A Conversation with Edith Head October 27, 2011

“A Conversation With Edith Head”written by Susan Classen and Paddy Calistro and starring Susan Claassen will run Thursdays through Sundays as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre October 27 through November 13. Based on EDITH HEAD’S HOLLYWOOD by Edith Head & Paddy Calistro, “A Conversation With Edith Head” is behind-the-scenes stories about Hollywood’s greatest stars from Hollywood’s legendary costume designer, in her own words. Susan Claassen was inspired to write and star in “A Conversation With Edith Head” while watching a TV biography of Ms. Head. Co-author Paddy Calistro is one of the leading authorities on the life and work of Edith Head and is the coauthor of Edith Head's posthumous autobiography, EDITH HEAD’S HOLLYWOOD. She was selected as Ms. Head’s official biographer based on her experience as a fashion journalist. When she was asked to write the autobiography Calistro acquired more than 13 hours of recollections recorded by Edith Head – including her own snippy “Edithisms” as Ms. Head referred to her own sayings. Claassen has performed this piece all over the world including London’s West End and a ‘sold out’ engagement at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. (Out of the 2,000 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe only 200 were officially designated ‘Sold Out’ engagements.) Tickets are $40.00 and can be purchased by going to www.odysseytheatre.com or at (310) 477-2055.