The Lady With All The Answers at Cherry Lane Theatre

Cherry Lane Theatre in association with Northlight Theatre present David Rambo's one-woman play, The Lady With All The Answers, directed by B.J. Jones and starring Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Judith Ivey, playing at the Cherry Lane Theatre from 27 Oct - 29 Nov 2009. Opening night to be announced.

For decades, newspaper columnist and American icon Ann Landers dispensed wit and wisdom to lovelorn teens, confused couples and countless others in need of advice in her enormously popular, nationally syndicated column. In The Lady With All The Answers Landers finds herself writing a column about a new kind of heartbreak -- her own.

Drawn from Landers' life and letters, the play is a comic portrait of a wise, funny, no-nonsense woman who was, in fact, one of the most influential figures in America by virtue of the millions of readers who wrote to her seeking her indispensable advice and sometimes controversial opinions on matters ranging from marriage, divorce, life, death and sexuality, to the proper way to hang a roll of toilet paper in the bathroom.

Ann Landers, who was born Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer in 1918, wrote her first advice column in 1945, and the column ended with her death in 2002.

The Lady With All The Answers is drawn from the the life and letters of Ann Landers with the cooperation of Margo Howard.

Judith Ivey won Tony Awards for her performances in the plays 'Steaming' 'Hurlyburly' (Bonnie: 1984) and (Josie: 1982). She is presently playing Amanda Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie' at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. Her many stage credits include having played 'Mommy' in Cherry Lane's productions of Edward Albee's 'American Dream,' directed by the playwright last year, and the solo play 'women on Fire.'

Daid Rambo's plays include 'God's Man in Texas,' 'The Ice-Breaker,' 'The Spin Cycle', a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 'Babbitt' and an all-new book for the Lerner and Loewe musical 'Paint Your Wagon.' He is a writer and producer of the TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

B.J. Jones is the Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre outside Chicago. He has directed the world premieres of Craig Wright's 'Lady,' Larry Gelbart's 'Better late,' and 'Rounding Third,' along with productions of 'Grey Gardens,' 'The Cripple of Inishmaan,' 'The Price' and 'Glengarry Glenn Ross.'