Grey Gardens Composer and Christine Ebersole to Perform on NPR This Weekend

Grey Gardens composer Scott Frankel and leading lady Christine Ebersole--who recently wowed critics with her portrayal of the unconventional Edie Bouvier--will perform two songs from the Playwrights Horizons musical on the National Public Radio program "Studio 360" this weekend.

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They will treat New York-area listeners to "The Revolutionary Costume for Today" and "Will You?" on March 25th at 10 AM on WNYC-FM (93.9-FM) and March 26th at 7 PM on WNYC-AM (820-AM). They will also sit down for an interview with host Kurt Anderson.

The show about eccentric relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy opened on March 7th, after beginning previews at the Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater on February 10th. Grey Gardens, which has been selling out performances, is set to play through April 23rd.

With a book by Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife), composer Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie, the show stars Tony Award-winner Ebersole (Steel Magnolias, 42nd Street) and Mary Louise Wilson (The Women, Cabaret), as well as Sara Gettelfinger (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nine), Matt Cavenaugh (Urban Cowboy), Sarah Hyland (Paper Mill Playhouse's Annie), six-time Tony Award-nominee John McMartin (Sweet Charity, Follies), Michael Potts (Lennon), two-time Tony Award-nominee Bob Stillman (Grand Hotel) and Audrey Twitchell. Tony Award-nominee Michael Greif (Rent) directs.

"Grey Gardens concerns the deliciously eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who were once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, and are now East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Facing an uncertain future, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter, 'Little' Edie, are forced to revisit their storied past and come to terms with it — for better, and for worse," according to Playwrights Horizons notes.

In the musical, Ebersole and Wilson respectively play Edith in 1941 and 1973, while Gettelfinger and Ebersole play Edie in those same years.

Grey Gardens' creative team includes Allen Moyer (sets), William Ivey Long (costumes), Peter Kaczorowski (lighting), Brian Ronan (sound), Wendall K. Harrington (projections), Bruce Coughlin (orchestrations) and Lawrence Yurman (musical direction).

Listeners outside of the New York area, can learn how to tune in to "Studio 360" by visiting this link. The program will also be available online at this link.

For more information on Grey Gardens, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.playwrightshorizons.org.