Christine Ebersole is visited by Bette, Tyne, and... Rachael?

Rachael Ray said it best herself here: "Which one of us is not like the others?"

A fun little story...

From Variety, by Liz Smith, on 26 March 2007

In New York

Christine Ebersole, the great star of "Grey Gardens," was recently visited backstage by Bette Midler, Tyne Daly and Food Network star Rachael Ray. Miss Ray, famous for her frenetic "30 Minute Meals," was agog to be in the presence of Ebersole, Midler and Daly. "Which one of us is not like the others?" she joked self-deprecatingly. Rachael also confessed to "Grey Gardens" composer Scott Frankel that she has seen the original documentary on which the musical is based, over 100 times. (Yikes, well, there's more than a touch of camp in the wholesome Miss Ray.) And the TV cooking queen also enthused over Midler being the inspiration for her to become involved with the "Green" movement, and praised Bette's New York Restoration Project. "One day you can take it over, honey," said Midler wryly.

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Original Broadway recording of Grey Gardens the Musical available now

The Grey Gardens: Original Broadway Cast Recording is now available for purchase at PS Classics for $14.95 USD plus tax.

Below is the track listing. Note that their are audio clips for the songs Mother Darling, Goin' Places, and Peas in a Pod.

From PS Classics

1. The Girl Who Has Everything
2. The Five-Fifteen
3. Mother Darling
4. Goin' Places
5. Marry Well
6. Hominy Grits
7. Peas in a Pod
8. Drift Away
9. The Five-Fifteen (reprise)
10. Daddy's Girl
11. The Telegram
12. Will You?
13. The Revolutionary Costume for Today
14. The Cake I Had
15. Entering Grey Gardens
16. The House We Live In
17. Jerry Likes My Corn
18. Around the World
19. Choose to Be Happy
20. Around the World (reprise)
21. Another Winter in a Summer Town
22. The Girl Who Has Everything (reprise)

Also, the original off-Broadway recording of the musical is now available dirt-cheap, for only $4.95!

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Original pre-documentary footage now a BBC project well underway?

I'm just taking a stab in the dark to fill in some blanks, but I'm guessing that Jerry Torre was recently interviewed for a Grey Gardens project by Lee Radziwill based on the original Grey Gardens footage that she has the rights to.

I've written about this before, in hopes that someone can provide more information about this project. How about it, people?

From the Grey Gardens Yahoo! Group, by Gerard Joeseph Torre, on 21 March 2007

Hi everyone,

I been invited to be interviewed this evening, a new group is being born .

It is to be based on the upcoming movie Grey Gardens.

I will keep you guys updated and hopefully have more information after this work day.

It is a combination work day , interview, gridlock special.

Ciao, Jerry

And the follow-up:

From the Grey Gardens Yahoo! Group, by Gerard Joeseph Torre, on 22 March 2007

The interview was one of many that are planned.

It has been requested that I do not not announce the progress of this particular project.

That is something that I did agree to , reluctantly .

You know how good news is great to share, in this case it will be announced by the artists invloved in this project.

" Mothers work from Sun to Sun Fathers work never done"

Harper's Bazaar spread on Grey Gardens

Wow! This is great!

The Grey Gardens the Musical Myspace blog turned me on to this.

Harpers Bazaar has a beautiful seven page spread on the Edies and the Grey Gardens phenom in their April 2007 issue.

Paradise Lost

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Sinister promo video of Grey Gardens

World Movies recently named Grey Gardens one of their "25 Docs You Must See Before You Die". They made the following promo video for it, but... it makes the documentary seem creepy!

#2 - Grey Gardens

25 Docs You Must See Before You Die Considered "among the first and best" human-interest documentaries, Grey Gardens is a gentle, sensitive portrait of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie. Related to one of the most famous women in American history, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the reclusive women lived together for over twenty years in a crumbling mansion by the sea, and created controversy over their eccentric lifestyle. Soon to be remade as a Hollywood feature film starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.

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New Criterion Collection Grey Gardens DVD is of lower quality than the original release

I made a Grey Gardens Buyers' Guide back before the Grey Gardens &The Beales of Grey Gardens Criterion Collection DVD set was released, in order to determine whether it was worthwhile for owners of the original Grey Gardens Criterion Collection DVD to buy the set or if they should just purchase The Beales of Grey Gardens Criterion Collection DVD instead. DVD Beaver compared bitrates between the set and the original DVD, and determined that the quality on the original DVD is much higher! In this end,

Obviously if you already own Grey Gardens - we suggest only picking up The Beals of Grey Garden DVD - not the package.

