30% DISCOUNT FOR CREATIVE TIMES READERS ON TICKETS TO "ANN" THE PLAY

 

 

“A BRAVURA PERFORMANCE!” – Chicago Tribune

 

Tough as nails.
Funny as hell.

 

ANN

A new play starring HOLLAND TAYLOR

 

SAVE OVER 30%

 

$85 Orchestra & Loge (A-C) (reg. $125)

 

$55
Rear Loge (D-E) (reg. $75)

 

Visit Broadwayoffers.com or call 212-239-6200 and use code ANNMKT1
Or, bring this offer to Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 W. 65th St.

 

 

BOX OFFICE HOURS 

Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun Noon-6pm 


 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 

Tues 7pm, Wed 2pm & 8pm, 
Thurs 7pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 3pm

 

This season, a true original comes to Broadway at Lincoln Center.

ANN is a no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary governor of Texas.
This inspiring and hilarious new play brings us face to face with a complex, colorful and
captivating character bigger than the state from which she hailed. Written and performed
by Emmy® Award winner Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”), ANN takes a revealing
look at the impassioned woman who enriched the lives of her followers, friends and family.

After playing throughout Texas to sold-out audiences, ANN went on to win critical acclaim
both in Chicago and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. And now this extraordinary
play comes to Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in a production directed by
Benjamin Endsley Klein (resident director of War Horse). Don’t miss this unforgettable
performance that The New York Times has called, “frank, funny and warm. As Ann Richards,
Holland Taylor is a FIERY DYNAMO.”

 

*Offer valid for performances thru 6/9/13. Additional blackout dates may apply. Offer subject to availability and priorsale. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Offer may be modified or revoked at any time without notice. Allphone and Internet offers subject to normal service charges. Offer available for select seats and performances. Limit 6 tickets per order.

AN OPEN LETTER TO HOLLAND TAYLOR, THE WRITER AND STAR OF "ANN"

Dear Ms. Taylor,

I was totally blown away by Ann - the play about the late Texas Governor Ann Richards which you wrote and star in.  When I talk to friends who really know how to lean in and listen, and describe you and the story of the play to them, my eyes well up and so do theirs.  I'm no sap, but damn!  You do know how to move an audience!

I first learned of your play while watching the CBS Sunday Morning News Show.  Within the first 30 seconds of viewing the segment, I knew I had to go see Ann.  It was the same gut feeling I had when I saw Eva Zeisel, then celebrating her 100th birthday, on this same show.  Ms. Zeisel was a world-class, Hungarian-born industrial designer best-known for her work with ceramics and her "playful search for beauty."  Falsely accused of trying to assassinate Stalin (!), she survived 16 months of solitary confinement in prison.  Ms. Zeisel also narrowly escaped the Nazis. 

When I saw the piece about Ms. Zeisel, and then learned she lived not far away from me, I knew I had to meet her in person.  What an amazing experience it was to visit with her shortly after she turned 100.

Like Ms. Zeisel, the Ann you portray was a strong and creative risk-taker, with a fighting spirit and an awesome sense of humor.  So when I saw the CBS news segment, there was that deja vu feeling of "I've got to go and see this person."  And so, last week, I journeyed from Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn to Lincoln Center in Manhattan to see Ann.

Here's why I think you and your play are important now:

* It's pretty common knowledge that roles for women in Hollywood, especially after a certain age, are limited.  As you said on the CBS segment, you've played your share of moms.  I'm glad you took things into your own hands and wrote a role that would allow you to portray a whip-smart, gutsy female who pushed past restrictions placed on women in order to step out big time into the public sphere.  You show that we women have to literally write the roles we want to play in this world.  Thank you for that!

* There is a particular way that females get targeted when they venture way out into the public sphere and take a stand on important issues. The attacks are often personal and vicious. (Just ask Hillary Clinton!)  I appreciate that you came forward to depict a woman who dared to step out, speak her mind, and act on her principles.  
 
Here's what I loved about your depiction of Ann Richards:

*  You showed the way Ann  brought her working class sensibilities into her job as a politician - specifically, her straight-forwardness, integrity, lack of pretense, and unwillingness to sell out on her values.   

* You caught the nuances of Ann Richards without affect or over-acting.

* I mostly forgot that I was at a play.  I generally felt like I was hanging out with Ann Richards in her office. 

*  You depict Ann's simultaneous affection for but lack of deference to Bill Clinton when he was in office as President - e.g. the joke she tells him about Arkansas on the phone right before hanging up on him. Brilliant! (And the audience laughed hard here!) By the way, I saw that picture you posted on Twitter of President Clinton wiping tears from his face upon seeing you after he saw the performance.  That picture spoke volumes about the power of your play.

* You refer to Ann's relationship with Congresswoman and  Senator Barbara Jordan and the Lady Longhorn basketball games they went to together.

