Love, Loss, And What I Wore extends again

Love, Loss, And What I Wore extends again The off-Broadway show, Love, Loss, And What I Wore has announced a second extension and will now run through to 30 May 2010. The comedy, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and directed by Karen Carpenter, opened at the Westside Theatre on 1 Oct 2009, following previews from 21 Sep, for what was initially scheduled to be a twelve week engagement that was originally scheduled to close on 13 Dec 2009. Didi Conn, Fran Drescher, Natasha Lyonne and Jayne Houdyshell join existing cast member Carol Kane to form the new rotating company of Love, Loss, And What I Wore from 3 Mar 2010. The four new cast members replace Janeane Garofalo, Joanna Gleason, June Diane Raphael and Caroline Rhea, who play their final performance on 28 Feb 2010. Love, Loss, And What I Wore is a collection of vignettes and monologues based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephrons' friends. "'The Vagina Monologues' without the vaginas," is how the Ephrons describe this theatrical event. The show opened to mostly good reviews: "akin to a warm estrogen bath" (NY Times); "By turns funny, poignant, and occasionally rueful" (AP); "a bittersweet meditation on the joys and tribulations of women's lives" (Variety). The original cast featured Samantha Bee, Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran, Natasha Lyonne and Rosie O'Donnell. The show, which will have a rotating cast troughout its run, will welcome new cast members - still to be announced - on 31 Mar 2010 and on 28 Apr 2010. The creative team features sets by Jo Winiarski, costumes by Jessica Jahn, lighting by Jeff Croiter and sound by Walter Trarbach. A portion of the production's proceeds will benefit Dress for Success, a charity that provides work clothing and job support for low-income women. Audience members will be invited to donate their gently-used purses and other accessories in the theatre lobby.