I have no idea why this sort of thing was done. Perhaps it was a cost-saving method.

It does seem that it would be better to purchase the two movies individually, since the original Grey Gardens Criterion release is of higher quality. Be sure to check out DVD Beaver site to see side-by-side screen comparisons between the two DVDs.

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Grey Gardens the Musical cast album will be released on 27 March

Good news for fans of the musical! The new Broadway recording of Grey Gardens will be released next Tuesday!

This cast recording was made on 13 February.

From PS Classics

Three other ladies to talk about, two of them named Beale. One of our best-selling albums has been the Playwrights Horizons version of Grey Gardens. As many know, the authors made significant changes to the show en route to Broadway, and the cast went into the studio on February 13th to preserve those changes. As the cast has changed since last spring, they re-recorded a large chunk of the other numbers as well. We’re proud to be unveiling the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Grey Gardens later this month; there’s no official “street date,” as stores will simply begin stocking the new CD once supplies of the old CD run out. (And the old CD will indeed go out of print, so if you want it and don’t yet own it, buy it now!) But we will be having an official “launch” here at PS Classics, and we’re looking for websales to begin on March 27th. (If we’re delayed a day or two, as sometimes happens, we’ll certainly update that info here.) Stores will begin stocking it in the weeks following. (Note: it's not available anywhere for pre-order.) The new CD features an all-new 32-page color booklet, with all-new photos.

From Playbill, by Kenneth Jones, on 23 March 2007

New Grey Gardens Cast Album Will Get March 27 Web Release

The first Grey Gardens cast album -- representing the musical's Off-Broadway life in 2006 -- is soon to be a collector's item.

A new disc, "the original Broadway cast recording," will be available in an exclusive internet sale on the PS Classics website starting March 27, toward a wide mid-April release (in stores and other internet outlets).

Recorded Feb. 13 by PS Classics, the album is produced by multiple Grammy winner Steven Epstein (The Light in the Piazza).

In a rare situation, this new recording will replace the currently-available "world premiere recording," which was also released by the Grammy-nominated label and featured the Off-Broadway cast.

"The new recording will feature the Broadway cast and preserve the significant changes made for the Broadway production by author Doug Wright, composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie," according to the producers.

The new album (on one disc) includes four new songs ("The Girl Who Has Everything," "Goin' Places," "Marry Well" and the new ending), one previously unrecorded track ("The Telegram") and all-new performances on several previously recorded songs (including "Mother, Darling," "Peas in a Pod" and "Daddy's Girl").

In addition, the entire album has been completely remixed and remastered. The new recording will also feature an all-new, 32-page color booklet with complete lyrics and new photos.

PS Classics expects the new CD to be available everywhere by April 15. Don't expect the albums to be next to each other in the record store: Once supplies are gone, the first disc will be replaced by the Broadway album, which the authors see as their definitive version of their work, PS Classics co-founder Tommy Krasker told Playbill.com. The first disc will, like the Beales, gracefully go out of print.

Following the sold-out spring 2006 run of Grey Gardens, the collaborators (including director Michael Greif) rolled up their sleeves and revised and refined the script and score. The musical moved to Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre in October 2006 (and continues there).

In the tale of mother and daughter socialites Edith and Edie Beale, Erin Davie plays young Little Edie Beale on Broadway. Sara Gettelfinger played the role Off-Broadway and is heard on the "world premiere recording."

For information about the new Broadway cast recording of Grey Gardens, visit www.psclassics.com. (Prior to March 27, PS Classics does not accept "pre-orders," but a representative from the label confirmed that the website will begin accepting orders and shipping on Tuesday.)

Also on March 27, PS Classics begins web sales for "This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt," by the composer, lyricist, music director and vocal coach.

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The Grey Gardens score recently won The ASCAP Foundation's Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award for composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie, and was also nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin and Music Director is Lawrence Yurman.

The cast of Grey Gardens includes Christine Ebersole (celebrated for playing dual roles, Edith in Act One and Little Edie in Act Two); Mary-Louise Wilson as a decrepit older Big Edie; five-time Tony Award nominee John McMartin as both "Major" Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale; Matt Cavenaugh as both Joe Kennedy, Jr. and Jerry; Erin Davie as Young Little Edie Beale; Kelsey Fowler (in her Broadway debut) as Lee Bouvier; Sarah Hyland (title role in Paper Mill's Annie) as Jacqueline Bouvier; Obie Award winner Michael Potts as Brooks Sr. and Brooks Jr.; and two-time Tony Award nominee Bob Stillman as Gould.

