Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Scotsman July 11, 2008 by Martin Gray

SUSAN CLAASSEN
HEAD GIRL

If you missed A Conversation With Edith Head at last year's Fringe, get to London's Arts Theatre in August for the West End debut of the show.

Susan Claassen came up with the production when she noticed her spooky resemblance to Head, who dressed such stars as Bette Davis, Mae West and Audrey Hepburn, winning eight Oscars along the way.

But it's Claassen's acting and Head's Hollywood stories that make this show so fab. And if Head seems familiar, she was the model for superhero fashion designer Edna Mode in The Incredibles. So what are you waiting for, darlings …

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