Brooke Shields, Anna Chlumsky and Julie Halston to Join Love, Loss and What I Wore

Broadway and TV vet Brooke Shields (Chicago, Wonderful Town, Grease, TV’s Lipstick Jungle), Anna Chlumsky (So Help Me God, the feature film My Girl) and Julie Halston (Gypsy, The Women) and will join the previously announced Doris Roberts in Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s hit off-Broadway comedy Love, Loss and What I Wore beginning April 28 (through May 23) at the Westside Theatre. Show alums Lucy DeVito and Jayne Houdyshell will return as part of the April cast (March 31–April 25), which also includes Judy Gold, Melissa Joan Hart and Shirley Knight. Additional casting for May is forthcoming.

Love, Loss and What I Wore, which opened on October 1, 2009, played its 200th performance on March 28, directed by Karen Carpenter. Based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephrons’ friends, the show uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to. The production is performed by a rotating cast of five all-star actors, who perform in four-week cycles.

Matt Shea has joined the design team as wardrobe stylist for Love, Loss and What I Wore. The design team for the show also includes Jo Winiarski (scenic design), Jeff Croiter (lighting design), Walter Trarbach (sound design) and Maria Verel (makeup design).