Her first Broadway costume designs were for the musical Sunday in the Park with George (1984), in collaboration with Patricia Zipprodt,[5] for which they received a joint Tony Award nomination.[6] She designed the costumes for the Broadway musical A Catered Affair (2008),[7] for which she received the 2008 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design.[8] Her costumes for Beauty 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."[9] In reviewing Stephen Sondheim's Road Show, the theatermania.com reviewer 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."[10] Her costume designs for the revival of Sondheim's Company were called " dark, sleek costumes" by the USA Today reviewer.[11]
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).[1][19][20][21] Her costumes for The Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park outdoor staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 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."[22] She designed the costumes for the US National tour of Dr. 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."[23]
She designed costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2001.[31]
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.[32]
^"'Sunday in the Park With George' Listing, 1984" sondheimguide.com, accessed February 13, 2011
^ ab"Tony Award nominees and winners, 1984, 'Sunday in the Park with George'" tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
^Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:Here Comes the Bride, All Wrapped in Gloom"The New York Times, April 18, 2008
^"2007–2008 53rd Drama Desk Awards" dramadesk.com, accessed October 30, 2016
^Clear, Marty.Review: 'Beauty and the Beast' still spellbinding Archived 2011-01-22 at the Wayback Machine tampabay.com, January 21, 2011
^ abFinkle, David."Reviews: 'Road Show;" theatermania.com, November 19, 2008
^ abGardner, Elysa."Revival of 'Company' works, most of the time"USA Today, November 29, 2006
^Ehren, Christine and Manus, Willard."La Jolla No Longer Going to St. Ives Oct. 15" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, October 15, 2000
^"'Red, Hot and Blue', Paper Mill Playhouse – Millburn, NJ" musicals101.com, October 26, 2001
^Vineburg, Steve."Hot enough; Goodspeed revives a Broadway castoff Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine worcesterphoenix.com, November 23–30, 2000
^Ehren, Christine."Art Isn't Easy: Murphy's Countess Arrives at San Diego's Globe March 28-May 6" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 28, 2001
^Gussow, Mel."Theater: 'Three Sisters' In Translation By Jarrell"The New York Times, February 19, 1984
^"'Merrily We Roll Along', 1990 Arena Stage Production" sondheimguide.com, accessed February 13, 2011
^"'Let Me Down Easy' Listing, Arena Stage" Archived January 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine arenastage.org, accessed February 13, 2011
^Isherwood, Charles."Theater Review | 'Let Me Down Easy'"The New York Times, October 8, 2009