Intimate Apparel 'Laces' Florida's GableStage

--Best Play in NY 2004

Also, John Gassner Award and the American Theater Critics Association's Francesca Primus Award for Best Play and the Steinberg New Play Award.

The time is 1905-the place is New York City/>/>.  Esther, a single African-American seamstress, sews intimate apparel for wealthy socialites uptown and women in the bordellos downtown~worlds connected by romance, greed and ambition.

"A Must!  About real people whom we get to know and care about, has a genuine story to tell...complex, sometimes touching, sometimes painful! 

~John Simon, NY Magazine

"Subtle and compelling!  Builds to something both unexpected and sensational: an anatomy of goodness!"

~John Lahr, New Yorker

"Deeply moving!  New York has no richer play!  Has a delicacy and eloquence that seem absolutely right for the time."

~Howard Kissel, NY Daily News

"An exceptional new drama!  Imaginative, poetic!"

~John Heilpern, NY Observer

Performance Schedule

Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8pm/>

Sundays at 2pm/> and 7pm/>

Individual tickets are $35, $40 on Saturday

GableStage is located in the eastern section of the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables/>/>. Valet parking is available. Free parking is available in the Biltmore parking area west of the hotel. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the GableStage at 305-445-1119.

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