Dress Suits To Hire
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Opened May 19, 2005
Closed Jun 5, 2005
Opened May 19, 2005
Closed Jun 5, 2005
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In Dress Suits To Hire, a heady mixture of erotic fantasy and hard-boiled pulp drama, two "sisters" who live in a rental clothing shop use the merchandise to try on various facets of their personalities. Created by Holly Hughes, Peggy Shaw, and Lois Weaver, Dress Suits To Hire is a haunting and hilarious look into a room where one woman embodies a dark and predatory sexuality while the other one struggling against lesbian desires and her autonomous and abusive right hand. Dress Suits To Hire, which won OBIE Awards for both Shaw and Hughes (Shaw for her performance in the original 1987 production and a special citation for Hughes for the 1993 revival), is a mellifluous ode to lesbian eros and a joyful, literate send-up of all romantic fantasy.
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The current revival of Dress Suits to Hire features the same renowned actresses from the play's premiere production in 1987, but that's not the main reason to see it. The real star is the giddy script, collaboratively written by Holly Hughes and the show's performers, that continues to engage us after nearly 20 years.
Described as a "lesbian noir" piece, Dress Suits tells all about two women, Deeluxe and Michigan, who are shacking up in the lobby of a clothing rental shop in the East Village. As the action begins, the more butch partner, Deeluxe (Peggy Shaw), slips on a pair of nylon stockings while singing a love song in a husky baritone. She wears gender roles as one might put on a shirt[...]