Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
MimiJudith
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#1Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:02pm
I was really surprised to see that Mary Louise Wilson was not in the Sunday matinee performance of Grey Gardens (1/14/17). Also, if you've never seen it before, you're not going to know that she plays "Edith in Act 2," as was posted in the lobby. They don't say that "Mary Louise Wilson" was out, they just write the character's name. How misleading!
Updated On: 1/14/07 at 08:02 PM
#2re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:06pmThere wasn't an understudy slip in your playbill?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
MimiJudith
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#2re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:08pmThere was, however I only saw the Playbill once I was sitting in the theater already. I could have then gone to ask for a refund, but it seemed too late.
#3re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:09pmI don't think you could've gotten a refund, seeing that Wilson's name is not above the title.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
MimiJudith
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#4re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:10pmThat's a shame. She will probably win the Tony Award.
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#5re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:24pm
She probably will, as will Ebersole.
The post above is right-you can only get a refund/exchange if the performer is over the title. (In this case, Christine Ebersole)
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#6re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:32pmWas Dale Soules playing BE in Act II? How was she?
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:35pm
Understudies will surprise you with how good they are
Case in point - we saw Tarzan today with one of Janes understudies playing the role. Fantastic
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Updated On: 1/14/07 at 08:35 PM
MimiJudith
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#8re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:37pmYes, it was Dale Soules. But Mary Louise Wilson is the best.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#9re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:44pm
Okay, let's say that Mary Louise Wilson IS the best.
Now, how was Dale Soules? Did she do a good job in your opinion? How was the audience reaponse to her performance? You know, things like that. 
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Mr Roxy
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#10re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:46pm
She was in The Magic Show (1974) with the Doug Henning I believe
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#11re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 8:56pm
I saw Dale Soules in The Magic Show 3 times. She was great. I know THAT.
What I want to know NOW is how she is in GREY GARDENS!
Tell us, Mimi!!!!!!
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Mr Roxy
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#12re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:13pm
As I recall, The Magic Show was an engaging piece of fluff. It definitely did not warrant a 2nd or 3rd viewing IMO
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#13re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:29pmRoxy, which understudy did you see as Jane today? My friend's cousin is Jane's understudy. I met her once a long time ago.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#14re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:31pmSaw Niki Scalera & she was great
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Mr Roxy
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#15re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:31pmSaw Niki Scalera & she was great
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#16re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 9:35pmAhh will someone please tell us how Dale was?!?! I have seen Mary 3x and she is fabulous but I am dying to know how Dale does with this role.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#17re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:03pmI saw the show this past Thursday the 11th. I was dissapointed to see That Miss Wilson was out but I have to say that Dale did a WONDRFUL job. The relationship work did not suffer at all. She is a great actress. Ms. Ebersole gave what I personally feel is the best live performance I have ever seen. Great to see an ORIGINAL piece of musical theatre with stellar acting values. The rickety set that wobbled every time it moved,another story but it was handsome to look at in Act 1.
lfae
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#18re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:06pmI saw Dale yesterday. She was AMAZING. It was my first time seeing the show so nothing to compare her to but I can't imagine how the role could have possibly been played any better!
#19re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:15pmyayy! I'd love to see Dale. Hopefully Mary is feeling better.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#20re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:34pm
"Great to see an ORIGINAL piece of musical theatre..."
As much as I love Grey Gardens, it isn't exactly "original" in that it too is based on previous source material.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#21re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:34pmMy friend attended the show on Friday night and MLW was out as well.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#22re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:39pm
Thanks, everybody! I am curious to see Ms. Soules now! Good for her. I was just a kid when I saw her in The Magic Show. It's so great to find out that actors are still alive and kickin'.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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friedrichVT
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#23re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 10:53pmA musical based on a documentary as opposed to a Movie is what I was referring to...Original in my book.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#24re: Grey Gardens 1/14/07 absence
Posted: 1/14/07 at 11:12pm
Dale was FANTASTIC. I saw her Saturday night and i was in awe of how great a performance she gave as an understudy. Her vocals were as good as MLW....
Erin Davie was the upset of the show...
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