Photo Coverage: Grey Gardens at Virgin Records
By: Mark Rupp May. 11, 2007
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In celebration of the recent release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the hit Broadway musical Grey Gardens on PS Classics, Times Square Virgin Megastore (1540 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets) presented a special in-store event on Thursday, May 10. Featuring the entire Broadway cast – including the musical's acclaimed stars Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole and Tony Award nominee Mary Louise Wilson – the event included musical performances and a CD signing with all nine cast members.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Grey Gardens was released on March 27 on PS Classics. Recorded February 13, the album is produced by multiple Grammy winner Steven Epstein (The Light in the Piazza). In a unique development, the Original Broadway Cast Recording replaces the previously-available World Premiere Recording, which was also released by the Grammy-nominated label. That recording featured the Off-Broadway cast, based on the musical's original run last year at Playwrights Horizons. The new recording features the Broadway cast and preserves the significant changes made for the Broadway production by author Doug Wright, composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie.
In addition to stars Ebersole (42nd Street, Dinner at Eight) and 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 Wright, music by Frankel, and lyrics by Korie. The show is directed by Tony Award nominee and Obie winner Michael Greif.
"Not since Mama Rose and Gypsy has there been a mother/daughter act as hilarious, as heartbreaking and as utterly unforgettable as Edith and Edie Beale - Jackie Kennedy's most outrageous relatives - in Broadway's acclaimed musical smash Grey Gardens. From the grandeur of an East Hampton high society party in 1941 to the sensational tabloid headlines that rocked the Kennedy clan in 1973, Grey Gardens is scandalously entertaining," state press notes.
Visit www.greygardensthemusical.com for more information.
Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson
Kelsey Fowler, Sarah Hyland and Erin Davie
Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson, Erin Davie, Kelsey Fowler, Bob Stillman, Sarah Hyland and Matt Cavenaugh
Bob Stillman and Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson, John McMartin and Bob Stillman sign CDs
Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson, John McMartin, Bob Stillman and Sarah Hyland
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