Thoughts on Your Play, Going Forward 

Ms. Taylor, I hope that lots more people go see your play during its run.  I hope that people of different ages and incomes and races get to go and see it.  It offers hope, inspiration, and a reminder that it's possible for all of us to have big lives while holding our families and friends close to our hearts.   

It is also my wish that I have the honor of meeting you in person before the show's run has ended.  That would be the gift of all gifts.

Thanks for taking your vision and making it into a reality.  Both your play and your personal life have had huge ripple effects, and will continue to do so.

Ms. Taylor:  Like Ann Richards, you are a rolling stone that gathers no moss.  Like Ms. Richards, you kick the a** of sexism and other injustices, and take no prisoners.

Keep up the good work, Ms. Taylor, as Ann looks down and smiles.


With Appreciation,

Eleanor Traubman
Editor, Creative Times
creativetimes.blogspot.com     

GOOD NEWS! ANN, AN AMAZING PLAY STARRING HOLLAND TAYLOR, HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1!

NEW YORK HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ANN

“As the INSPIRING ANN RICHARDS,

HOLLAND TAYLOR is a FIERY DYNAMO.”

 

“HOLLAND TAYLOR is MASTERFUL.”

"Performer and subject are both SO VIVIDLY ALIVE, it's INFECTIOUS, and WE'RE HELPLESSLY DRAWN IN!"

   

EMMY^® AWARD WINNER HOLLAND TAYLOR

EXTENDS IN CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ANN

 AT LINCOLN CENTER’S VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATER

ANN, the new critically acclaimed play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor and directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein, has been extended through Sunday, September 1, 2013, on Broadway at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). 

ANN is an intimate, no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary Governor of Texas. This inspiring and hilarious new play brings us face to face with a complex, colorful and captivating character bigger than the state from which she hailed. Written and performed by Emmy Award winner Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”), ANN takes a revealing look at the impassioned woman who enriched the lives of her followers, friends and family.

ANN has scenic design by Michael Fagin, costume design by Julie Weiss, lighting design by Matthew Richards, sound design by Ken Huncovsky, projection design by Zachary Borovay and wig design by Paul Huntley.  ANN is produced by Bob Boyett and Harriet Newman Leve with co-producers Jane Dubin, Jack Thomas/Mark Johannes and Amy Danis, Sarahbeth Grossman, Jon Cryer/Lisa Joyner, Minerva Productions, Lary Brandt/Brian Dorsey, Kate Hathaway/Allison Thomas and Jennifer Isaacson in association with Lincoln Center Theater, Colleen Barrett, Nancy T. Beren, Francesca Zambello and Faith Gay, Patrick Terry/Rich Affannato, Marcy Adelman/Paula Kaminsky Davis, Campbell Spencer/ Suisman Gasparian and Bonnie Levinson/Emily Conner.  ANN is executive produced by Kevin Bailey.

ANN played to sold-out audiences at Galveston’s Grand 1894 Opera House in the summer of 2010, San Antonio’s Empire Theatre in the fall of 2010, and Austin’s Paramount Theatre in the spring of 2011.  In the fall of 2011 the new play opened to critical acclaim at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre, and went on to have a smash hit run at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center in winter of 2011/2012.

The playing schedule for ANN is: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm.  Tickets range from $75 - $125 and can purchased at the Vivian Beaumont Theater box office, online at lct.org or through Telecharge.com (212-239-6200).   A limited number of tickets priced at $30 will be available at every performance through LincTix, LCT's program for 21 to 35 year olds. For information or to enroll, visit LincTix.org.  A, limited number of $30.00 Student tickets for ANN are available two hours prior to curtain at the box office. Students must show a valid student ID card. There is a limit of 1 ticket per ID.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:

www.theannrichardsplay.com

“HOLLAND TAYLOR IS BRILLIANT!” – The Hollywood Reporter

“HOLLAND TAYLOR is ENDEARING and HILARIOUS.” – Entertainment Weekly

“HOLLAND TAYLOR IS A HOOT!” – AP

“FUNNY & TENDER. A DEEPLY AFFECIONATE, CLEVER TRIBUTE.” – USA Today

"HOLLAND TAYLOR SHINES!" – Daily News

"HOLLAND TAYLOR is AN EXEMPLARY FORCE FOR FEISTINESS." –Newsday

“A WITTY, PASSIONATE LOVE LETTER. HOLLAND TAYLOR is REMARKABLE.”

–       NBC 4 New York

“HOLLAND TAYLOR is SPLENDID, capturing ANN RICHARDS’ HUMOR, DECENCY and ENERGY.” –The Village Voice

"FUNNY, AND SMART AND CANDID,…SO RIVETING YOUR MIND REFUSES TO WANDER" - The New York Observer