For all of you that saw Grey Gardens . . .

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)

Thanks, mathewbrock -- very helpful! :0)

If only the cast album was already released . . .

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

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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.

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