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Great Performances

Intimate Apparel Preview

Experience this powerful opera with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.

Aired 09/23/2022

Great Performances

Intimate Apparel Preview

Preview: Season 50 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Experience this powerful opera with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.

Experience the story of seamstress Esther who begins writing to a mysterious suitor laboring on the Panama Canal. Featuring music by Ricky Ian Gordon, a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, this powerful opera is directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher.

Aired 09/23/2022

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

Behind the Scenes of "Intimate Apparel"

Video has Closed Captions

Lynn Nottage speaks with cast members Kearstin Piper Brown and Chabrelle Williams. (3m 7s)

No One Does it For Us

Esther and Mayme envision their dreams for the future. (3m 4s)

Who is George Armstrong?

Esther receives a letter from a mysterious suitor. (2m 46s)

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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

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