Play about Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress is dressed for success
Elizabeth Keckly was a freed slave when she met Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckly, a gifted seamstress, became the private dressmaker for the first lady; hundreds of years later, for Tazewell Thompson's play about their improbable friendship, "Mary T. & Lizzy K.," the Arena Stage costume department was tasked with re-creating Keckly's iconic couture creations. Read full article >>