My sister and I saw Miss Faye Dunaway do MASTER CLASS on tour. The entire audience was held in the lobby and then in the interior BEFORE we got to go into the theatre. We were finally allowed in five minutes before the scheduled curtain time of 8 p.m.
The curtains were already open and we saw a nice room with a grand piano. Two large doors were closed USC.
Time passed. Nothing was said.....time passed..... By 8:30 people were beginning to leave, and there was some rhythmic clapping here and there. The ushers all claimed to know NOTHING.
At 8:45, a man came out and sat at the piano. He looked at us, and we looked at him. He shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes.....and started to rearrange the music.
Then suddenly the doors opened and in came Faye Dunaway. She was greeted with some recognition applause.
Then she started the play. We were sitting in the third row.....and as part of the MASTER CLASS, Miss Dunaway was taking us all to task. It was some funny stuff, and she was landing all the laughs. Then she suddenly looked right at me and said: "What are you laughing at? You don't have any personality either!" I just shrugged. That is the only time I have appeared with Miss Dunaway.
She was excellent in the play - I must say - and she looked beautiful. And she received a standing ovation at the end of the evening, which came close to midnight.
The next day on the news - she said that the delay was caused by lighting problems and spotlight checks.....however in the 45 minutes we sat in our seats, not ONE light cue was changed....no spot lights or projections were to be seen.
When I talked to an usher as we were leaving - well.....it seems that the play had been in Cincinnati the week before and Miss Dunaway had fired both her makeup person and her hairdresser - and forgot to engage new ones in Indianapolis.
It was a lovely evening nevertheless......
