Love, Loss, and What I Wore welcomes new cast

Love, Loss, and What I Wore welcomes new cast On the 30 Jun 2010 Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Off-Broadway show, Love, Loss, And What I Wore welcomes new cast: Jayne Houdyshell ('Well,' 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore's' March cast), Adriane Lenox (Doubt - Tony Award), Allison Mack (CW's "Smallville"), Kate Mulgrew ("Star Trek Voyager") and Kristine Nielsen ('Les Liaisons Dangereuses'). The new cast replaces Penny Fuller, Rachael Harris, Diane Neal, Sherri Shepherd and Cobie Smulders, who played their final performance on 25 Jul 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, but is now booking through to 31 Oct 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: A kin 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 Victoria Clar, Sandy Duncan, Nancy Giles, Stacy London and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. From the 6 Oct the cast will feature Tony Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony), Samantha Mathis (Lebanon, Pa.)- with three more to be announced. 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.