Photo Flash: Shields and Maines at Grey Gardens
By: Mark Rupp May. 09, 2007
Film, TV and stage star Brooke Shields and Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines recently visited backstage after attending a performance of the Broadway hit Grey Gardens, now playing the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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 is produced by Producers East of Doheny, Randall L. Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden and Edwin W. Schloss, in association with Playwrights Horizons."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. This witty and passionate ride features Christine Ebersole's already-legendary performance and breaks new ground as the first musical ever based on a documentary. Step into the world of Grey Gardens and see the other side of Camelot," state press notes.
Visit www.greygardensthemusical.com for more information.
Brooke Shields and Kelsey Fowler
Brooke Shields, Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson and Natalie Maines
Natalie Maines and Christine Ebersole
Mary Louise Wilson, Natalie Maines and Christine Ebersole
Mary Louise Wilson, Brooke Shields and Christine Ebersole
Brooke Shields and Christine Ebersole
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