Grey Gardens
Shows · Grey Gardens
Act One takes place in 1941 at the Bouvier estate in East Hampton, where the glamorous Edith Bouvier Beale hosts an ill-fated engagement party for her daughter Little Edie, whose dreams of a life in New York are crushed by her domineering mother. Act Two jumps to 1973, where the now-elderly Big Edie and her middle-aged daughter live in squalor in the same crumbling mansion with dozens of cats, their co-dependent rela…
- Opened
- 2006
- Performances
- 307
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions1 on Broadway
| 2006 | Walter Kerr Theatre Original. November 2, 2006 · Michael Greif | 307 performances · 3 Tony wins |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 3 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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Ebersole won a Tony Award for playing Dorothy Brock in the 2001 revival of 42nd Street and captivated audiences and critics for her riveting lifelike portrayal of the older “Little” Edie Beale and the younger Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (2006). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p137
The Scottsboro Boys (2010), Follies (the 2011 Broadway revival), The Last Ship (2014), and The Visit (2015) quickly closed, and the critically acclaimed Grey Gardens (2006) could manage no more than nine months of performances. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p13
Sadly, few serious musicals for adults were successful, and so A Catered Affair (2008), The Scottsboro Boys (2010), The Last Ship (2014), and The Visit (2015) quickly floundered; others such as Passion and Grey Gardens (2006) ran for only a few months book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p172
For the Off-Broadway production of Grey Gardens that moved to Broadway in 2006, he played “Major” Bouvier. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p473
Grey Gardens (2006) under subsequent leadership. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p612
Best Musical: Grey Gardens (Lyric Stage Company) book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p443
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