Maureen Moore to Take Lead in Grey Gardens on December 3 as Ebersole Appears in Kennedy Center Honors

Grey Gardens leading lady Christine Ebersole will make a special appearance at the 29th Annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, December 3; as a result, her standby, Maureen Moore, will make her debut as Big Edith and Little Edie Beale in the matinee performance of the hit musical.

Moore has previously been a standby for Bernadette Peters in Gypsy, going on many times during the star’s lengthy illness, and in Song & Dance. Her numerous other Broadway credits include Sunset Boulevard, Cabaret, Amadeus, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Falsettos. She also played Charlotte in the New York City Opera production of A Little Night Music.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Steven Spielberg, Dolly Parton, Zubin Mehta, and Smokey Robinson will be presented with the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors. The ceremony will be broadcast on CBS on Tuesday evening, December 26.