Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer

[jacobsnchz14]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#1

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:19pm

http://www.playbill.com/article/faye-dunaway-will-play-katharine-hepburn-in-tea-at-five-on-broadway

Updated On: 12/6/18 at 12:19 PM

[Elegance101]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#2

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:22pm

What?

edit: never mind, my “what” was from before the article was added.

Updated On: 12/6/18 at 12:22 PM

[LightsOut90]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#3

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:27pm

insane.

[LarryD2]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#4

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:30pm

I'll believe this actually happens the moment I'm sitting in the theater and can see Faye Dunaway directly in front of me. Until then...

[TotallyEffed]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#5

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:34pm

Oh my goodness.

[WldKingdomHM]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#6

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:55pm

God bless everyone!!

[BroadwayConcierge]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#7

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:56pm

Jaw...floor.

[BrodyFosse123]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#8

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:57pm

WTF?  Is Matthew Lombardo re-imagining this for Dunaway?  Act 1 takes place in 1938 (featuring the young Katharine Hepburn) and Act 2 takes place in 1983 with the older Katharine Hepburn. No way in Hell is Dunaway going to be convincing as the younger Hepburn.  

Also of note, the play was written for Kate Mulgrew, who premiered it at Hartford Stage in 2002 and who was barely 47 years old so she was able to be convincing as the young and older Hepburn.  

[morosco]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#9

Posted: 12/6/18 at 12:57pm

I would love to be a fly on the wall throughout all rehearsals.

[BroadwayGuy12]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#10

Posted: 12/6/18 at 1:01pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "WTF? Is Matthew Lombardo re-imagining this for Dunaway? Act 1 takes place in 1938 (featuring the young Katharine Hepburn) and Act 2 takes place in 1983 with the older Katharine Hepburn. No way in Hell is Dunaway going to be convincing as the younger Hepburn."

From the article:

"As previously reported, the bioplay had been optioned for Broadway last year by Ken Fakler. At the time, Lombardo was at work on crafting a new version of the piece, which would streamline the two-act format into 90 minutes and focus primarily on Hepburn in 1983 as she recovers from her car accident injury and looks back on her famed romance with Spencer Tracy."

[Plannietink08]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#11

Posted: 12/6/18 at 1:02pm

morosco said: "I would love to be a fly on the wall throughout all rehearsals."

I cannot wait to hear the stories!

"Charlotte, we're Jewish"

[Bettyboy72]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#12

Posted: 12/6/18 at 1:03pm

Faye is a remarkable actress. Id love to see her back on stage with an original character or one she can inhabit rather than trying to mimic Hepburn. This seems very campy, like the premise for a play. I hope it works out.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[BrodyFosse123]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#13

Posted: 12/6/18 at 1:06pm

From the article:

"As previously reported, the bioplay had been optioned for Broadway last year by Ken Fakler. At the time, Lombardo was at work on crafting a new version of the piece, which would streamline the two-act format into 90 minutes and focus primarily on Hepburn in 1983 as she recovers from her car accident injury and looks back on her famed romance with Spencer Tracy."

Thanks, BroadwayGuy12.  These streamlined 90-minute plays are annoying.  I saw this in 2002 and having the 2 versions of Hepburn was a true showcase for Mulgrew.  Watching her capture the young Hepburn in Act 1, then blowing us away with the older Hepburn in Act 2.   It was a true actor's showcase.  

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#14

Posted: 12/6/18 at 1:13pm

Despite the miscasting and the age issue, I'm really amazed by this announcement and am seriously curious.

[JSquared2]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#15

Posted: 12/6/18 at 1:50pm

Never. Gonna. Happen.

[Evans2]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#16

Posted: 12/6/18 at 2:04pm

Better chance of Carol Channing taking over the Dolly tour

[ACL2006]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#17

Posted: 12/6/18 at 2:36pm

Evans2 said: "Better chance of Carol Channing taking over the Dolly tour"

 

 

Take my money!!!

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[Shh_413]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#18

Posted: 12/6/18 at 3:23pm

She probably wanted to take the thunder away from NETWORK's opening night so she had them announce this. Jk.

[Dollypop]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#19

Posted: 12/6/18 at 3:35pm

Oh, the stories I've heard from people who've worked with this woman!!!!!!!!

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Tom5]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#20

Posted: 12/6/18 at 3:40pm

As best as I can recall the only major Hollywood actor who recently took on Broadway who wasn't roasted by the critics was Tom Hanks in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy. This play will be even more demanding. Good luck to Faye, always a superior actress, and let's hope she has a great director.

[JSquared2]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#21

Posted: 12/6/18 at 3:52pm

I look forward to Dunaway presenting the Tony for Best Play and reading the wrong envelope.

 

[Miramar3]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#22

Posted: 12/6/18 at 4:02pm

Dunaway as Hepburn?  Oh yeah!  Now  this  is something I will travel cross-country to see.  Very exciting.

[Fosse76]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#23

Posted: 12/6/18 at 4:34pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Thanks, BroadwayGuy12. These streamlined 90-minute plays are annoying. I saw this in 2002 and having the 2 versions of Hepburn was a true showcase for Mulgrew. Watching her capture the young Hepburn in Act 1, then blowing us away with theolder Hepburn in Act 2. It was a true actor's showcase. "

It will have to be streamlined. Dunaway will probably keep the audience waiting an additional 40 minutes after the published curtain time before she is ready to perform. 

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#24

Posted: 12/6/18 at 4:36pm

Spill.   

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[Plannietink08]

Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer#25

Posted: 12/6/18 at 6:13pm

This is going to be Mommie Dearest on Broadway!

"Charlotte, we're Jewish"