Ann Roth
Birth Place: Hanover, PA, USA
Latest News on Ann Roth:
National Tour Of THE BOOK OF MORMON To Play Limited Engagement At The King Center (Nov 22, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour To Return For Limited Run At Prairie Home Alliance Theater (Nov 22, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Return to BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre (Nov 10, 2025)
National Tour Of THE BOOK OF MORMON To Play Limited Engagement At The King Center (Nov 22, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour To Return For Limited Run At Prairie Home Alliance Theater (Nov 22, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Return to BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre (Nov 10, 2025)
BIO
Roth is a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own.
Roth's first Hollywood film was 1964's The World of Henry Orient, where her designs included "monogrammed handmade yellow silk pajamas" for glamorous womanizer Peter Sellers.
Roth next designed costumes for the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. Roth as costume designer created a nightgown for Barbra Streisand to wear in her first non-musical film The Owl and the Pussycat (1970). Roth later re-used her hands-on-breasts design for the 2013 stage play The Nance, which won that year's Tony Award for costume design.
Roth's first Oscar nomination was for 1984's Places in the Heart, set in Depression-era Texas.
Roth's costumes for three distinct time frames in The English Patient (1996) earned her first Oscar.
Also in 1996, Roth did costumes for The Birdcage, a comedy film starring starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as the flamboyant owners of a Florida drag club.
Her most-awarded film was 2020's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, where her costume designs (including flapper costumes and a rubber body suit for Viola Davis based on the body measurements of Aretha Franklin) won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film, Britain's BAFTA, and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
In the 2023 film Barbie, Roth appears onscreen in a cameo role, portraying and credited as "the woman on a bench."
Roth's more than one hundred screen credits for costume design include The World of Henry Orient, Midnight Cowboy, Klute, Working Girl, Silkwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Mambo Kings, The Birdcage, Primary Colors, Cold Mountain, Closer, Freedomland, The Good Shepherd, Margot at the Wedding, Mamma Mia!, Evening, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Roth's dozens of stage credits include The Odd Couple, The Star-Spangled Girl, Purlie, Seesaw, They're Playing Our Song, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Biloxi Blues, Butley, The Vertical Hour, Deuce, and The Waverly Gallery.
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Productions
[Broadway, 2016]
Costume Designer
Awards and Nominations
Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Ann Roth, To Kill a Mockingbird
Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Ann Roth, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Ann Roth, Three Tall Women
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Ann Roth, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Ann Roth, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Ann Roth, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Ann Roth, The Front Page
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Ann Roth, Shuffle Along
winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Ann Roth, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and all that Followed
Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Ann Roth, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
winner
The Hewes Awards - 2013 - Hewes Design Award
Ann Roth, The Nance
Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Ann Roth, The Nance
Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Costume Design
Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon
Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon
Tony Awards - 1986 - Best Costume Design
Ann Roth, The House of Blue Leaves
Tony Awards - 1979 - Best Costume Design
Ann Roth, The Crucifer of Blood
Drama Desk Awards - 1976 - Outstanding Costume Design
Ann Roth, The Royal Family
Tony Awards - 1976 - Best Costume Design
Ann Roth, The Royal Family
Videos
Video: Stars of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Walk The Red Carpet in Los Angeles
by Adam Riegler - 2022-10-27 13:49:48
TV: George C. Wolfe Leads The Tony-Nominated Designers Of GARY In A Roundtable Discussion
by A.A. Cristi - 2019-06-04 18:34:39
VIDEO: Nathan Lane Describes GARY as GAME OF THRONES Meets TIDYING UP WITH MARIE CONDO
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2019-04-23 11:02:18
VIDEO: Nathan Lane Reveals the Worst Review He's Ever Gotten
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2019-04-02 08:30:27
VIDEO: On This Day, March 5- Larry David's FISH IN THE DARK Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - 2019-03-05 16:25:15
VIDEO: Jeff Daniels Wasn't Intimidated to Play Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2019-02-19 09:16:33
Video: The Clintons Receive A Warm Welcome At TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - 2019-02-15 23:50:09
TV: Aaron Sorkin, Jeff Daniels & More Talk Bringing TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD From Page to Stage
by Nicole Rosky - 2018-12-05 10:09:34
VIDEO: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Cast and Creatives Discuss the Show on 60 Minutes
by Stephi Wild - 2018-11-26 05:58:44
VIDEO: Lucas Hedges Talks to Seth Meyers About His Broadway Debut in THE WAVERLY GALLERY
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2018-11-06 08:36:05
VIDEO: Lucas Hedges Discusses His 'Big Break' on THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2018-10-24 12:44:11
VIDEO: Grab Your Date and Watch This All New Trailer for THE PROM
by Stephi Wild - 2018-06-10 10:17:38
VIDEO: Laurie Metcalf Discusses Her Love of Theatre on The TODAY Show
by Stephi Wild - 2018-04-29 18:18:36
VIDEO: Denzel Washington Talks THE ICEMAN COMETH and His Diverse Career on CBS SUNDAY MORNING
by Stephi Wild - 2018-04-29 11:52:47
VIDEO: Justin Peck Talks CAROUSEL and His Career in Dance on SUNDAY MORNING
by Stephi Wild - 2018-04-22 19:56:39
VIDEO: Glenda Jackson Talks Roles for Women and Returning to the Stage in THREE TALL WOMEN
by Stephi Wild - 2018-03-04 18:41:06
News
National Tour Of THE BOOK OF MORMON To Play Limited Engagement At The King Center
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2025
The national tour of The Book of Mormon will return to Florida for a two-night engagement at the King Center in Melbourne on December 15–16, 2025. The Tony Award–winning musical will open the 2025–2026 Broadway at the King Center Series.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2025
The national tour of The Book of Mormon will return to Florida for a two-night engagement at the King Center in Melbourne on December 15–16, 2025. The Tony Award–winning musical will open the 2025–2026 Broadway at the King Center Series.
THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour To Return For Limited Run At Prairie Home Alliance Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in Peoria for a limited engagement December 2–3, 2025.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in Peoria for a limited engagement December 2–3, 2025.
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Return to BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to San Francisco for a limited engagement at BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to San Francisco for a limited engagement at BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre.
Tickets To Wilmington Engagement Of THE BOOK OF MORMON Go On Sale This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking run during the 2022-23 season, will return to Wilmington for a limited engagement.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking run during the 2022-23 season, will return to Wilmington for a limited engagement.
Video: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK and Ireland Tour Trailer
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2025
A brand-new trailer has been released for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Check out the video here!
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2025
A brand-new trailer has been released for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Check out the video here!
THE BOOK OF MORMON Returns to Madison This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 9, 2025
The Book of Mormon will return to Madison for a limited engagement this month at Overture Center For the Arts. Learn more about the upcoming production here!
by Stephi Wild - Oct 9, 2025
The Book of Mormon will return to Madison for a limited engagement this month at Overture Center For the Arts. Learn more about the upcoming production here!
Tickets to THE BOOK OF MORMON at Popejoy Hall on Sale Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Albuquerque for a limited engagement in March. Tickets are on sale now. Learn more about the tour here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Albuquerque for a limited engagement in March. Tickets are on sale now. Learn more about the tour here!
THE BOOK OF MORMON Launches Lottery For Playhouse Square Run
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a lottery ticket policy in Akron playing at E.J. Thomas Hall. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a lottery ticket policy in Akron playing at E.J. Thomas Hall. Learn more here!
Wallace Shawn and André Gregory Reunite For WHAT WE DID BEFORE OUR MOTH DAYS Off-Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2025
Wallace Shawn will premiere his new play, What We Did Before Our Moth Days, directed by André Gregory, for a limited 12-week off-Broadway run at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St).
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2025
Wallace Shawn will premiere his new play, What We Did Before Our Moth Days, directed by André Gregory, for a limited 12-week off-Broadway run at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St).
Tickets to THE BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago On Sale Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 15, 2025
Tickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago are on sale now! THE BOOK OF MORMON will play Broadway In Chicago's CIBC Theatre. Learn more about the engagement here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 15, 2025
Tickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago are on sale now! THE BOOK OF MORMON will play Broadway In Chicago's CIBC Theatre. Learn more about the engagement here!
THE BOOK OF MORMON Will Return to Kansas City for One Week Only
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 6, 2025
PNC Broadway in Kansas City has announced that the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical THE BOOK OF MORMON will return by popular demand for eight performances only, September 16–21, 2025, at Kansas City’s Music Hall.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 6, 2025
PNC Broadway in Kansas City has announced that the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical THE BOOK OF MORMON will return by popular demand for eight performances only, September 16–21, 2025, at Kansas City’s Music Hall.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Will Return to Peoria in December 2025
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 6, 2025
The American Theatre Guild has announced that THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Peoria December 2–3, 2025 as part of the 25–26 Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Series.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 6, 2025
The American Theatre Guild has announced that THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Peoria December 2–3, 2025 as part of the 25–26 Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Series.
Richard Coyle Will Lead TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jul 3, 2025
Full casting has been announced for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Jul 3, 2025
Full casting has been announced for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Learn more here!
THE BOOK OF MORMON Returns to Akron This Fall at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 24, 2025
The national tour of The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical including Best Musical, will return to Akron this fall for a limited two-night engagement at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall at The University of Akron. Performances will take place Monday, September 30 and Tuesday, October 1, 2025, with curtain at 7:30 p.m.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 24, 2025
The national tour of The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical including Best Musical, will return to Akron this fall for a limited two-night engagement at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall at The University of Akron. Performances will take place Monday, September 30 and Tuesday, October 1, 2025, with curtain at 7:30 p.m.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Comes to the Wharton Center This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2025
The Book of Mormon will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement at Wharton Center. THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2025
The Book of Mormon will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement at Wharton Center. THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone.
THE BOOK OF MORMON is Coming to Wharton Center This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement this summer at Wharton Center. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement this summer at Wharton Center. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Launch Lottery for Portland Engagement
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON tour is launching a lottery ticket policy for the Portland engagement this spring! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON tour is launching a lottery ticket policy for the Portland engagement this spring! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!
THE BOOK OF MORMON Returns To Bass Hall In August
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns to Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall for the fourth time in a limited engagement August 8-10, 2025 as part of the 2025-2026 Broadway at the Bass Season presented by PNC Bank.
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns to Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall for the fourth time in a limited engagement August 8-10, 2025 as part of the 2025-2026 Broadway at the Bass Season presented by PNC Bank.
THE BOOK OF MORMON in Sydney Complete Cast Revealed
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON has announced the final casting for the production which is opening in Sydney in July 2025. Learn more about the cast and the show here!
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON has announced the final casting for the production which is opening in Sydney in July 2025. Learn more about the cast and the show here!
Kathy Najimy, Valentina, Ann Hould-Ward, and Martha Clarke Join TDF’s Spring Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2025
TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails. Learn more about the event and see who is being honored.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2025
TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails. Learn more about the event and see who is being honored.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What awards has Ann Roth been nominated for?
Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Three Tall Women, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Front Page, Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Shuffle Along, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and all that Followed, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for The Nance, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Nance, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Book of Mormon, Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Book of Mormon, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for The House of Blue Leaves, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for The Crucifer of Blood, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Royal Family and Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for The Royal Family.
What awards has Ann Roth won?
Ann Roth has won the Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. She also received the Hewes Design Award at The Hewes Awards for The Nance.
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