Ann Hould-Ward
BornApril 8, 1954
Glasgow, Montana, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Virginia
Known forCostume designer
AwardsTony Award for Best Costume Design
Drama Desk Award

Ann Hould-Ward (born April 8, 1954, in Glasgow, Montana)[1] is an American costume designer, primarily for the theatre and dance. She has designed the costumes for 24 Broadway productions (as of February 2021). She won the 1994 Tony Award for Beauty and the Beast.

Biography

Ann Hould-Ward attended Mills College (B.A.), the University of Virginia (M.F.A.),[2] and the Art Students League.[3] After writing to Patricia Zipprodt asking for a job, she was introduced by her to Rouben Ter-Arutunian and became his assistant. She later was Zipprodt's assistant.[4]

Her first Broadway costume designs were for the musical Sunday in the Park with George (1984), in collaboration with Patricia Zipprodt,[5] for which they received a joint Tony Award nomination.[6] She designed the costumes for the Broadway musical A Catered Affair (2008),[7] for which she received the 2008 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design.[8] Her costumes for Beauty and the Beast (tour) were called "luscious, from peasant garb in the early scenes to elegant formal wear in the finale and the ornate costumes of the half-human candlesticks, clocks and teapots that share the Beast's spell."[9] In reviewing Stephen Sondheim's Road Show, the theatermania.com reviewer noted: "Still, the ensemble members definitely look smart in the outfits Ann Hould-Ward has designed to conjure the blueprints Addison ran up for his fabled Palm Beach homes."[10] Her costume designs for the revival of Sondheim's Company were called " dark, sleek costumes" by the USA Today reviewer.[11]

She has designed costumes for many regional theater companies. At the La Jolla Playhouse (California) she designed the costumes for Going To St. Ives in 2000.[12] Her costume designs for Red, Hot and Blue were used in productions at the Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut in 2000 and the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey in 2001. According to John Kenrick her "costumes hit all the right notes".[13][14] Her work at The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, includes The Countess in 2001.[15] She designed costumes for several productions at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC, including Three Sisters (1984),[16] Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along (1990)[17] and Let Me Down Easy (2010).[18]

Her Off-Broadway work includes, at Playwrights Horizons Lobster Alice (2000), at the Public Theater Road Show (2008), and at Second Stage Theatre Let Me Down Easy, by Anna Deavere Smith (2009).[1][19][20][21] Her costumes for The Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park outdoor staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2007 were said to be "stunning, audaciously conceived Victorian costumes. Enos looks scrumptious enough to eat in her pink and white bustled dress that might easily pass muster as a wedding cake."[22] She designed the costumes for the US National tour of Dr. Dolittle (2005); Hould-Ward stated that she "drew inspiration from the horse's mouth, so to speak; she found original copies of the Hugh Lofting books that were simply illustrated by the author himself."[23]

Hould-Ward has designed costumes for dance and ballet, including the Ballet Hispanico,[24][25][26] Lar Lubovitch's The White Oak Project,[27][28] and the American Ballet Theatre.[21][29] She also designs for the opera. She designed the costumes for the Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007), starring Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone.[30]

She designed costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2001.[31] Her career reached stratospheric heights during 2014 when she was entrusted with redesigning the outfit of America's favourite hamburger clown, Ronald McDonald. She described this as a "highlight" of her career, and few would argue this statement. Her inspired creation centred around a natty red jacket, a matching bow tie & cargo pants.[32]

Work

Stage (selected)

Sources:[21][33][34][35]

Ballet, Dance and Opera

Sources:[21][44]

