For all of you that saw Grey Gardens . . .

[TenThousandThings]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 1:13am

What was the music like? Stylistically, did it remind you of anything/any other composer's work? How true is it to the time period?

Thanks! :0)

[mathewbrock]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 1:22am

From what I remember, the first act contains lots of songs that Big Eadie and Little Eadie sing together, and mostly reflect the time period. Remember, Act One takes place in the 1940's, long before the documentary finds the two living together in the dilapidated mansion. Sara Gettelfinger and Matt Cavanaugh have a cute duet as lovers. Act Two takes a strange turn (as do the lives of the characters) and mixes eerie tones with jovial numbers and throws a few sweet ballads into the mix, too. Christine Ebersole's 11 o'clock number is brilliantly moving.

This is all done purely out of memory and without consulting a song list from the show or the cast recording info... Hope it answers some of your questions.

[TenThousandThings]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 1:24am

Thanks, mathewbrock -- very helpful! :0)

If only the cast album was already released . . .

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:06am

It's either coming out or it's already out. I'd check up on it. It sounds like an interesting show.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:29am

According to our very own website, it comes out 8/22

[once a month]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:40am

I'm really looking forward to seeing this show on October 21st. I just finished watching the DVD of the 1975 documentary. These women were self delusional lunatics! It was hard not to watch...almost like watching a trainwreck.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:42am

Basically Act One consists of 40s-esque pastiche songs that are very reminiscent of Cole Porter's work of that period and Act II, reflecting the women's eccentric and odd ways of 30 years later, as well as their dire straits, combines patter songs with disjointed rhythms (perfectly capturing Little Edie in stream-of-consciousness monologue mode), a bombastic faux-patriotic number and a couple of lyrical, melancholy ballads in which the women reveal how they deal with and have become resigned to their sad plight. Act II's music isn't really reflective of the 70s sound or any particular composer, but it does do a good job of bringing life to and fleshing out these characters.

Updated On: 7/27/06 at 10:42 AM