Ann Talman shares hilarious and touching stories about her special bond with Elizabeth Taylor, woven with Broadway and Great American Songbook gems. Behind the scenes of Talman’s Bistro and MAC Award-winning show is the award-winning team of director Lina Koutrakos with original musical director/arranger Alex Rybeck. For this performance, Talman will be accompanied by musical director Gregory Toroian on piano.

Talman joined Actors’ Equity with co-star Elizabeth Taylor in 1981 when she landed the plum role in The Little Foxes playing Miss Taylor’s daughter on Broadway. The Little Foxes traveled the world for eighteen months including six months in London and their loving friendship lasted for the rest of Miss Taylor’s life.

“I had the great pleasure of seeing Annie’s beautiful, poignant, and funny show. She nailed the gleaming and mercurial light that was… my stepmother! I laughed and I cried in equal measures.” ~ Kate Burton

“Ann Talman shines and sparkles like an Elizabeth Taylor Diamond. The Shadow of Her Smile explores Ann’s close relationship with Taylor by beautifully weaving together songs and stories. The act is pure perfection” ~ Richard Ridge, BroadwayWorld

Ann Talman is an actor, singer, storyteller, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and four-time Broadway and West End veteran. Her show Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile received critical and audience acclaim when it debuted at 54 Below in March 2022 and then again when it enjoyed a two-night encore engagement the following September 2022. It has since played at The Laurie Beechman and Don’t Tell Mama in NYC, Feinstein’s Hotel Carmichael in Carmel, IN, Feinstein’s Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, Chicago’s Davenports, Joe Brancato’s The Penguin Rep, Chicago’s Davenport’s, The Delray Beach Playhouse, The Westport Country Playhouse, Tucson’s Invisible Theatre, DC’s The Liz, The Austin Cabaret Theatre, Theatre Jacksonville, Act2PV Theater in Puerto Vallarta, and Crazy Coqs in London.

Winner 2023 MAC AWARD Best New York Female Debut

BISTRO AWARD Outstanding Musical Memoir

“TOP 10 BEST CABARETS 2023” – Times Square Chronicles