FAYE FIRED
FAYE FIRED
Claudia Draper
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/11
#1FAYE FIRED
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!!
#2FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 3:51pm
Color me shocked. NOT! I dont know what anyone was thinking with casting her.
#3FAYE FIRED
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.
Tom5
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/11
#4FAYE FIRED
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.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#5FAYE FIRED
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.
#7FAYE FIRED
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.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#8FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:23pm
I wonder if she will file a lawsuit like she did with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
#9FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 4:25pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDDufVCeNAM
I wonder if the producers and Lombardo are "capricious men."
#10FAYE FIRED
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
#11FAYE FIRED
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.
#12FAYE FIRED
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
EllieRose2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/17
#14FAYE FIRED
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&
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#17FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 6:04pmAs people continue to throw out names for recasting isn’t the elephant in the room that Lombardo’s rewritten play is a steaming turd? It’s referred to as “well received.” I wouldn’t say that at all based on the reviews. Didn’t most say it was slight and basic with no compelling arc? I don’t see any kind of name wanting to associate with this.
#18FAYE FIRED
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.
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#19FAYE FIRED
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.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#23FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 7:33pm
Long gone are the days when she was a rosey-cheeked teenager at Leon High School in Tallahassee, FL. My sister-in-law attended the school with her. Seriously doubt she had an attitude as a cheerleader and member of the spring court. No emaciated look then either.
Very sad.
I met her in San Francisco during the Master Class tour and she was very gracious, but some eccentric man approached her to pitch HIS version of Sunset BOULevard and was the recipient of a death stare. I believe that he instantly became an oily spot on Golden Gate avenue.
#24FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 7:34pmHow many performances were left after the cancelled performance? I feel bad for the crew members who had to go into work knowing the talent got physically violent with a co-worker. She should have been fired on the spot.
Claudia Draper
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/11
#25FAYE FIRED
Posted: 7/24/19 at 8:10pm
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