"The year is 1981. The production for Carl Reiner's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is underway on the Universal lot. The studio's iconic costume designer--Edith Head--is running late to meet with us. Her attentive assistant, Stuart, steps up and issues apologies to the audience before ticking off notable numbers associated with Ms. Head's career. 8 Academy Awards. 35 Oscar nominations. A 57 year career. Over 1,000 movies. And just as the audience started to sink into our seats to wait, a booming voice from the back of the theater makes everyone jump and suddenly Edith Head has made her way to the stage.
This is how the brilliant Susan Claassen begins A Conversation with Edith Head...taking the audience on a journey to truly meet the master. It is impossible to call this one-woman show merely a performance. I mean, the woman completely embodies the enigmatic Ms. Head. From the trademark hair and glasses to the tailored suit on a petite frame, the likeness is striking. And in creating this show with renowned biographer and fashion journalist Paddy Calistro, not only does Suz know what Edith would say, she also knows how she would say it. ..."
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