Grey Gardens the musical hits Australia later this year

Finally, Grey Gardens the musical will reach Australia in November and December 2011! I'm dying to see the actress take on Edie's distinctive voice. Mark your calendars, fans of Grey Gardens down under!

From The Production Company

Grey Gardens

Winner of 3 Tony® Awards

“…In a statement released today, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis confirmed that her eighty-year old aunt, Mrs Edith Bouvier Beale, and her adult daughter Edie are living in squalid conditions in an East Hampton Estate known as Grey Gardens.

Grey Gardens is the compelling story of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, ‘Little’ Edie, 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 early in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor—the musical tells the alternately glorious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter, ‘Little’ Edie.

Grey Gardens is many things: a fabled home in the elite seaside village of East Hampton, Long Island, a landmark documentary, a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and a Hollywood movie. Of all things, Grey Gardens is a breathtaking and alluring portrait of a mother and daughter relationship through the years.

AFI Award Winner, Pamela Rabe returns to The Production Company in the virtuoso roles of Edith Bouvier Beale and ‘Little’ Edie.

Helpmann Award winner, Nancye Hayes plays the role of the aged Edith in turmoil with her daughter.

Roger Hodgman directs this Australian premiere and for the first time, The Production Company will be presenting a musical in The Playhouse.

Kellie Dickerson (musical director of Wicked and Doctor Zhivago) returns to conduct.

Cast and Creative Team

Book by Doug Wright

Music by Scott Frankel

Lyrics by Michael Korie

Based on the film Grey Gardens
By David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Mayer and Susan Froemke

Starring

Pamela Rabe as Edith Bouvier Beale and ‘Little’ Edie

Nancye Hayes Oam as aged Edith

Director Roger Hodgman

Musical Director Kellie Dickerson

Choreographer Dana Jolly

Sound System Sound

Orchestra Victoria

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd
Exclusive agent for Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Show Information

Show Times – Evening

• Fri 25 November at 7.30pm
• Sat 26 November at 7.30pm
• Tues 29 November at 7.30pm
• Wed 30 November at 7.30pm
• Thu 1 December at 7.30pm
• Fri 2 December at 7.30pm
• Sat 3 December at 7.30pm

Show Times – Matinee

• Sat 26 November at 2pm
• Sun 27 November at 3pm
• Wed 30 November at 1pm
• Sat 3 December at 2pm
• Sun 4 December at 3pm

Location Details

The Playhouse
The Playhouse is located in Theatres Building [under the Spire].
View Location Map Here

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A delightful animation of a Little Edie doll dancing

Be sure to click through to view the animation!

From Tumblr, on March 9, 2011

I have recently been making crazy little dolls, and so decided to make one of Little Edie

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Abstract painting of Edie Beale up for auction

Nice work! The listing ends soon!

From eBay, by abeluke

Little Edie Beale ...Great Dancer and Singer

Only if your a Grey Garden fan will you appreciate this!!!! This piece is 21X17 painting of Edie Beale . I added letters in a run-on sentence style " I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST COSTUME FOR THE DAY" , and incorporated them in the scene. The frame says The great dancer and singer Edie Bouvier Beale in Lois Write style.

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Michigan premiere of Grey Gardens the musical in Royal Oak

Grey Gardens is being produced quite a bit these days! Here's an upcoming production in Royal Oak, MI.

From Stagecrafters

Grey Gardens

April 29–May 1, 5–8, 13–14, 2011

Book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie

Take a musical trip to the East Hamptons [sic] on Long Island where the hilarious and heartbreaking story of the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis unfolds. Big Edie and her daughter, Little Edie, once bright names atop the social register, have become the area’s most notorious recluses. The two share a dysfunctional relationship behind the closed doors of the dilapidated mansion named Grey Gardens. Based on the famous documentary of the same name, this musical has been called “bold, haunting and hypnotic.

Director: Jay Kaplan

Audience Advisory: Adult content and situations.

Curtain Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm.

Due to the intimacy of the theatre and the proximity of the stage to the seating area, there will be no late seating.

Colorized photo courtesy of Magdelena Majewska.

Grey Gardens Cast List

Edith Bouvier Beale (1941)	Beth Lackey	of Grand Blanc
"Little" Edie Beale (1941)	Erika Fell	of Clinton Twp
George Gould Strong	Brian Welch	of Dearborn
Brooks, Sr	Dez Walker	of Royal Oak
Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier	Nina White
Lee Bouvier	Emily Lourim
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr	Nathaniel Schick	of Dearborn
J.V. "Major" Bouvier	Edmond Reynolds	of Ann Arbor
Edith Bouvier Beale (1973)	Maureen Cook	of Bloomfield Hills
"Little" Edie Beale (1973)	Beth Lackey	of Grand Blanc
Brooks, Jr	Dez Walker	of Royal Oak
Jerry	Nathaniel Schick	of Dearborn
Norman Vincent Peale	Edmond Reynolds	of Ann Arbor

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