Visit www.greygardensthemusical.com.

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PS Classics is the Grammy-nominated label founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin. The label is known for its diverse line of show albums, solo CDs and songbook recordings. Its cast albums celebrate Broadway (Assassins, Nine: The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, the recently-released Company), Off-Broadway (My Life with Albertine, Lone Star Love) and regional theatre (First Lady Suite).

PS Classics is distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment.

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Grey Gardens is produced by East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden and Edwin W. Schloss, in association with Playwrights Horizons.

Tickets are available by going online to www.telecharge.com, calling (212) 239-6200 or visiting The Walter Kerr Theatre box office, 219 W. 48th Street.

From Broadway World, by BWW News Desk, on 23 March 2007

PS Classics to Release New Grey Gardens Album March 27

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the acclaimed hit musical Grey Gardens – crowned the #1 Show of the Year by Time Magazine – will be available starting Tuesday, March 27. Recorded February 13 on PS Classics, the album is produced by multiple Grammy winner Steven Epstein (The Light in the Piazza).

In a unique development, the Original Broadway Cast Recording will replace the currently-available World Premiere Recording, also released by the Grammy-nominated label and featuring the Off-Broadway cast, based on the musical’s original run at Playwrights Horizons.

The new recording will feature the Broadway cast and preserve the significant changes made for the Broadway production by author Doug Wright, composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie. This includes four new songs (“The Girl Who Has Everything,” “Goin’ Places,” “Marry Well” and the new ending), one previously unrecorded track (“The Telegram”) and all-new performances on several previously-recorded songs (including “Mother, Darling,” “Peas in a Pod” and “Daddy’s Girl”). In addition, the entire album has been completely remixed and remastered. The new recording will also feature an all-new, 32-page color booklet with complete lyrics and new photos.

While the new CD will initially be available exclusively online at the PS Classics website, it will eventually become available at all stores and online retailers (including Virgin Megastores, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Amazon and iTunes) during the month of April. PS Classics expects the new CD to be available everywhere by April 15th. Once supplies of the old CD have run out, that recording will then go out of print.

In addition to stars Christine Ebersole (42nd Street, Dinner at Eight) and Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret, Full Gallop), Grey Gardens stars John McMartin, Bob Stillman, Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Potts, and Sarah Hyland (all from the Playwrights Horizons production), as well as Broadway newcomer Erin Davie as Young ‘Little’ Edie Beale, and Kelsey Fowler.

The musical features a book by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, the play and film Quills), music by Scott Frankel (musical director for Broadway’s Falsettos, Putting It Together) and lyrics by Michael Korie (Harvey Milk, Zhivago). Directed by Tony Award nominee and Obie winner Michael Greif (Rent), the production has musical staging by Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Big River, Grease!). It will be produced by Producers East of Doheny, Randall L. Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden and Edwin W. Schloss, in association with Playwrights Horizons.

The show "brings to life both the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women 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 alternately hilarious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable individuals, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie," according to production notes.

The Broadway production of Grey Gardens reunites the original creative and design team, featuring scenic design by Allen Moyer, costume design by five-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award winner Peter Kaczorowski, sound design by Brian Ronan and projections by Wendall K. Harrington. Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin and Music Director is Lawrence Yurman.

Grey Gardens had its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons, opening March 7, 2006 and completely sold out its initial limited engagement as well as three extensions. The musical was named Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical by the Outer Critics Circle Awards and was also the winner of a 2006 Richard Rodgers Production Award, administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It was most recently honored by the theater annual Best Plays as one of the ten best of the 2005-2006 season, and the only musical cited. Leading lady Ebersole also won several awards, including the Obie and the Drama Desk.

The initial release will be offered exclusively online at www.psclassics.com. Visit www.greygardensthemusical.com for more information.

Also, don't forget that a songbook for Grey Gardens the Musical is scheduled to come out later this spring.

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Original trailer for Grey Gardens

This appears on the Criterion Collection edition of Grey Gardens.

