

Mary Flynn
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Alvin Theatre 1981
1982 Theatre World Award
Outstanding New Talent
Peg O'Connell
PEG
A romantic new musical
Phoenix Theatre,
London 1984
"The stage, both the West End and Broadway has itself a bright new hope - possibly a budding superstar in the Liza Minelli mould. Ann Morrison, brought over specially from America to play the title role of "Peg" is a red-haired, all singin', all dancin' bundle of dynamite with star quality stamped all over her. She trips about the stage as daintily as Leslie Caron, and then belts out a number with verve enough to fell a bull elephant at a hundred paces. She's a stunner, and a little lady we're going to hear a lot more of." - John Elliott
"A real discovery in Ann Morrison, a lovely lead who has a genuine touch of both Mary Martin and Shirley Maclaine."
"Star of the show without a doubt is Ann Morrison as the unaffected and unknowing American heiress to a fortune coveted by the impoverished upper-crust English family she goes to live with.
Miss Morrison is a lovely Peg - charming and natural in her speaking scenes, occasionally mischievous, and thoroughly loveable.
Miss Morrison also has a rich and powerful singing voice which makes all her songs a joy to listen to."
Lizzie
GOBLIN MARKET
Vineyard Theatre
Off Off Broadway, 1985
Circle In The Square Downtown
Off Broadway, 1986
Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Best Plays Citation, Best Actress in a Musical
"Flawless...fascinating...exquisite music and moving performances. It is sure to please anyone who wishes to spend an hour or so in the exotic realms of the Victorian psyche" - Frank Rich, NY Times
"Ann Morrison offers a skillfully understated performance, tinged with both love and fear." - William Raidy, The Star-Ledger
"Most incandescent are performers Ann Morrison as Lizzie and as Laura, Terri Klausner. Controlled and inventive, they fill the stage with Victorian and modern nuances. They are perfect, as is this eccentric, lovingly serious, daring project." - Laurie Stone, the Village Voice
The Witch
INTO THE WOODS
freeFall Theater
Saint Petersburg, FL 2014
"I first heard Ann Morrison as Mary Flynn in the Merrily We Roll Along original Broadway cast album over 30 years ago. Her witch in INTO THE WOODS is a stunning creation (and yes, I could hear moments of Mary seep through; it was like hearing the voice of an old friend from long ago). The witch is all things, part creepy creature, part broken-hearted mother. Morrison's Act 2 rendition of "Last Midnight" is the best I have ever heard. She sings the hell out of it. And in a single day, it has become one of my favorite Sondheim numbers, all thanks to Morrison's glorious interpretation." - Peter Nason, BWW
Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
American Stage
Saint Petersburg 2010
"Ann Morrison's Daisy is bad-tempered, suspicious, terrified, censorious, but also kind, caring, righteous and near-indomitable."
-Mark E. Leib, Creative Loafing
Meg
DAMN YANKEES
The Ordway
St. Paul MN, 2015
"Ann Morrison as Meg is a mid-1950s housewife with both verve and tenderness. When the spot-light closes in on her at the end of the beautiful "Near to You," sung with yearning by Meg and her two Joes, the look on her face speaks of complete faith and love." - Arthur Dorman, Talkin' Broadway
Norma Desmond
Sunset Boulevard
Music Theatre of Wichita 2011
"Broadway veteran Ann Morrison is brilliant as Norma Desmond, the silent film star who couldn’t transition to talkies and retreated to her mansion to watch her movies and relive past glories.
Morrison has a powerful, precise soprano that can lilt and lull you, but then pin you to your seat in a fit of belting rage. She is a grand presence you can’t get enough of. Morrison plays Norma as imperious but not intentionally mean. She is pathetic but sympathetic. She is sweetly ridiculous in her dramatic gestures, but you never question the character’s dignity. Morrison slips skillfully between dangerous passion and deadly madness, and holds us in her grasp wondering what she’ll do next."
- Bob Curtright, The Wichita Eagle
Merrily From Center Stage
MERRILY FROM CENTER STAGE
Winner of the 2023 Bistro Award for Outstanding Solo Musical
A solo musical based on memories of Ann's award-winning Broadway debut as Mary Flynn in the 1981 Stephen Sondheim musical MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
directed by Hal Prince.
"Merrily From Center Stage is a musical memoir about a very specific time in Ann Morrison's life - a time that didn't last very long but that had a lasting effect that she is still feeling today - and even though this all happened some four decades ago, Morrison's memory seems to be in crystal clear snap-trap working order. The details that the singing actress produces in the script of her show are stunningly outlined and breathtakingly arranged for immaculate storytelling effect." --Stephen Mosher Broadway World
King Herod
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Marty Fugate, The Observer
Ann Morrison’s King Herod steals the show with a shrill, malevolent glamour in “King Herod’s Song.” Instead of the typical campy character (a la Josh Mostel in the 1973 film adaptation), she leans into the song’s Roaring Twenties vibe.
She sits on a gilded throne like the queen (or king) of all flappers, with a pile of louche admirers below. Her sneering character wants Jesus to perform like a dancing monkey. Prove to me that you’re no fool! Walk across my swimming pool! Morrison totally sells it like some evil Betty Boop.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Asolo Rep
2025
Merrily From Center Stage
Solo Musical @ 54 Below
INTO THE WOODS
freeFall Theatre
Ann Morrison: MERRILY FROM CENTER STAGE
Manatee Performing Arts Center
2025
Damn Yankees
Ordway Performing Arts
Sondheim On Sondheim
freeFall Theatre
PEG
Phoenix Theatre, London West End
PEG
Phoenix Theatre, London West End
WORD PAINTING: Soliloquies Around An Easel
Solo playwritten and performed
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Original Broadway cast 1981
LoveMusik
Broadway 2007
LINDA LOVELY GOES TO BROADWAY
Award winning Solo play
Sunset Boulevard
Music Theatre of Wichita
Discourse Of A Maid
First solo play by Ann
Forbidden Broadway
1982 cast
Goblin Market
Vineyard Theatre 1985/86
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