DISNEY BEAUTY & THE BEAST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGN BROADWAY MUSICAL DISNEY COA

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DISNEY BEAUTY & THE BEAST ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGN BROADWAY MUSICAL DISNEY COA:
$1850.00

This original mixed media painting is an original costume design for the 1994 Broadway Musical, Disney\'s Beauty and the Beast. The painting was done by Tony Award winning costume designer, Ann Hould-Ward. The painting measures 17 3/8\" x 10\". The framed dimensions are 26\" x 19\". Hand signed and dated lower right by Ann Hould-Ward. Artwork is in very good condition as is the frame, which shows light signs of handling. It includes a Certificate of Authenticity by The Walt Disney Company. Guaranteed Authentic. Nice original artwork/Disneyana.

Ann Hould-Ward (born April 8, 1954, Glasgow, Montana) is an American costume designer, primarily for the theatre and dance.

She has designed the costumes for 19 Broadway productions (as of February 2011).She won the 1994 Tony Award forBeauty and the Beast.

Ann Hould-Ward attended Mills College (B.A.), the University of Virginia (M.F.A.), and the Art Students League.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.

Her first Broadway costume designs were for the musicalSunday in the Park with George(1984), in collaboration with Patricia Zipprodt, for which they received a joint Tony Award nomination.She designed the costumes for the Broadway musicalA Catered Affair(2008), for which she received the 2008 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design.Her costumes forBeauty 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.\"In reviewing Stephen Sondheim\'sRoad Show, thetheatermania.comreviewer 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.\"Her costume designs for the revival of Sondheim\'sCompanywere called \" dark, sleek costumes\" by theUSA Todayreviewer.

She has designed costumes for many regional theater companies.At the La Jolla Playhouse (California) she designed the costumes forGoing To St.Ivesin 2000.Her costume designs forRed, Hot and Bluewere 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\".Her work at The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, includesThe Countessin 2001.She designed costumes for several productions at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC, includingThree Sisters(1984), Sondheim\'sMerrily We Roll Along(1990) andLet Me Down Easy(2010).

Her Off-Broadway work includes, at Playwrights HorizonsLobster Alice(2000), at the Public TheaterRoad Show(2008), and at Second Stage TheatreLet Me Down Easy, by Anna Deavere Smith (2009).Her costumes for The Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park outdoor staging ofA Midsummer Night’s Dreamin 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.\"She designed the costumes for the US National tour ofDr. 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.\"

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 ofRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny(2007), starring Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone.

She designed costumes for Ringling Bros.and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2001.

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.