Anne in Theatre
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2004
Twentieth Century
Anne stars as : Lily Garland, Hollywood Star
Twentieth Century is the comedic story of Oscar Jaffe, a successful and egomaniacal Broadway director, who has transformed a chorus girl, Lily Garland, into a leading lady. As Lily rises to stardom and heads to Hollywood, Oscar begins a career downslide. Bankrupt and on his way out, Oscar boards a train, the Twentieth Century Limited, where he coincidentally runs into Lily again. Oscar pulls out all the stops to persuade the now temperamental star to return for another show.
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2003
Adam's Rib
Anne stars as : A lawyer
"Adam's Rib" follows the story of two happily married lawyers who find themselves opposing each other on the same big-time case. The ultimate battle of the sexes makes for comical antics in the courtroom and at home. Based on the screenplay by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. Adapted for Radio by David Rambo. A classic battle of the sexes and a courtroom farce, this peerlessly witty examination of husband and wife attorneys was first crafted for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
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2002
Proof
Anne stars as : Catherine, math professor's daughter
Proof is the story of an enigmatic young woman, Catherine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father, and an unexpected suitor. They are all pieces of the puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, Robert, must deal with the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire, and with the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that Robert left behind. What Hal discovers in an old notebook is a brilliant mathematical result that tests the sisters’ kinship as well as the romantic feelings growing between Catherine and Hal. As Catherine confronts Hal’s affections and Claire’s plans for her life, she struggles to solve the most perplexing problem of all: How much of her father’s madness – or genius – will she inherit? This poignant drama about love and reconciliation unfolds on the back porch of a house settled in Chicago’s Hyde Park.
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Other Plays
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Anne stars as : /
The play, written by Steve, was called Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and it told the story of an imaginary encounter between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein in 1904. The actors, who had agreed to perform for the evening out of friendship and curiosity, included Tom Hanks, who would read the part of Picasso. The audience was composed of Steve; his wife, the actress Victoria Tennant; the writer and director Nora Ephron; and her husband, the writer Nick Pileggi. ('Steve asked me if I'd read,' Nick said. 'But I didn't know he meant read out loud. I had to decline. I'm going to watch.')