Ann Roth
Birth Place: Hanover, PA, USA
Latest News on Ann Roth:
THE BOOK OF MORMON Comes to the Wharton Center This Month (Jun 9, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON is Coming to Wharton Center This Summer (May 19, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Launch Lottery for Portland Engagement (May 16, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON Comes to the Wharton Center This Month (Jun 9, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON is Coming to Wharton Center This Summer (May 19, 2025)
THE BOOK OF MORMON to Launch Lottery for Portland Engagement (May 16, 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.
Photos
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
VIDEO: THE BOOK OF MORMON Loads In at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre!
by Stephi Wild - 2018-02-06 06:58:43
News
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.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Returns To Atlanta in June
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2025
The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play a strictly limited one-week engagement in June at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2025
The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play a strictly limited one-week engagement in June at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.
Casting Set For THE BOOK OF MORMON at Glasgow's King's Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2025
Casting has been announced for the UK and European tour of The Book of Mormon. Broadway's smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, returning to Glasgow at the King's Theatre for a three-week run.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2025
Casting has been announced for the UK and European tour of The Book of Mormon. Broadway's smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, returning to Glasgow at the King's Theatre for a three-week run.
BOOK OF MORMON Surpasses RENT to Become Broadway's 11th Longest-Running Show
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2025
With the matinee performance on Saturday, February 22, Broadway’s The Book of Mormon will play its 5,124th performance, passing Rent to become the 11th longest running show in Broadway history.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2025
With the matinee performance on Saturday, February 22, Broadway’s The Book of Mormon will play its 5,124th performance, passing Rent to become the 11th longest running show in Broadway history.
TDF To Celebrate 50 Years of the Costume Collection At April Benefit
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025
TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails, on Monday, April 7 at Tao Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue).
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025
TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails, on Monday, April 7 at Tao Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue).
THE BOOK OF MORMON Comes to Thousand Oaks in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the National Tour of the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BOOK OF MORMON in Thousand Oaks. Find out when and how to get tickets.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2025
The American Theatre Guild will present the National Tour of the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BOOK OF MORMON in Thousand Oaks. Find out when and how to get tickets.
Jenny Beavan and Salvador Perez Recognized by The Costume Designers Guild
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 3, 2025
The Costume Designers Guild has announced that Jenny Beavan will be honored with the Career Achievement Award and Salvador Perez will be honored with the Distinguished Service Award at the 27th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards).
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 3, 2025
The Costume Designers Guild has announced that Jenny Beavan will be honored with the Career Achievement Award and Salvador Perez will be honored with the Distinguished Service Award at the 27th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards).
THE BOOK OF MORMON Returns To The Fisher Theatre In April 2025
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 30, 2024
THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Detroit for a limited engagement April 1 – 6, 2025 at The Fisher Theatre. THE BOOK OF MORMON has been performed on three continents and has won over 30 international awards.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 30, 2024
THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Detroit for a limited engagement April 1 – 6, 2025 at The Fisher Theatre. THE BOOK OF MORMON has been performed on three continents and has won over 30 international awards.
THE BOOK OF MORMON is Coming to Wharton Center This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2024
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement in June 2025. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2024
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to East Lansing for a limited engagement in June 2025. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Tickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON at Keller Auditorium to go on Sale This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2024
The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will return for a limited one-week engagement.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2024
The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will return for a limited one-week engagement.
Previews: THE BOOK OF MORMON at TEATRO ARCIMBOLDI
by Ettore Farrattini - Nov 26, 2024
THE BOOK OF MORMON al TEATRO ARCIMBOLDI DOPO AVER BATTUTO OGNI RECORD ARRIVA IN TOUR IN ITALIA IL MUSICAL PIU' DISSACRANTE E DIVERTENTE DEGLI ULTIMI TEMPI. IN SCENA DAL 10 al 21 dicembre 2025
by Ettore Farrattini - Nov 26, 2024
THE BOOK OF MORMON al TEATRO ARCIMBOLDI DOPO AVER BATTUTO OGNI RECORD ARRIVA IN TOUR IN ITALIA IL MUSICAL PIU' DISSACRANTE E DIVERTENTE DEGLI ULTIMI TEMPI. IN SCENA DAL 10 al 21 dicembre 2025
THE BOOK OF MORMON On Sale This Friday At Kravis Center
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2024
Tickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Kravis Center will be available starting Friday, November 15. See the Tony Award-winning musical in West Palm Beach.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2024
Tickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Kravis Center will be available starting Friday, November 15. See the Tony Award-winning musical in West Palm Beach.
Cast Set For THE BOOK OF MORMON in Sydney
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2024
Producers of the Tony, Olivier, and Grammy award-winning production THE BOOK OF MORMON, have announced principal casting for the production opening in Sydney in July 2025. Find out who is going to be starring in the show in Sydney.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2024
Producers of the Tony, Olivier, and Grammy award-winning production THE BOOK OF MORMON, have announced principal casting for the production opening in Sydney in July 2025. Find out who is going to be starring in the show in Sydney.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Will Celebrate 5000 Performances on Broadway Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 15, 2024
The Book of Mormon, winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will celebrate its 5,000th performance on Broadway on Monday, November 4.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 15, 2024
The Book of Mormon, winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will celebrate its 5,000th performance on Broadway on Monday, November 4.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Comes to The Marcus Performing Arts Center This February
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2024
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which has played multiple sold-out runs in Milwaukee, returns for a limited engagement February 25 – March 2, 2025 at the Marcus Performing Arts Center.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2024
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which has played multiple sold-out runs in Milwaukee, returns for a limited engagement February 25 – March 2, 2025 at the Marcus Performing Arts Center.
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 her work on The Nance.
Videos