The dress radiates the energy of a Jackson Pollock canvas — black and daffodil-yellow on shimmering silver brocade, hand-painted to generate the perfect luster for the stage. It stands out in that show’s sea of impeccable suits. Bergl calls it the Dress. “I’m not discrediting my performance in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ when I say that the Dress does half the work,” she said. When Bergl first met the man behind the Dress, the costume designer Emilio Sosa, he told her, “June Levant’s clothes are armor.”

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Persons: Oscar ”, Emily Bergl, Oscar Levant, Bergl, Jackson, I’m, Oscar ’, ”, Emilio Sosa Organizations: Goodman Theater Locations: Chicago