“Linda Evans may be terrified to be making her stage debut at the age of 63, but the hardest part she’s ever had to learn how to play has been Linda Evans.

The woman who became a star as Krystle Carrington in the popular ’80s series Dynasty is getting ready to face the press Thursday [Oct. 12] at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Legends! Her co-star is her old TV sparring partner, Joan Collins.

“I have taken a big bite out of this cake called theatre and I am frankly stunned at what I’ve chosen to do,” she confides over tea at a midtown hotel, “but I’m giving it one million per cent.”

She’s been happily out of the limelight for 15 years and that’s the way she likes it.

“It’s an unreal thing being a celebrity,” she insists. “No one is any more or less important than anyone else. When I left Dynasty, I wanted to get myself back again.”

But first, she had to find out who that was…

Evans has devoted most of her time in recent years to spiritual growth, studying at Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment in Yelm, Wash,” quoting the Toronto (Ontario) Star.

Joan Collins & Linda Evans
Photo from Mirvish.com, Toronto theater tickets site