#26
Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:05am
Yes, Ms. Ebersole signed. Yes, there is a lot of fun merchandise to be bought if you like.
GREY GARDENS - First Preview — Page 2
#27
Posted: 10/4/06 at 3:07am
Thanks :)
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Do you think my costume looked all right for Brooks? I think he was a little amazed.
#29
Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:55am
i am sad to hear about the new prologue...i thought the transformation from Old BE to Young BE with the song TOYLAND & the drawing room of GREY GARDENS opening up to the audience was one of the most magical & brilliant things i'd ever seen....& i think it would dampen the thrill of revealing documentary-era LE @ the top of ACT II.
#30
Posted: 10/4/06 at 8:27am
As much as I was sorry to lose the sparkling "Toyland/Five-Fifteen/Body Beautiful Beale" segment (much of the meat of it is still there, though diced up and given to other cast members during Act 1, though I miss Goulds' acrid musical commentary during it), the instinct to open with Christine as Little Edie is a good one, and serves to introduce the story to GREY GARDENS newbies, as is the gorgeous waltz "The Girl Who Had Everything". Of the other songs... I was not all that crazy about "Better Fall Out Of Love", but "Goin' Places" sounds like a temporary song used to hold the spot for a better replacement. But "Marrying Well" is a far better number than "Being Bouvier" and it also emcompasses snatches of the cut "Tomorrows Woman".
I also really liked Erin Davie. At times she seemed a bit tentative here and there, but it WAS her first performance and I'm sure she'll settle in just fine. She totally got the Little Edies unbalanced quality and RAGE at her mother, that made the scenes with Christine late in Act 1 especially powerful - it seemed right out of MILDRED PIERCE.
I thought Christine's version of "Will You" was especially magical tonight and "Another Winter In A Summer Town" was shattering. Christines face was wet with tears and she seemed totally empotionally spent for the rest of the act.
Act 2 is essentially unchanged except for the finale which I think is a great improvement. Yes, though I love the "Peas In a Pod" reprise too...but on another level it was too cheerfully Vo-De-Oh upbeat coming right after the wrenching "Another Winter in a Summer Town". The "Girl Who Had Everything" reprise and last 'shot' of Christine staring out of the screen window with an expression of utter defeat and desolation, is a far tougher and more affecting way to conclude GREY GARDENS.
But THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST PREVIEW. More changes are coming. I spoke to someone connected with the show during intermission who told me that "We are going to trying out lots of things. That's what previews are for."
I also really liked Erin Davie. At times she seemed a bit tentative here and there, but it WAS her first performance and I'm sure she'll settle in just fine. She totally got the Little Edies unbalanced quality and RAGE at her mother, that made the scenes with Christine late in Act 1 especially powerful - it seemed right out of MILDRED PIERCE.
I thought Christine's version of "Will You" was especially magical tonight and "Another Winter In A Summer Town" was shattering. Christines face was wet with tears and she seemed totally empotionally spent for the rest of the act.
Act 2 is essentially unchanged except for the finale which I think is a great improvement. Yes, though I love the "Peas In a Pod" reprise too...but on another level it was too cheerfully Vo-De-Oh upbeat coming right after the wrenching "Another Winter in a Summer Town". The "Girl Who Had Everything" reprise and last 'shot' of Christine staring out of the screen window with an expression of utter defeat and desolation, is a far tougher and more affecting way to conclude GREY GARDENS.
But THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST PREVIEW. More changes are coming. I spoke to someone connected with the show during intermission who told me that "We are going to trying out lots of things. That's what previews are for."
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
Updated On: 10/4/06 at 08:27 AM
#31
Posted: 10/4/06 at 8:29am
Yes, the house was full. It's the Kerr, so it's wicked small. If Cherry Jones can fill it for a year, Ebersole might be able to give 'em two. 
In Act I, the prologue is way, WAY more explanatory than it was OB (at least as recorded on the cast recording). Michael Greif is fundamentally incapable of directing a show where there is a "gimmick" that ties two acts together. He failed to help audiences map the characters and provide exposition in RENT (the "relationship maps" didn't appear in the original Playbills but started showing up at the start of the Angel Tour); so, now, he overcompensates here.
BTW, the first song with Little Edie, Lee, and Jackie is wretched -- perhaps the most cloying, annoying, and shrill thing I've seen on stage ever. It's not on the OB cast recording but precedes "The Five-Fifteen." Two words -- CUT IT!
