It's not safe to be an actress on Broadway these days. Examples of this are:
* Mary Tyler Moore walked out of the new Neil Simon play Rose's Dilema minutes before a Wed. matinee was to begin due to a note written to her by the author himself. It told her to "learn her lines or get off the stage." A riot amonst the blue hairs in the audience ensued.
* Producers of The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All made sure Ellen Burstyn only told it once as it closed the day after it opened.
* In true Jill Munroe style, Farrah Fawcett (nee Majors) whipped out a gun and told her on-stage husband to freeze then demanded that he give her her next line during her final performance of Bobbi Boland. The producers thought it best to give Farrah a little rest so they closed the show...until she gets out of rehab.
* Jasmine Guy was hopped up on something and replaced by her understudy in The Violet Hour. An insider tells us said understudy brought her a cup of green tea before the performance. Press reps for the show announced, "Nomi Malone is what Broadway is all about".
* Jenna Elfman apparently couldn't untangle herself for the tye-dyed sheets she demanded during her extra rehearsals for Nine. Like they say, "Dharma's a boomerang."
* Marlee Matlin will not be joining the cast of Legally Blonde when it comes to Broadway because she's legally deaf.