Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
#1Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 9:53am
What do you think? I'd love to see Marin Mazzie take on Little Edie, but, given the financial flop of the original, they'd probably need a major name for any producers to take that risk.
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#2Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 10:07am
It would need a major name to not flop, yes, but it would need a major TALENT to work.
Ebersole will not soon be forgotten, if ever.
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#3Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 11:07am
Roundabout considered bringing in the Rachel York/Betty Buckley production for a limited run at the Pels, but they ultimately passed.
The show is only 12 years old. I'm sure it will be seen again in New York at some point, but how many people can really be itching for a major-scale Broadway revival already?
#4Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 11:20am
We've already had a Spring Awakening revival, and that was the same season.
(Edit: of course, Spring Awakening was big hit...)
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#5Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 11:21amWhat about Christine baranski?
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#6Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 12:15pm
GlindatheGood22 said: "We've already had a Spring Awakening revival, and that was the same season.
(Edit: of course, Spring Awakening was big hit...)"
That production also had a fundamentally different concept than the original. It also wasn't terribly successful -- perhaps because there wasn't a huge audience for such a recent Broadway show.
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#7Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 12:17pmLet's wait ten years or so when Laura Benanti is age appropriate for the Big Edie/Little Edie role.
#8Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 12:21pmI know everyone wants her to do everything, but Meryl would be stupendous.
#9Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 12:29pmThey would need a major name to even attempt it, and I can’t imagine anyone will ever be able to top the colossal, towering performance of Christine Ebersole’s.
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#10Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 1:23pm
Love for CSC to take a stab at this. Keep it very small.
#11Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 2:00pm
That original production was incredible and, for me, will not be topped. I saw the lovely production in Sag Harbor, but I kept thinking how much I missed how it was done originally.
My god. It's been 12 years! I guess it wouldn't hurt to revive it.
#12Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 2:12pmI doubt it’d ever be back on Broadway unless a major star did it for a limited run. I’m sure it could return and be a hit off-Broadway, though.
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#13Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 2:12pm
I saw it twice and watch this often.
https://youtu.be/rhshJfGBJ2s
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#14Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 11:59pm
fb1123 said: "I saw it twice and watch this often.
https://youtu.be/rhshJfGBJ2s"
Thanks for the link. That was awesome. STAUNCH!!!!!!
#15Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 2:29am
GeorgeandDot said: "Let's wait ten years or so when Laura Benanti is age appropriate for the Big Edie/Little Edie role."
that would be wonderful
i also recently thought of possibly Kristin Chen in the role, anyone think that maybe could work?
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#16Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 2:37am
Kristin Chenoweth should do it in the next 6-7 years. I think the show could be revived many many years later without a big name to sell it given natural artistic interest in revamping/revisioning the show.
#17Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:13am
Couldn't be Cheno for a couple of reasons, not the least of which is physical. Neither Big or Little Edie was that short!
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#18Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:20am
I think it will be revived in New York at some point. It's too good a show to not warrant that but I think the right venue would matter. It's almost a chamber musical so it wouldn't require a huge theater, but with the right creative team I think it's very revive-able.
#19Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:25am
I saw the original with Ebersole, and it was an incredible evening of theatre. I hear so many people dog on the first act, as if it is boring. I think it's a glorious pastiche musical with tuneful melodies and a strong plot. The laughs really come in the second act, and I think the whole piece works wonderfully together.
I love the idea of Laura Benanti.
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#20Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:45amKelli O'Hara and Victoria Clark please.
#21Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:49am
Victoria Clark would be GLORIOUS.
Chenoweth and Benanti sound totally wrong, in my opinion.
#22Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:53amI would love to hear Clark sing “Will You?” And “Another Winter in a Summer Town”.
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#23Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 12:05pmI was more thinking Kelli as Big Edie/Little Edie and Victoria as act 2 Big Edie, but either way they both would sing the crap out of that beautiful music.
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#24Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 6:22pmLoretta Swit?
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#25Will We Ever See a Grey Gardens Revival?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 7:21pm
Kelli is a bit too sweet and reserved for the Little Edie role in act two. Cheno will have a hard time disappearing into the role. Her personality is too strong.
Why would Benanti be wrong for the part in 10+ years? She's too young now, but could handle the classical singing in act one and then transform into the more character singing in act two.
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