Posted: 7/24/19 at 3:50pm
https://nypost.com/2019/07/24/faye-dunaway-fired-from-broadway-bound-tea-at-five/
What a shock!!
Posted: 7/24/19 at 3:51pm
Color me shocked. NOT! I dont know what anyone was thinking with casting her.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 3:54pm
It was never going to go to Broadway and now it's definitely never going to go to Broadway.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:02pm
I'd never have seen this in any case. Now The West Side Waltz with other characters on stage - that is, an actual play - might have been very interesting.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:03pm
“The producers of ‘Tea at Five’ announced today that they have terminated their relationship with Faye Dunaway,” spokesman Rick Miramontez said in a statement. “Plans are in development to have its West End debut early next year with a new actress to play the role of Katharine Hepburn.”
Keep those Boston Playbills, folks. These are now collectibles.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:18pm
Now I'm wishing I'd made an effort to get up to Boston to see it, if only for the bragging rights.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:23pm
I wonder if she will file a lawsuit like she did with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:25pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDDufVCeNAM
I wonder if the producers and Lombardo are "capricious men."
Posted: 7/24/19 at 5:03pm
Just curious: If she ended her contracted run, how was she "fired"?
Updated On: 7/24/19 at 05:03 PM
Posted: 7/24/19 at 5:18pm
MadAboutTheBoy said: "Just curious: If she ended her contracted run, how was she "fired"?"
Based on everything that had been stated in press materials, she had been engaged for the out of town run as a precursor to the (undoubtedly contracted) continuation on Broadway.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 5:19pm
Sorry for the dumb question, but I haven’t been following anything about this play or this production. Why are people not surprised?
Unless something really scandalous happened, I would have expected the press release to go the usual route of using a euphemism like “creative differences.” I’m surprised to see it stated so explicitly and aggressively.
EDIT: I Just read Reilel’s thing about it. I usually take his column with a grain of salt, but based on the reactions here, it sounds this it’s pretty accurate
Updated On: 7/24/19 at 05:19 PM
Posted: 7/24/19 at 5:30pm
an updated report from Riedel. It gets worse. It seems some egregious behavior on the part of Dunaway is involved. https://nypost.com/2019/07/24/faye-dunaway-fired-from-broadway-bound-tea-at-five/?utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook&
Updated On: 7/24/19 at 05:30 PM
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Posted: 7/24/19 at 6:35pm
She's been pulling these, er, antics for years, and now it's dangerous. She should have been fired at the photo shoot. I don't buy the "She's not taking her meds" line, either. I have nothing but empathy for anyone struggling with mental illness, but Dunaway's "You must never look at me... You must never wear white... I hate this wig" sh*t seems to fall into the self-indulgent, ego maniacal loony tune category. Again, she's been doing it since BONNIE AND CLYDE. I'm skeptical that she's unwell, and if she is, a responsible person would not be going onstage, but getting help.
Posted: 7/24/19 at 6:51pm
I'm glad the times have caught up with her. She took some things out on a person I know who worked backstage when she toured with Master Class at the Shubert in New Haven.
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