Morgan Fairchild recently called us from her home in Los Angeles to talk about her upcoming performance as Ms. Robinson in "The Graduate" at the Fox Theatre.
Why did you decide to do “The Graduate”?
They first asked me to do “The Graduate” when it was in London, but the timing never really worked out. It’s a challenging part, and Ms. Robinson is such a complicated lady. They don’t write characters like that for women anymore. It’s not “Hamlet,” but it sure is a lot of fun.
You have to get naked on stage. Was it hard for you to prepare for that, or are you a natural exhibitionist?
Hah, no I’m not an exhibitionist. It was a bit of a challenge, but I’m an Aquarius and I like doing things that people wouldn’t expect me to do. When I was first starting out, the casting people thought I looked like a bitch and wanted to make me a bitch. I thought I looked like an ingénue. But I decided to challenge myself and play a bitch, and it all just sort of took off from there.
