Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce ANN: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards with Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress HOLLAND TAYLOR is coming to the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe Street) for a limited three-week engagement, Nov. 13- Dec. 4, 2011. Individual Tickets for ANN: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards goes on-sale this Friday, Sep. 16, 2011 at 10 a.m.
ANN: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards is a play in two acts that sprang from the desire to understand and reveal the essence of Ann Richards, the second female governor of Texas and a strong, independent, iconic Texan. The second female governor of Texas, Richards set the bar high for strong, independent women. HOLLAND TAYLOR is a natural to portray the colorful, complex personality of this awe-inspiring, beloved woman.
No stranger to playing strong women, HOLLAND TAYLOR has performed on stage, screen and television portraying a range of characters as varied as a Harvard law professor in Legally Blonde, a sultry judge in The Practice (Supporting Actress Emmy® for Drama) and the mother of Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer in Two and a Half Men. Ms. Taylor has also played both ends of the political spectrum with conviction, from conservative Nancy Reagan on the right to Ann Richards on the left. The New Yorker has called Holland Taylor “the first vaudeville Gentile we ever saw.” Her long list of credits includes Baby Mama, Romancing the Stone and currently, CBS’s toprated Two and a Half Men. Her New York stage performances include Bess in Breakfast with Les and Bess, the original productions of Butley opposite Alan Bates, and A.R. Gurney’s The Cocktail Hour. Holland is active at the Stella Adler Schools and has given talks about the work and cultural contribution of this great teacher.