A Conversation with Edith Head

Synopsis

Based on the book Edith Head's Hollywood by Edith Head and Paddy Calistro. Behind-the-scenes feast of great movie legends and delicious stories that provide an insight into Hollywood's legendary costume designer. In her six decades of costume design, she worked on 1,131 motion pictures, dressed the greatest stars of Hollywood, received 35 Academy Award nominations and won an unprecedented eight Oscars.

Our Review:

1 August 2008

If you want to relish the stylish, acerbic, frighteningly successful Edith Head, designer of every fab frock of Hollywood’s golden age from Bette Davis’ “bumpy night” dress to Audrey’s Cinderella gown in Roman Holiday, I strongly suggest you hie yourself down to Wikipedia.

In Head’s signature sharp suit, dark glasses and severe black fringe Susan Classen as actor and co-writer captures some of Head’s wise-cracking iron will but the script of repetitive facts, figures and the odd starry story gave her no-where to go but in circles around her infatuation with her subject.

The ill-conceived An Audience With…format puts us in 1981 (we know it’s ages ago because Elizabeth Taylor is reportedly growing old gracefully). Head duly responds to questions apparently submitted by the audience and courts our responses. Dutifully we chorused our lines as if in some camp pub quiz at the Coconut Grove “Debbie Reynolds gave birth to?” “Carrie Fisher !” etc. S...

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Mack - 13 August 2008:

I was at the show last night along with the cast from 'Calendar Girls', and the small house was full. I loved the show and plan to go back....

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