Ladies, you're going to love the Off-Broadway show “Love, Loss, and What I Wore”.
It resonates resoundingly, evoking memories, much laughter, and some tears.
The show even won the Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience this year.
“Love, Loss, And What I Wore” is Nora Ephron’s and Delia Ephron’s collection of stories based on the best-selling book of the same title by Ilene Beckerman, and on recollections by the Ephrons’ friends.
This humorous and often poignant show discusses clothing and the memories it triggers:
• Your purse provides a microcosm of your personality.
• Ditto your overcrowded closet, where you have nothing to wear.
• Momilies such as, “You’re wearing THAT?”
• Ode to black. “Sometimes I buy something that isn’t black…and I’m so sorry.”
• A white lace bra offers dignity and encouragement to a 27-year-old cancer patient undergoing breast reconstruction after a double mastectomy.
• Cowboy boots spark an attraction between a man and a woman, but eventually become the only things the couple have in common.
The five-member black-clad cast changes every month. The stand-out this month among the excellent actors is multi-award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, followed closely by Aisha de Haas, who was seen most recently in "Road Show" at New York's Public Theater, and also at Kennedy Center.
The best-known cast member this month is Barbara Feldon, former secret agent "99" on the classic TV series "Get Smart".
Erin Dilly and Ashley Austin Morris also give heart-warming performances.
You're invited to get in the act by donating gently used purses and accessories at the theater's lobby.
Adding to the overall appeal of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore", the show donates part of its proceeds to the charity Dress for Success, whose motto is “Suits for Self-Sufficiency”.
At the production's one-year anniversary party this month, the show presented a $125,000 check to Dress for Success.
One dollar of every “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” ticket -- at $79, quite the bargain -- goes to Dress for Success, whose mission is “to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.”
May this show thrive. Now, what're you gonna wear to it?
For more info and tickets: “Love, Loss, and What I Wore”, www.lovelossonstage.com, Westside Theatre www.westsidetheatre.com, 407 West 43rd Street, NY, NY. It’s also on stage in Los Angeles, www.lovelossonstage.com/losangeles/ and in Toronto, www.lovelossonstage.com/toronto.














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