Grey Gardens original trailer

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The Great Dancer Wears Prada

Miuccia Prada is yet another fashion creative who has used our Miss Beale as inspiration for her Spring/Summer 2007 collection. Most notably, Stefano Pilati did the same for Yves Saint Laurent.

Who else but Edie wears head-to toe color, with pantyhose, heels, covered up top with long legs underneath? And, of course, the headscarf!

From Style.com

Here's the gorgeous Lara Stone in Miuccia's adaptation of Little Edie's style. It's very Edie "then" (Maidstone fashion show) and Edie "now" (National Enquirer cover story), isn't it?

Right?

From The Beales of Grey Gardens

Edie Beale meets Nomi Malone.

I swiped the idea for this post from Style Bubble.

Grey Gardens the Musical songbook to be released

Love the music? Williamson Music will be publishing a songbook!

From Playbill, by Kenneth Jones, on 16 March 2007

Williamson Music Publishes Grey Gardens Music; Songbook to be Released

Williamson Music, a division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, has taken on music publishing representation of the score for the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Grey Gardens.

The musical now at the Walter Kerr Theatre has music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie. The representation, announced March 15 by Williamson Music president Maxyne Lang, is effective immediately.

"Grey Gardens has one of the most thrilling and fascinating theatre scores I've heard in quite a while," stated Lang. "It gives you faith in the future of the musical, and will thrive alongside innovative works by other Williamson Music writers we represent, including Adam Guettel, Ricky Ian Gordon, Henry Krieger and John Bucchino."

Based on the legendary 1975 documentary film "Grey Gardens," the musical features a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright. Following a sold-out run at Playwrights Horizons in spring 2006, Grey Gardens opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in November 2006.

PS Classics released the world premiere recording of Grey Gardens last spring, featuring the Off-Broadway cast and based on the musical's original run at Playwrights Horizons. A Broadway cast recording, also from PS Classics, was recorded in mid-February, and will be released later this spring; it will feature the Broadway cast and preserve the changes made for the Broadway production by the authors, including several new songs.

The Grey Gardens score recently won The ASCAP Foundation's Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award for Frankel and Korie, and was also nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Working with the songwriters, Williamson Music and Hal Leonard Publishing will release a Grey Gardens songbook later this year.

For more on Grey Gardens, please visit www.greygardensthemusical.com.

A music publishing company founded by and for writers, Williamson Music was established in 1944 by the legendary duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (both sons of men named William). Today, Williamson Music (ASCAP) and R&H Music (BMI) represent the catalogues of Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, Irving Berlin and T. S. Eliot, among others.

Equally committed to contemporary talent, their roster also includes John Bucchino, Ann Hampton Callaway, Joe DiPietro, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam Guettel, Sheldon Harnick, Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, Jimmy Roberts, and David Zippel. Recent signings include Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz and Henry Krieger. Maxyne Lang has been president of Williamson Music since it was brought into The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in 1988.

For more, visit www.williamsonmusic.com.

From Billboard, by Susan Butler, on 15 March 2007

Williamson Signs 'Grey Gardens'

Williamson Music, a division of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, is now administering the score for the critically acclaimed Broadway musical "Grey Gardens," featuring music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michae Korie.

Based on the 1975 documentary, the musical features a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright. It opened at the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway in November, where it is still running. Time Magazine hailed the musical as the No. 1 show of the year, while Entertainment Weekly and USA Today called it the best musical of the year.

"'Grey Gardens' has one of the most thrilling and fascinating theatre scores I've heard in quite a while," says Maxyne Lang, president of Williamson. "It gives you faith in the future of the musical."

PS Classics released the recording of the musical last year featuring the Off Broadway cast and based on the musical's original run at Playwrights Horizons. A Broadway cast recording, also from PS Classics, is slated for release later this spring.

The worldwide administration deals runs for five years.

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Upcoming ''Beales of Grey Gardens'' book

This post is from December of 2006, but I've just uncovered it.

From Smyrski Creative, on 10 December 2006

Beales of Grey Gardens book project - Day One

Yesterday we spent the day in Harlem at the studio of Rebekah Maysles, daughter of the pioneer filmmaker Albert Maysles. Along with her and Laura Coxson, we began to sift through the immense trove of photographs, documents, letters and other miscellaneous errata collected over the years, all surrounding the lives of the Beales as well as the making of the films.

We are quite excited to be working on this project, and we expect the book to be released in late 2007/early 2008 by Free News Projects. Check back for updates!

Check out other posts on the Smyrski Creative Blog. Apparently they're behind the poster for The Beales.

