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Grey Gardens
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SHOW INFORMATION

Average of 4 stars from 60 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 2, 2006
Closed Jul 29, 2007
Running Time:
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Based on the legendary 1975 documentary of the same name, the new musical Grey Gardens was the sell-out hit of the spring theater season, with leading lady Christine Ebersole giving the most acclaimed and award-winning performance in years. Grey Gardens concerns both the delightfully eccentric (and real-life) aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who were once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, but became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras -- in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor -- the musical tells the alternatively hilarious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable individuals, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Walter Kerr Theater
219 W 48th St
New York, NY 10036

This Broadway house was named for the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Walter Kerr. The Jujamcyn Company took great care in renovating the theater using the original plans and designs. This house was the home for the groundbreaking show Angels in Amer [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Other people bickering can often be simultaneously hilarious and devastating, which is why the sizzlingest pair on Broadway right now are Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson. They're the heart, soul and guts of Grey Gardens, the Doug Wright-Michael Korie-Scott Frankel adaptation of and elaboration on the 1975 documentary about recluses Edith Beale and daughter Little Edie, which was enough of a succes d'estime at Playwrights Horizons last season for the producers to risk a Broadway transfer.

For those who haven't seen or heard about the film, this eccentric mother-daughter combo -- who were cousins of Jacqueline Kennedy -- were lifted to silver-screen posterity while living with their[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Nov 3, 2006

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