American Ballet Theatre
Ballet Hispanico
Opera

References

  1. ^ a b Biography and credits filmreference.com, accessed May 20, 2009
  2. ^ Rathbone, Emma.A Stitch in Time"The University of Virginia Magazine, Spring 2010
  3. ^ "Hould-Ward, Ann 1954–", Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, January 1, 2008
  4. ^ Pecktal, pp. 99–101
  5. ^ "'Sunday in the Park With George' Listing, 1984" sondheimguide.com, accessed February 13, 2011
  6. ^ a b "Tony Award nominees and winners, 1984, 'Sunday in the Park with George'" tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
  7. ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:Here Comes the Bride, All Wrapped in Gloom"The New York Times, April 18, 2008
  8. ^ "2007–2008 53rd Drama Desk Awards" dramadesk.com, accessed October 30, 2016
  9. ^ Clear, Marty.Review: 'Beauty and the Beast' still spellbinding Archived 2011-01-22 at the Wayback Machine tampabay.com, January 21, 2011
  10. ^ a b Finkle, David."Reviews: 'Road Show;" theatermania.com, November 19, 2008
  11. ^ a b Gardner, Elysa."Revival of 'Company' works, most of the time"USA Today, November 29, 2006
  12. ^ Ehren, Christine and Manus, Willard."La Jolla No Longer Going to St. Ives Oct. 15" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, October 15, 2000
  13. ^ "'Red, Hot and Blue', Paper Mill Playhouse – Millburn, NJ" musicals101.com, October 26, 2001
  14. ^ Vineburg, Steve."Hot enough; Goodspeed revives a Broadway castoff Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine worcesterphoenix.com, November 23–30, 2000
  15. ^ Ehren, Christine."Art Isn't Easy: Murphy's Countess Arrives at San Diego's Globe March 28-May 6" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 28, 2001
  16. ^ Gussow, Mel."Theater: 'Three Sisters' In Translation By Jarrell"The New York Times, February 19, 1984
  17. ^ "'Merrily We Roll Along', 1990 Arena Stage Production" sondheimguide.com, accessed February 13, 2011
  18. ^ "'Let Me Down Easy' Listing, Arena Stage" Archived January 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine arenastage.org, accessed February 13, 2011
  19. ^ Isherwood, Charles."Theater Review | 'Let Me Down Easy'"The New York Times, October 8, 2009
  20. ^ Pecktal, p. 99
  21. ^ a b c d "Biography, Hould-Ward" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, accessed February 13, 2011
  22. ^ Saltzman, Simon."CurtainUp Review:'A Midsummer Night's Dream'" curtainup.com, August 22, 2007
  23. ^ Newman, Mark A.["Article: Animal Magnetism"]Entertainment Design, October 1, 2005
  24. ^ Hering, Doris."Ballet Hispanico. – performances – Review – dance review ('Guajira'), Dance Magazine (findarticles.com), March 2000
  25. ^ Anderson, Jack."Dance Review; Cuban Country Folk With Feet Firmly on the Ground, 'Guajira'"The New York Times, (article preview), December 4, 1999
  26. ^ "'Ballet Hispanico' Entire Repertory" Archived January 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine ballethispanico.org , accessed February 13, 2011
  27. ^ "Biography from Beauty and the Beast" Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine disney.co.uk, accessed May 20, 2009
  28. ^ Lar Lubovitch Program, Performing Arts Series, January 29, 2011 Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine jccc.edu, accessed February 13, 2011
  29. ^ Credits Archived 2009-02-01 at the Wayback Machine American Ballet Theatre, accessed May 20, 2009
  30. ^ a b "LA Opera News Release, 'Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'"Los Angeles Opera, February 9, 2009
  31. ^ Barbour, David. "Imagine That!" Archived 2016-10-31 at the Wayback Machine livedesignonline.com, July 1, 2002
  32. ^ "McDonalds – press-releases". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  33. ^ Hould-Ward Listing Internet Broadway Database
  34. ^ Hould-Ward Stage Credits broadwayworld.com
  35. ^ Hould-Ward listing Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine Internet Off-Broadway Database
  36. ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:'The Grand Manner'"The New York Times, June 28, 2010
  37. ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review; It Ain't Over Till the Goth Vampire Sings"The New York Times, December 10, 2002
  38. ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:Martin Short Times Eight In 'Little Me'"The New York Times, November 13, 1998
  39. ^ Marks, Peter."Theater Review:A Parade of Hits 5 Decades Long"The New York Times', April 4, 1997
  40. ^ Canby, Vincent."Theater Review:'The Molière Comedies'; Brain Bedford in Two Grand Farces"The New York Times, February 3, 1995
  41. ^ "Tony Awards, 'Beauty and the Beast', 1994" Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
  42. ^ "'Into the Woods' Tony Award nominees and winners, 1988" Archived 2004-08-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
  43. ^ Rich, Frank."Stage:'Harrigan 'n Hart' Opens at the Longacre"The New York Times, February 1, 1985
  44. ^ "Ann Hould-Ward, Costume Designer"Seattle Opera, accessed February 13, 2011
  45. ^ "Ann Hould-Ward Credits with ABT" Archived 2009-02-01 at the Wayback MachineAmerican Ballet Theatre, accessed February 13, 2011
  46. ^ Hofler, Robert (February 29, 2008)."'Peter Grimes'. (Opera review)" Daily Variety (audio)
  47. ^ Johnson, Lawrence A., "In Review: Miami", Opera News, Vol. 66, Iss. 12, June 1, 2002 (subscription required)
  48. ^ "'Regina', Florida Gand Opera, 2002" Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine operaamerica.org, accessed February 13, 2011
  49. ^ "'Amelia', Seattle Opera, 2010" Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine operaamerica.org, accessed February 13, 2011

Sources

External links

Tony Award for Best Costume Design
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