Gettelfinger Will Take Leave From Scoundrels to Appear in Grey Gardens With Ebersole, Wilson, Cavenaugh, McMartin, et al.

Sara Gettelfinger will take a leave of absence from her role of Jolene Oakes in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels from January 17 through March 26 to co-star as “Young Edie” with Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson in the new musical Grey Gardens, which will run February 10-March 26 at Playwrights Horizons.

During Gettelfinger’s absence, the role of Jolene will be played by Mylinda Hull, who was most recently seen as Nickie in Sweet Charity. Hull’s other Broadway credits include 42nd Street and Little Shop of Horrors. She will join the Scoundrels cast on the same day that Jonathan Pryce succeeds current star John Lithgow.

Grey Gardens is an adaptation of the Maysles brothers’ famed documentary film about Edith Bouvier Beale, a cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy, and her daughter, “Little Edie,” who both ended up living as recluses in a dilapidated, 28-room mansion. The show has a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie. It will be directed by Michael Greif.

In addition to Ebersole, Gettelfinger, and Wilson, the cast of Grey Gardens includes Matt Cavenaugh, Sarah Hyland, John McMartin, Michael Potts, Bob Stillman, and Audrey Twitchell. The show will open officially on March 7.