Ebersole 'Dresses Like a Fashion Icon' on NBC, 6/7

Broadway star Christine Ebersole appears tomorrow, Thursday, June 7, on NBC News' "Today" in a fashion show: "How to Dress Like You're a Fashion Icon." 

Ebersole will model a look inspired by Little Eddie, a role she currently plays in the new Broadway musical Grey Gardens.  Other models will wear looks emulating fashion icons Jackie Kennedy, Bettie Page and Madonna.  Ebersole is nominated for a 2007 Tony Award.  "Today" can be seen Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 10 a.m. ET. 

Grey Gardens received 9 other 2007 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.  The Broadway producers – East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall L. Wreghitt/Mort Swinky, Michael Alden and Edwin W. Schloss in association with Playwrights Horizons – will be teaming with London producers to present the show in its UK bow during the 2007-2008 season.  London partners, dates and additional casting will be officially announced in the coming months. To make sure audiences across the U.S. also get to see the acclaimed musical production, the Grey Gardens producers also confirmed that they are in the planning stages for a U.S. National Tour.

In addition to stars Christine Ebersole (42nd Street, Dinner at Eight) and Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret, Full Gallop), Grey Gardens stars John McMartin, Bob Stillman, Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Potts, and Sarah Hyland (all from the Playwrights Horizons production), as well as Broadway newcomer Erin Davie as Young 'Little' Edie Beale, and Kelsey Fowler.  The show opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 2nd.

The musical features a book by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, the play and film Quills), music by Scott Frankel (musical director for Broadway's Falsettos, Putting It Together) and lyrics by Michael Korie (Harvey Milk, Zhivago). Directed by Tony Award nominee and Obie winner Michael Greif (Rent), the production has musical staging by Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Big River, Grease!). It will be produced by Producers East of Doheny, Randall L. Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden and Edwin W. Schloss, in association with Playwrights Horizons,

"Not since Mama Rose and Gypsy has there been a mother/daughter act as hilarious, as heartbreaking and as utterly unforgettable as Edith and Edie Beale - Jackie Kennedy's most outrageous relatives - in Broadway's acclaimed musical smash Grey Gardens.  From the grandeur of an East Hampton high society party in 1941 to the sensational tabloid headlines that rocked the Kennedy clan in 1973, Grey Gardens is scandalously entertaining.  This witty and passionate ride features Christine Ebersole's already-legendary performance and breaks new ground as the first musical ever based on a documentary.  Step into the world of Grey Gardens and see the other side of Camelot," state press notes.

The Broadway production of Grey Gardens reunites the original creative and design team from its earlier production at Playwrights Horizons.  The show features scenic design by Allen Moyer, costume design by five-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award winner Peter Kaczorowski, sound design by Brian Ronan and projections by Wendall K. Harrington. Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin and Music Director is Lawrence Yurman.

Visit www.greygardensthemusical.com for more information.  Visit www.nbc.com for more on NBC.

Photo of Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens by Joan Marcus