GREY GARDENS closes in 4 days :(

#1

GREY GARDENS closes in 4 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 2:20pm

This thread is for Brody.

Two of the greatest performances of our time will be no more this Sunday.

RIP GREY GARDENS. 7.29.2007. You'll be missed.

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--Aristotle

Updated On: 7/25/07 at 02:20 PM

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re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 2:24pm

I think it's safe to say that they are the greatest female performances of our time. At least in the new milennium.

#3

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 2:26pm

No video, obviously. How upsetting.

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#4

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:05pm

Listening to the cast recording today I got a little teary-eyed thinking about the fact that it's closing during the reprise of "Around the World". I feel so fortunate to have been able to see it mutliple times and will cherish it.

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#5

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:22pm

"It's the most disgusting, atrocious thing EVER to happen in America!" I am so sad this piece of brilliance is closing. If Ebersole tours the US with Grey Gardens, I am following the show in a van and becoming an "Eb-Head".

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#6

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:27pm

Seeing the show last Saturday, everyone who saw it with me agreed it's a shame that it's closing. And the fact that these two brilliant performances won't be recorded is a crime.

Goodbye GREY GARDENS. You'll be missed.

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#7

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:29pm

So sad!!!! I will be saying goodbye in person on Wednesday night. I am so sad.

#8

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 4:01pm

Going to the closing show. It'll be quite sad, but at least I'm seeing it one last time.

#9

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 6:39pm

"It's the most disgusting, atrocious thing EVER to happen in America!"

someone beat me. *sigh*

This is so sad.

#10

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 6:42pm

At least it was partially recorded for the new documentary.

#11

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 7:25pm

when lilacs return in spring
will you?
when larks in the meadow sing
will you?

...because i ask you....who could ever bear to leave?!?!?!?!

#12

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 8:37pm

I feel very strongly about momentos. Memorebelia, I guess you call it.

A birdcage I planned to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird that flew away.

#13

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 10:09pm

I'm seeing it this Friday, I could not be more excited. But it's awful that I'll be seeing one of the last performances of it.

It's a haunting beauty, eh?

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#14

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 10:16pm

^
i'll be there on friday, too.

#15

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/23/07 at 10:17pm

I'll be there Sunday. My first ever closing show.

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#16

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 7:59pm

I'm flying in from Chicago just for the closing. Friday in the center mezzanine and Sunday for the closing, Orchestra F. Getting choked up already....

#17

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 8:07pm

It happens to every show eventually

I always knew it would be a hardsell much like Sideshow

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#18

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 8:24pm

I'm sad to see it close, but I will definitely be seeing it on tour.

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It was awesome. - theaterkid1015

#19

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 8:52pm

Seeing it Wednesday (tomorrow)...thank god for the cheap balcony seats!!

#20

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 9:32pm

i've got tickets to sunday's show that i may have to sell.

EDIT ... we found a last-minute deal to nyc on travelocity, so we'll be using the tix afterall!

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RIP glebby <3

Updated On: 7/24/07 at 09:32 PM

#21

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 9:44pm

cturtle, it says you can't accept PMs....PM me. :) i'm very interested.

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#22

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 11:01pm

A very sad closing indeed.
Sweetie I will buy one if you are selling.
Ebersole deserved a longer run.

#23

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 11:26pm

Here's to the most beautiful, emotional show I've ever seen on Broadway. I will be at the closing show Sunday, probably bawling my eyes out. I was at the show tonight, and was actually in physical pain.

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#24

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/24/07 at 11:50pm

I loved it. Went twice. I will be there in spirit but won't be there a third time. It is such a wonderful show. Especially the second act.

#25

re: GREY GARDENS closes in 6 days :(

Posted: 7/25/07 at 1:20am

Why exactly did it close? Almost everyone I know absolutely adored it, and the others had no idea what it was, but off point.

I feel so bad for Ebersole. She so deserved a longer run, she's amazing in the show. I'm so sad I didn't get to see it. If anyone wants to take me, I am totally free. :)

I'd hate to be there closing night, though. If I were in it, I'd be sobbing through half my songs.