Making a Cherry (Jones) Tart! Backstage With the Star of Mrs. Warren’s Profession

These days, Cherry Jones is no saint, though the Mrs. Warren’s Profession star did play a nun in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt. But the two-time Tony winner is far from angelic in her latest role, the title character in George Bernard Shaw’s aforementioned comedy. She stars as Kitty Warren, a wildly successful businesswoman whose already fraught relationship with her adult daughter is threatened when the nature of her profession—namely, the oldest one—is revealed. How does an actress of this high order get ready to go on stage? Broadway.com photographer Jenny Anderson caught Jones in action before a recent matinee at the American Airlines Theatre.