In Act I, the prologue is way, WAY more explanatory than it was OB (at least as recorded on the cast recording). Michael Greif is fundamentally incapable of directing a show where there is a "gimmick" that ties two acts together. He failed to help audiences map the characters and provide exposition in RENT (the "relationship maps" didn't appear in the original Playbills but started showing up at the start of the Angel Tour); so, now, he overcompensates here.
BTW, the first song with Little Edie, Lee, and Jackie is wretched -- perhaps the most cloying, annoying, and shrill thing I've seen on stage ever. It's not on the OB cast recording but precedes "The Five-Fifteen." Two words -- CUT IT!
#32
Posted: 10/4/06 at 8:37am
I am seeing this on Nov. 11th and am looking forward to it. I have the OB recording. I am sorry they cut Better Fall Out of Love, but hopefully the new stuff is better!
#33
Posted: 10/4/06 at 10:33am
Ok I searched I swear and I know this question gets asked all the time but does anyone know if there is Rush?
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#34
Posted: 10/4/06 at 10:35am
it's so fun for me to read about all the stuff cut/added as i have the off-broadway recording but refuse to allow myself to listen to it as i want it to be a whole new experience when i go into the theatre on October 21st :)
i love the movie so so much that it's going to be surreal to see my girls on stage talking about how Jerry likes her corn.
i love the movie so so much that it's going to be surreal to see my girls on stage talking about how Jerry likes her corn.
#35
Posted: 10/4/06 at 1:05pm
I believe that there are window cards at the theatre. I could be mistaken on that.
#36
Posted: 10/4/06 at 5:04pm
How's Mr. Cavenaugh?
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#37
Posted: 10/4/06 at 5:06pm
Having recently watched the documentary, I am very intrigued by this show. I hope to get to NYC in the spring to see it.
#38
Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:00pm
I am seeing it on the 6th of October. I am sure it will be great!!!!!!!!
"Life is not measured by the number
of breaths we take, but by moments
that take our breath away."
"Life isn't about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain."
#39
Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:27pm
im seeing this the last day of the year, December 31st
very excited to end my year with this :)
i am glad to hear it is amazing! i CANNOT WAIT to see this!
what other merchandise do they have as of now?
very excited to end my year with this :)
i am glad to hear it is amazing! i CANNOT WAIT to see this!
what other merchandise do they have as of now?
#40
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:09pm
Matt is fine, if a bit underutilzed. Joe is kind of a thankless role, though he makes more of an impression as Jerry.
They have especially well-designed T-shirts and canvas beach bags.
They have especially well-designed T-shirts and canvas beach bags.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#41
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:18pm
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quote: Christine Ebersole belongs on Mount Rushmore...or something.
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Didn't that happen in Richie Rich already...
quote: Christine Ebersole belongs on Mount Rushmore...or something.
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Didn't that happen in Richie Rich already...
#42
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:21pm
I am so excited! I am seeing the show on Tuesday.
#43
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:25pm
I'm confussed.
Is 5:15 in the new show or not?
I love that number.
Is 5:15 in the new show or not?
I love that number.
#44
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:26pm
5:15 is there, but its not in the exact place or form it was Off-Broadway.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#45
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:37pm
AHHH!
Thank you, I would have been devastated to discover it missing the night of the show.
I am still planing a trip to NYC just to see this show.
Glas everyone's reviews are positive!
Thank you, I would have been devastated to discover it missing the night of the show.
I am still planing a trip to NYC just to see this show.
Glas everyone's reviews are positive!
#46
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:39pm
Nice that Matt has made it back to Broadway. I saw, and enjoyed, him in "Dorian" here in Denver. Saw it 3 times.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 10/4/06 at 07:39 PM
#47
Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:47pm
"Didn't that happen in Richie Rich already... "
I thought the same thing. Especially because the movie was on TV this afternoon.
I thought the same thing. Especially because the movie was on TV this afternoon.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#48
Posted: 10/4/06 at 10:59pm
Yes, Christine came out and signed and then went back into the theatre.
#49
Posted: 10/4/06 at 11:17pm
Christine Ebersole is depicted on Mount Rushmore in Richie Rich?
I have never seen the movie and didn't even know she was in it (or anyone else for that matter.)
That's quite a coincidence. Okay, let me change my remark.
She should be canonized.
My point: she is remarkable.
"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"
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I have never seen the movie and didn't even know she was in it (or anyone else for that matter.)
That's quite a coincidence. Okay, let me change my remark.
She should be canonized.
My point: she is remarkable.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
**********
"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"
~ Best12Bars
Updated On: 10/5/06 at 11:17 PM
#50
Posted: 10/4/06 at 11:45pm
ON Monday the guy at the box office told me there was definately student rush but they were still deciding on the details and to check back the next day (yesterday), which I didn't do.
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