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New TV spot for Grey Gardens the Musical

I really, really love this!

Grey Gardens TV Promo

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From Creative Cow, by Cow News Droid, on 16 March 2007

Loyalkaspar Directs/Designs New Spot For Grey Gardens: The Musical

From its origins as a 1976 documentary by the Maysles Brothers to its current incarnation as the acclaimed Broadway musical, part of Grey Gardens lasting impact is its voyeuristic quality - it's also an aspect that makes the new spot directed by Loyalkaspar for Grey Gardens: The Musical all the more affecting. The spot, which is currently airing, was produced by @radical.media, New York, for agency Serino Coyne, New York.

"We wanted viewers to feel like they had been given a sneak peak inside this strange and engaging world, revealing things methodically yet never staying on any one image for too long," says David Herbruck, co-founder/director, Loyalkaspar. "The camera moves in a very natural way, similar to the way a person might perceive any new encountered experience."

In the spot, Loyalkaspar crafts a haunting collage of archival photographs and newspaper clippings that tells a bit of the Grey Gardens' back story - an intimate look at the lives of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, cousins to former first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - through to the transformation into a Broadway musical.

Midway through Loyalkaspar switch gears - transforming the spot from the imagery and steady camera moves that drive the opening into an intimate performance by the show's star Christine Ebersole that's inspired by the look of the show's iconic theatrical poster depicting Ebersole in a flowered hat with her face partially obscured by a handheld mirror.

"We start off exactly as she appears in the poster, then Christine lowers the mirror and the print image comes to life as Edie sings the song 'Around the World' from one of the most intimate scenes in the musical, bringing the entire Grey Gardens story full-circle," said Herbruck.

About Loyalkaspar:

Recognizing that the process is often more rewarding than the end result is just one of the ways design house Loyalkaspar (www.loyalkaspar.com) distinguishes itself from the creative herd. Founded by directors David Herbruck and Beat Baudenbacher, Loyalkaspar has quickly earned a reputation among advertising creatives and network producers as a creative hub where daring creative and innovative execution intersect.

Web Resources:

Click here to watch the Grey Gardens: The Musical ad directed/designed by Loyalkaspar:

http://www.loyalkaspar.com/item.asp?s=recent_work&f=grey_gardens&t=grey%20gardens%20&c=1&it1=GreyGardens0920.mov

Click here to visit the Loyalkaspar homepage:

http://www.loyalkaspar.com

Click here for more info on Grey Gardens: The Musical:

http://www.greygardensthemusical.com

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Gail Sheehy is working on a book about the Beales

Gail Sheehy brought the Beales to the public eye with her article from New York magazine. She recently revisited the topic in another article in the magazine. And now, she'll be doing a book on the Beales.

There's also news about Michael Sucsy's upcoming film. Not only is Drew Barrymore starring as Little Edie, but she's also a producer.

From Variety, by Liz Smith, on 14 March 2007

Liz Smith: In New York

The Kennedy dynasty goes on apace. The popular writer Gail Sheehy is working on a book about the Bouvier women of Grey Gardens in Long Island's East Hampton. Maybe she's calling it "Jacqueline Kennedy's Curious Family" or maybe not. We'll call it that until she decides. Meanwhile, "Grey Gardens," the musical, continues to sell out at the Walter Kerr Theater and I don't think there are many people on the old Rialto as it were, who don't believe that this show's star Christine Ebersole will win another Tony for her multiple Bouvier roles. Then Drew Barrymore is producing and starring in her own movie version of these weird women's lives, along with the great and talented star Jessica Lange. One person who will figure prominently in the Sheehy book is John Davis who was Jackie's cousin and a man who early on wrote his own bestselling biography "The Bouviers." John was the first writer ever to expose the mastermind behind the JFK assassination in his now iconic tome called "Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy." But these days John's literary agent Marianne Strong and many family members are worrying about the way this onetime Fulbright scholar is being managed by his ex-wife and her friends, rather than by medical professionals. Mr. Davis is in the final stages of Alzheimer's and he needs care, not exploitation.

Update

Apparently Sheehy is leaving East Hampton, as she just sold her home there.

From Newsday, by Laura Mann, on 9 March 2007

Rich Cribs

Moving On.

