costumes
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The actors will soon slip into their 1967 costumes as the impoverished Greasers and the privileged Socs — and spend the next two hours hating each other onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
“A lot of customers will ask me if I would wear these costumes, and I tell them bluntly: ‘I would never wear this.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Varga was a member in the earliest incarnations of Gwar — famed for its outrageous costumes and blood-soaked sets — as Sexicutioner from 1985 to 1997.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Montana Levi Blanco’s imposing Elizabethan costumes referred to the opera’s Shakespearean source, and the ruin of the Macbeths was all the more noticeable when their grand ceremonial garments were stripped away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It was hard to see things clearly, and their range of motion was severely hampered by the cumbersome costumes.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
