Lynn Nottage Is Theater’s Boldest Voice

by Natasha Wolff | February 7, 2022 12:06 pm

Is anyone on Broadway busier than Lynn Nottage? This season, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Ruined (2009) and Sweat (2017) introduced Broadway to her new play Clyde’s[1] to ecstatic reviews; wrote the book for the jukebox musical MJ[2], about Michael Jackson, featuring a large selection of his songs; and will debut an opera based on her play Intimate Apparel at Lincoln Center Theater[3], with music by Ricky Ian Gordon. “I’m impossibly busy, but this has been a dream season,” says Nottage, who lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. To keep up, she adds, “I bought a comfortable pair of Dansko shoes that are getting good use moving between rehearsals, tech and performances. I’ve inadvertently taken up speed walking.”

 

Endnotes:
  1. Clyde’s: https://dujour.com/culture/the-brightest-lights-on-broadway-kara-young/
  2. MJ: https://mjthemusical.com/
  3. Intimate Apparel at Lincoln Center Theater: https://www.lct.org/shows/intimate-apparel/

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