Grey Gardens Reviews — Page 4

Congrats Grey Gardens! I do hope the show can find an audience. Getting tourists into the seats is going to be rough. The Tonys are a long way off. Sounds like guaranteed nominations for Ebersole, book, score and best musical.

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Munk - surely you realize that GG and CHAPERONE aren't exactly of the same genre!

MB, of course they're not the same genre - but I think DROWSY certainly surprised us all when it started selling out and making over a million a week.

I'm just saying that it leaves some hope for GREY GARDENS.

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Well, DC like any hit show is depending and succeeding on the bump its getting from group ticket sales. DC is very easy to market to tour groups. I can not imagine GG being high on any group sales list except for maybe the San Francisco Gay Babtist Fellowhip.

But Block, alas, is in a flop...as of right now, at least. You're absolutely right about Audra. And after seeing her sing OLD MAID at Carnegie Hall, it speaks of a performance that will be spectacular. Having seen Kristen do the role, I just don't think she pulls off the multiple roles as well as Ebersole. But she didn't have the benefit of a full rehearsal period, so, that may change.

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Ebersole is VERY well liked among Tony voters. She is going to win. Audra is a Tony favorite but she is not thought of as a leading lady. She is Braodways greatest supporting actress. In fact, the only time she lost a Tony was when she was nominated in the lead cat.

I would think of Audra as a leading lady. But we'll see. This show opened early in the season, so something new might open and cause an upset, you never know? We all thought Lupone was a going to win, but then LaChanze came and grabbed it.

I think the show will get a healthy run and make back its investment.

And yeah, I'm still suprised Drowsy is raking in $1 Mill. It even beats Color Purple.

I am so happy for 'Grey Gardens' and Christine. I can't wait to get to NY and see it.

There are so many great one liners in these reviews in regards to Christine's performance. You can already visualize them outside the Walter Kerr and in the advertising.

My three fav..

#3
Christine Ebersole in a staggering dual-role performance sure to become a new benchmark for musical-theater excellence. VARIETY

#2
In "Grey Gardens," Christine Ebersole delivers a bona fide star turn that is awesome, amazing and astonishing - and that's just the A's. DAILY NEWS

AND #1...
Watching this performance is the best argument I can think of for the survival of the American musical. NY TIMES

PS - I think most thought Patti was a show-in for Best Actress last year.

PSS - I am happy to see that Drowsy is doing well. I must admit that I didn't think it would be a show for tourists, but it's doing great. While they are very differents shows hopefully tourists will also embrace GG.

Updated On: 11/3/06 at 05:40 PM

Not to get to off topic, but i do feel people in the business were surprised Patti lost. While i don't live in nyc, i spend a lot of time there and have friends in the theater industry. I didn't hear many mention LaChanze to win and I do think many were surprised by her win.

FYI - I thought they were both great performances so it's not meant to be a negative comment. Just a comment on what I had heard people saying.

"Polished Erin Davie", probably the best notice she's gotten out of all of these. MOst of them just don't comment on her performance. "


As a friend of Erin, and one who is quite familiar with her work, I have to say that she deserves WAY more mention than she is receiving... I went through this in 3penny - and it can be disheartening... BUT, what makes it just fine is the wonderful response from people here and other places (in person)... so if you DO love Erin, say so!! :)

-BCR

Sharing some Erin Davie love here!

I didn't know her at all, and thought she was good if understandably tentative at the first preview...but she's gotten steadily better each time I've seen the show, being more a match for Christine's Big Edie. And Erin was ON FIRE last night!

She is doing wonderfully subtle work in GREY GARDENS, managing to convey Little Edies damaged qualities with her feisty temprament and peaches-and-cream society charm. Her Edie is both lovely and a little off-kilter.

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I don't understand why it's so hard for some to believe that the act 1 little edie becomes the act 2 little edie. I have someone in my family who made as much a 180 in a third of the time. that's what is so tragic.

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i am so glad this got mostly all positive reviews
:)
makes my anticipation to see it even greater!!!