Justin Austin was nominated but did not win.

Dave Carlin has covered major national news stories and events in the past four decades including Superstorm Sandy and its tri-state impacts, Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina and Iniki on Kauai, ...

After stitching, hemming and seaming for four performances, the Dramat’s production of “Intimate Apparel” finished its last show with quiet grace and emotional resonance on Saturday. Written by Lynn ...