Grey Gardens is an incredible show. It's beautifully written, has a wonderful score, a cast that will go down in history as one of the most incredible to grace the stage You know, if you're going to steal Ben Brantley's words, the least you can do is give him the appropriate credit. Only, he said it about Ms. Ebersole, not about the cast as a whole. The cast will not go down in history. Ebersole's performance will. And she'll be awarded appropriately, I have no doubt. GREY GARDENS is an incredible show, I agree. But so is SPRING AWAKENING. They're as different as two musicals could be, so it's hard to compare them.
It's also a show that could do very well on tour. It has a small cast, a rather uncomplicated set and the whole Jackie O. thing that will attract tourists. Now you're stretching a bit too far. You're kidding yourself if you think GREY GARDENS is going to do well on tour. "A rather uncomplicated set," you say? I'd say GREY GARDENS' set is a heck of a lot more complicated than SPRING AWAKENING's set. And you say that the "Jackie O. thing will attract tourists." If they're "tourists", then they're seeing the show in New York from out of town. SPRING AWAKENING, like RENT, will tour and tour for years (10 years and still going). I doubt GREY GARDENS will even tour at all. I love the show to death, but it is not a show that will have a long life beyond Broadway.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 12/20/06 at 10:06 PM
