Photo Flash: First Look at Acting Up Stage Company's Toronto Premiere of GREY GARDENS

Acting Up Stage Company presents the Toronto premiere of the critically acclaimed and Tony award-winning musical - GREYGARDENS. GREY GARDENS will run in Toronto from Friday, February 19th to Sunday March 6th (Opening night February 22) at the Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs (26 Berkeley St.), having its first preview 40 years to the day that the film premiered theatrically in the U.S.. Tickets - on sale now - run from $35 to $55 and are available by phone at 416-368-3110, online at www.canadianstage.com, or in person at the box office.

Acting Up Stage Company is also proud to partner with the Toronto International Film Festival for a screening of the classic film followed by discussion on Sunday, February 7th at 1:30pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Tickets to this special screening event are $13 with all proceeds directly supporting TIFF's Reel Comfort Programme, that brings film screenings, facilitated discussions, and film-craft workshops to inpatient psychiatry units at several Toronto hospitals and community organizations with a focus on mental health.

Additionally, to celebrate the film's legacy in the world of documentary film, Acting Up Stage Company is also proud to partner with Hot Docs for the performance onSunday, February 21 at 7 p.m. Following the performance, Acting Up Stage's Mitchell Marcus is very excited to host a chat with acclaimed Toronto director and writer Patricia Rozema (Into the Forest, Mansfield Park) who co-wrote the screenplay for the HBO TV movie, Grey Gardens, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.

Based on the 1976 cult classic documentary, GREY GARDENS is a tragic, funny, and utterly unforgettable musical about two "staunch" and legendary women: Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale - the infamous aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once the pinnacle of American high society, Big Edie and Little Edie became tabloid fodder in the 1970's when they were discovered living alongside feral cats and raccoons in the dilapidated, flea-infested remains of the family's East Hampton estate.

The winner of 3 Tony Awards and rave reviews on and off Broadway, the musical adaptation of GREY GARDENS explores the fine lines between dependency and love, hope and fantasy, and the past and the present. It is the first ever musical based on a documentary film.

Leading the Toronto cast are Lisa Horner (THE WILD PARTY, KINKY BOOTS, LES MISERABLES, THE WIZARD OF OZ) as Little Edie and Nicola Lipman(ANOTHER HOME INVASION, THE DECEMBER MAN, DRIVING MISS DAISY, CABARET) as Big Edie. They are joined on stage by Matthew Brown, Amariah Faulkner, Tim Funnell, Kira Guloien, Hannah Levinson, Jeff Lillico, and Victor A. Young.

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