he filed his claim," a Focus Features spokeswoman said at the time.) Two weeks before Lone Star Love, then in rehearsals in Seattle, was set to move to New York, Quaid "called in sick and was not seen again," said Jack Herrick, the composer and musical director of the show. (Randy denied this, saying, "I would never walk off any show.") "We had got a lot of warnings from people in the industry that [the Quaids] were dangerously unhinged," said Herrick, "but Randy had been entirely charming and won the creative team over in the casting process." Problems began when "Evi became more and more involved, and as that happened it became more and more contentious," Herrick said. A major issue was Randy's costume, over which he insisted he had final approval. "He ended up in a very strange costume of [his and Evi's] creation," said Herrick. Randy dyed his hair beet red and wore a codpiece the size and shape of an official N.F.L. football. "It was a huge cock," said Evi. "It was fucking great. It looked like gay Vivienne Westwood." Herding Cats C reative disagreements on Lone Star Love degenerated into "screaming matches," said Herrick. Evi was constantly filming rehearsals with her video camera in violation of union rules ("I was not a union member," Evi said) and writing "threatening e-mails about contractual obligations." ("Yes, to the producer Bob Boyett," she responded.) She also sent several people on the production a photograph of herself lying naked on