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Posted: 2019-07-25T13:12:08Z | Updated: 2019-07-25T13:19:42Z

Oscar-winning actress Faye Dunaway was terminated from a Broadway-bound one-woman show after she allegedly slapped and verbally abused crew members, the New York Post reported, citing several unnamed sources.

Dunaway, 78, was playing Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five in Boston, but the hostile and dangerous environment she generated left staff members in fear, according to the article published Wednesday by veteran Broadway reporter Michael Riedel.

Among the accusations:

Dunaway slapped and threw things at crew members trying to put on her wig before a July 10 performance at the Huntington Theater, resulting in the shows cancellation. She then verbally abused them after the announcement.

She was up to two hours late to rehearsals, never learned her lines, and wouldnt let the director or playwright look at her during rehearsals.

She left troubling, rambling, angry voicemails to the creative team overnight and threw a salad onto the floor during a photo shoot, saying she was trying to watch her weight.