Bestselling author Gail Sheehy, whose books chronicle life's passages, has herself moved on. Sheehy has sold her estate in East Hampton for $4.2 million. The 3,900-square-foot shingled traditional home sits on 1.95 acres and has five bedrooms, 4– baths, five fireplaces and a heated pool. The property had been on the market since last summer and was listed with Sotheby's International Realty and The Lamb Agency. Sheehy, who splits her time between Manhattan and Berkeley, Calif., is married to New York Magazine founder Clay Felker.

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Rare poster of Little Edie's cabaret act up for auction

Rare promotional poster from Little Edie's cabaret act at New York City's Reno Sweeney is up for auction. The last poster sold for $250... This one looks like it'll go for a lot more!

From The Grey Gardens Yahoo! Group, by lovethatfilm, on 10 March 2007

From eBay, by apartment611

INSANELY RARE Edie Beale of Grey Gardens cabaret poster

I usually run into very kind and mentally-well Grey Gardens fans whenever I list something on Ebay, that is related to Edie Beale or Grey Gardens. BUT NOT ALWAYS. And so I am not asked 85000 questions, by effete middle aged men with accusatory tones in their emails, I am going to try to describe this item in detail, so as to avoid such questions. As I seem to sell (by coincidence, I assure you!) memorabilia of women considered "eccentric" it seems to attract bizarre men with Elton John-type tempers; That "nervous-aching to explode" kind of thing, that is, fortunately, considerably foreign to me. Ebay is supposed to be FUN (in my opinion) and Edie Beale of all people, was a precious lady, who brings all kinds of joy to anyone who has seen the films (or known her). So let's keep this auction "light and cheery" shall we? Let's keep our excitement about this item on a "hopeful" level and not a nervous "I probably won't win this, so I'm going to terrorize everyone" kind of thing.

Alright. Around 1978 or '79, Edie Beale made her "debut" at a Cabaret Club in NYC, called "Reno Sweeney." Indeed, she made her own costumes for it, one, I am told, was completely and TOTALLY red. She also added some plastic plants to the ensemble around her neck! She sang, nervously and with over-proununced perfect diction, several songs. After that, she had a qestion and answer period, where she seemed much more comfortable, and had people roaring with some of her answers! I am told the Rolling Stones and Andy Warhol were there (Warhol several times--and she later posed for him). The show didn't last long at all (a week or two). Later Edie was under the impression Jackie Onasis "had it shut down." I believe her mother had already passed on by this time, so she was not present to see the show. With this poster, comes a few copies of reviews of the show and a few blurbs of her recollections of the show WRITTEN IN HER OWN HANDWRITING. No one else on earth could add that bonus.

OK. This poster is 15X22, and will come to you rolled and secure. THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT and then you will most likely never see it again in your life. It is in excellent condition and is a JEWEL for any Grey Gardens fan. I have one framed on my wall and I treasure it. A friend who has passed on gave them to me before he passed away. I have no need to keep the extra one, when one of you would surely like to have it. Going through the last of my friend's things, I found this last one framed in his storage locker. I have REMOVED the poster from it's frame to make shipping easier and so you can choose a frame to your liking.

Blurbs about this performance in Edie's own writing, are color copies taken from my original letters from her. The poster is original.

How could anyone part with a treasure like this?

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Video interview with Grey Gardens the musical playwright Doug Wright

Video interviews are the best kind!

Barry Z has... an exclusive interview with Pulitzer Prize winning playwrite [sic] Doug Wilson [sic] (I Am My Own Wife) on his current broadway play “Grey Gardens” and future projects.

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Yves Saint Laurent collection showcases Little Edie Beale styling

Stefano Pilati's Fall/Winter collection for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (Ready-to-Wear) strongly pulls inspiration from Little Edie's fashions.

Cross-reference these images with shots of Edie's fashions shown in the fashion show segment of The Beales of Grey Gardens, and be amazed at how closely these ideas match up!

BagSnob turned me on to this notion, and browsing style.com and the official YSL website reinforces it.

From YSL.com

From style.com

From YSL.com

From style.com

Style.com raves about the collection!

From style.com, by Sarah Mower

a fiercely chic passage of black shiny nylon-look cloque, black hoods, gauntlets, and dark glasses.

"Fiercely chic"!

It's doubtful the alligator hoods will be available for purchase, but they're still delicious!

Additional digging uncovered these shots from the current spring/summer collection. Do you see Edie in these? I do. Fishnets? See-through tops? They would be sexier with a bra underneath, though...

Source: here, here, here, here, and here