NYT's Erik Piepenburg takes us backstage to the world of the "Star Dresser": Depending on the size of the cast, a Broadway show can have anywhere from one to as many as 15 dressers, whose daily tasks " ironing costumes, sewing hems, repairing shoes " can take place in and around the dressing room up to 90 minutes before curtain time. Star dressers are usually assigned to oversee the costumes for one actor. (The…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 04:21PM on June 30, 2011