Nora Ephron, who died in 2012 at the age of 71 from complications related to leukemia, was a film director/screenwriter/producer who wrote “When Harry Met Sally” (1989). Surprisingly, the play wasn’t immediately successful even though the Ephron sisters were known for many notable projects. You look like a waitress in a Hungarian restaurant. The stories resonated with anyone who has an emotional attachment to an article of clothing or things that mothers say to daughters: “You look like a Gypsy. Using the book as the basis for a play, the Ephron sisters developed a series of monologues delivered by five actresses using a formula similar to the “The Vagina Monologues.” In the book, Beckerman recalls the impact clothes had on her life, from a Brownie uniform to the mittens her mother knitted to the sexy, strapless dress that almost got her in trouble. The production started with a memoir written and illustrated by Ilene “Gingy” Beckerman that was published in 1995. “We knew it was an evening of theater … that it covered a much wider range.” “If you ask women about their clothes, they tell you about their life,” Delia Ephron said by phone from her home in New York. Where: Lyceum Stage Theatre, Horton Plaza, 79 Broadway Circle, downtown
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