28 years ago today: ALW fired Faye Dunaway from LA's 'Sunset Boulevard' !

Flying backwards in time to 28 years ago:  June 24, 1994. 

The headlines in the entertainment world was all about Faye Dunaway being fired from 'Sunset Boulevard'. 

Headlines in every entertainment paper, trades paper and news papers read that producer Andrew Lloyd Webber fired his new 'Norma Desmond' in LA.  Faye Dunaway was out, the show would close in LA in a few days and the fur was about to fly ! (Dunaway would sue ALW a few months after, but the settlement out of court was reportedly much less than what she sued for - which was full payment of her six month contract.). 

 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-24-mn-8034-story.html

https://www.deseret.com/1994/6/24/19116556/dunaway-hits-a-dead-end-on-sunset-boulevard

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1994-06-25-9406250086-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/24/theater/sunset-boulevard-to-close-in-los-angeles.html

 

From my personal archives.  Still in mint condition:

Bettyboy72 said: "Her lawn press conference lives in my head rent free. “Andre Lloyd Webber is a capricious man.”"

verywellthensigh said: "Why are you obsessed about this? Why can't you focus on the positive things? Like the two films she did with Johnny Depp or working with the wonderful Marlon Brando for Chrissakes?

I DON'T APPROVE OF THIS POST!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfKr4hqUz4

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Obsessed about this ? You just joined this forum 10 days ago and I posted this today.  Obsessed ? LOL! 

Stick around...in another month I'll post about her being fired from "Tea At Five". 

I'm being satirically hyperbolic because of the drama surrounding these two. Both instances HUGE news.

But, yes, you're right. 

David10086 said: "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think only Patti Lupone and Faye Dunaway were fired from 'Sunset' productions. Were there any others?"

On the creative side, Amy Powers was also fired as lyricist.

I still think Faye could have pulled it off in whatever key she was comfortable with.

Has Faye ever gotten to do a musical? Can we get her as Joanne in the Company tour?

verywellthensigh said: "Why are you obsessed about this? Why can't you focus on the positive things? Like the two films she did with Johnny Depp or working with the wonderful Marlon Brando for Chrissakes?

I DON'T APPROVE OF THIS POST!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfKr4hqUz4

KA-WEEN calm down! It ain't dat serious. 

James885 said: "NOWaWarning said: "Has Faye ever gotten to do a musical? Can we get her as Joanne in the Company tour?"


Isn't Faye damaged goods at this point? Wasn't she fired from a play a few years ago for assaulting a crew member?"

Yes, the play TEA AT FIVE in 2019.

 

greensgreens said: "Ummm… I’ve been looking for visual evidence of that Faye poster for two decades. Thanks for sharing that photo! If you ever need to clean it out of your collection, PM me. ?"

Never.  I know how rare it is.  

These were in place days after she was announced so they already had things ready for her run immediately.  

David10086 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "greensgreens said: "Ummm… I’ve been looking for visual evidence of that Faye poster for two decades. Thanks for sharing that photo! If you ever need to clean it out of your collection, PM me. ?"

Never. I know how rare it is.

These were in place days after she was announced so they already had things ready for her run immediately."



Didn't the LA Production use the silver / black color artwork on their posters and ditch the salmon / orange colors from the London production ? How did Dunaway's poster end up with the London artwork ?

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LA indeed used the salmon colored posters (but the cast album was packaged in black/silver)

Here’s a link to a photo of the LA poster:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274981578314