Ann Hould-Ward

January 10, 2024
Costume Designer

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Ann Hould-Ward
Full Name Ann Hould-Ward
Occupation Costume Designer
Date Of Birth Apr 8, 1954(1954-04-08)
Age 70
Birthplace Glasgow
Country United States
Horoscope Aries

Ann Hould-Ward Biography

Name Ann Hould-Ward
Birthday Apr 8
Birth Year 1954
Place Of Birth Glasgow
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aries

Ann Hould-Ward is one of the most popular and richest Costume Designer who was born on April 8, 1954 in Glasgow, United States. Ann Hould- Ward (born April 8th, 1954 in Glasgow, Montana) is an American costume designer, mostly for dance and theatre. She has designed costumes in 19 Broadway productions (as as of February 2011,). She was awarded in 1994 the Tony Award for Beauty and the Beast.

She created costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2001. Her career soared to new levels in the year 2014, when she was charged with the task of re-designing the costume of America’s most loved the hamburger- loving clown Ronald McDonald. She described it as an “highlight” of her career and a lot of people would agree with that claim. Her original design revolved around an opulent red jacket and a bow tie that was matched and cargo pants.

Her costumes have been designed by a variety of regional theatre companies. For La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse (California) she designed costumes of Going To St. Ives in 2000. Costume designs she created were for Red, Hot and Blue were featured for productions in the Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut in 2000 and at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey in 2001. As per John Kenrick her “costumes hit all the right notes”. She has worked in The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, includes The Countess in 2001. She created costumes for a variety of productions on The Arena Stage, Washington, DC which included Three Sisters (1984), Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (1990) and Let Me Down Easy (2010).

Ann Hould-Ward Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Costume Designer
House Living in own house.

Ann Hould-Ward is one of the richest Costume Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ann Hould- Ward 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her first Broadway costumes were designed for The show Sunday in the Park with George (1984) which she designed in co-production along with Patricia Zipprodt, for which they were awarded a joint Tony Award nomination. She created costumes of The Broadway show A Catered Affair (2008) and was awarded the Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design. The costumes were designed for Beauty and the Beast (tour) were described as “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.” When reviewing Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show, the theatermania.com reviewer wrote: “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.” Her costumes in the Sondheim revival Company were deemed ” dark, sleek costumes” by the USA Today reviewer.

Her off-Broadway performances include, in Playwrights Horizons ‘ Lobster Alice (2000) as well as The Public Theater Road Show (2008) as well as at the Second Stage Theatre Let Me Down Easy, directed by Anna Deavere Smith (2009). The costumes she designed were created for The Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park outdoor production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2007 were described as “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.” She created the costumes in The US National tour of Dr. Dolittle (2005); Hould-Ward said her that the costumes “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.”

Hould-Ward has designed costumes for dance and ballet, including the Ballet Hispanico, Lar Lubovitch’s The White Oak Project, and the American Ballet Theatre. 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.

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