Faye Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer- Page 2

[Plannietink08]

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

This is going to be Mommie Dearest on Broadway!

[WldKingdomHM]

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

I'm just waiting for a cell phone to go off during the performance.....oh oh 

[SweetLips22]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 12:26am

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

I know nothing about the 'stories' but am quite happy to waste time reading trivia about Ms Dunaway---thank you all in advance.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 1:27am

t.w.

[VernonGersch]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 2:26am

when this news broke this morning, i haven't seen that many text messages since, well, she announced the wrong oscar that year.

there is no way on in the world this will actually happen

and if it does i am so there 

[logan2]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 2:49am

Why do you think there's no way it will actually happen? 

I know Faye is considered quite eccentric (bat**** crazy) but she did that long Master Class nat'l tour (saw her in three different cities in Texas and loved it) and this is a limited run in the same location.

Just wondering why BW posters think this is a definite no go.

[Niles Silvers]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 7:18am

My condolences to the cast and crew.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 9:01am

Bettyboy72 said: "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."

Totally agree.  Faye has had so many iconic performances in so many classic films from the 60's. 70's  and 80's.  I can't speak for the gossip concerning her personality in past situations since I wasn't there. I can only speak about my own personal experiences with her, since obviously I was there.  The three times I was in her company she could not have been nicer, friendly and professional.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 9:14am

HogansHero said: "t.w."

Trigger warning or Twitter war? 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 9:20am

logan2 said: "Why do you think there's no way it will actually happen?

I know Faye is considered quite eccentric (bat**** crazy) but she did that long Master Class nat'l tour (saw her in three different cities in Texas and loved it) and this is a limited run in the same location.

Just wondering whyBW posters thinkthis isa definite no go."

You ARE aware Faye did that MASTER CLASS National Tour almost 22 years ago.  

[EthelMae]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 12:07pm

David Letterman: can you give us, without going into too much detail, just what the friction was with you and Faye Dunaway?

Bette Davis: just that she was not professional. You would sit and wait in the heat in Denver for an hour and a half and wait for her for every shot… One day she did not appear and I saw all these extras sitting around doing nothing so I decided to entertain them singing I’ve written a letter to daddy, they seem to enjoy that! And well it just goes on and on and on… She’s not professional… Everything is about her… And I am not the only one who feels this way… This is sort of mutual.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 12:26pm

Miles2Go2 said: "HogansHero said: "t.w."

Trigger warning or Twitter war?"

train wreck lol

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 12:29pm

So funny that Bette hated both Mommie Dearests.

I sincerely hope this happens so I can be there.

She may need the money.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 2:02pm

The last thing I saw her in outside the Oscar debacle was when she judged that WB reality show back in 2005 called The Starlet. She and Vivica A. Fox were actually pretty good giving acting advice and critiquing performances and such. I remember Faye Dunaway loving the role she was playing as the "harsh judge". She liked the spotlight.

Updated On: 12/7/18 at 02:02 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 2:35pm

SweetLips22 said: "Dollypop said: "Oh, the stories I've heard from people who've worked with this woman!!!!!!!!"

I know nothing about the 'stories' but am quite happy to waste time reading trivia about Ms Dunaway---thank you all in advance."

 

I won't go into any detail because I don't think it's proper to reveal specifics that were part of private conversations. I will say this: one well-known actor who spilled out everything in an interview, called me the next day and asked me not to use what  he'd said about Dunaway. He felt she had serious problems and it wasn't right to air them in a public forum. I respected his wishes.

Let's put it this way: Dunaway directed the MASTER CLASS movie forever and it was never released. Let that speak for itself. 

 

[nealb1]

Posted: 12/7/18 at 6:49pm

Yes, funding for her film version of "Master Class" fell through in the middle of the shoot - very unfortunate.  With that delay, she lost the rights, and HBO grabbed it.  They announced that Mike Nichols was going to direct with Meryl Streep as Maria Callas, and then he passed away shortly after that, and nothing ever came of it.  

It's no big secret that she can be a terror.  

I saw her several times in the National Tour of "Master Class" in 1997 and it was one of the most extraordinary performances I've ever seen.  She was incredible - brilliant.  

Updated On: 12/7/18 at 06:49 PM

[logan2]

Posted: 12/8/18 at 6:02am

BrodyFosse123 saidYou ARE aware Faye did that MASTER CLASS National Tour almost 22 years ago."

Haha yes, I am aware (EVERYTIME I look in the mirror) but I didn't think age was being considered the issue. Faye turns 78 in January but there are older stars doing Broadway and at least it's not a touring situation, and Faye moved back to NYC last year.

I hope it happens. It will be exciting to see Faye try to embody the classic Hepburn voice.

Any guesses as to who the actor male or female that dished on Dunaway then requested it be off the record? Just a hint please Dollypop?

I do believe some of Dunaway's behavior can be attributed to disorders. But God knows she ain't the only one with those issues in that crazy business called show.

[David10086]

Posted: 2/24/19 at 8:18pm

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

 

AS we all know, the chances of Dunaway returning to Broadway this summer drastically improved shortly after midnight on January 15, 2019 !

Speaking of which - any new information available on this Dunaway project? One of the sites which piced up this news back in December  said more info - including the theater - would be announced at the beginning of this year, and we're already heading into March. Does anyone know if this is still happening ? 

 

[Susanswerphone]

Posted: 2/24/19 at 11:30pm

She was on the schedule at a summer theatre with this for a few weeks in June/July. That has been removed and replaced with no reason given.

[logan2]

Posted: 3/5/19 at 1:36am

"BroadwayWorld has learned today that Tea at Five, which marks Academy Award®-winning legend Faye Dunaway's anticipated return to the stage, has set a pre-Broadway engagement at Boston's Huntington Theatre this summer and then open on Broadway later this year at a theater to be announced." 

YaY!   

[VernonGersch]

Posted: 3/5/19 at 6:07am

i will be surprised if this actually happens

 

[David10086]

Posted: 3/5/19 at 5:19pm

Any guesses as to why it's playing Boston this summer before it comes to NY for a limited run? (Actually. Boston is less than an hour from me, so I may see it there if my schedule permits).

[JSquared2]

Posted: 3/5/19 at 5:26pm

David10086 said: "Any guesses as to why it's playing Boston this summer before it comes to NY for a limited run? (Actually. Boston is less than an hour from me, so I may see it there if my schedule permits)."

 

Money (or rather lack thereof).

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 3/5/19 at 6:04pm

David10086 said: "Any guesses as to why it's playing Boston this summer before it comes to NY for a limited run?"

It's an out-of-town tryout. I don't know how much they could learn from a 2-week run, though. It's not like the author/director would have much time to make any substantial changes in that time.

The articles made it sound like this was being presented by the Huntington Theatre Company (like many other "enhancement" deals with nonprofits such as Weinstein and Finding Neverland at the ART). But it's commercial producers renting out the Huntington space. I think Dunaway/Hepburn could be a big draw for an older, theater-loving audience.

[Susanswerphone]

Posted: 3/5/19 at 10:32pm

It was originally set for four weeks at Ogunquit Playhouse. They had informed groups and subscribers. Suddenly, it was replaced by Cabaret. No reason given. Then the news about Huntington came up.