'Gardens' Star Ebersole Wins Best Actress/Musical Tony

Grey Gardens' Christine Ebersole has won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Grey Gardens, which began previews on October 3rd, opened on November 2nd at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Joining Playwrights Horizons cast members ="http:>="http:>Christine Ebersole (who won Obie and Drama Desk Awards for her performance as Little Edie), ="http:>="http:>Mary Louise Wilson, ="http:>="http:>John McMartin, ="http:>="http:>Matt Cavenaugh, ="http:>="http:>Bob Stillman, ="http:>="http:>Michael Potts and ="http:>="http:>Sarah Hyland are newcomers ="http:>="http:>Erin Davie and Kelsey Fowler.

Based on the legendary 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, the musical features a book by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner ="http:>="http:>Doug Wright, music by ="http:>="http:>Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie. Directed by Tony Award nominee and Obie winner ="http:>="http:>Michael Greif (Rent), the show "brings to life both the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras – in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor – the musical tells the alternately hilarious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable individuals, Edith ="http:>="http:>Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie," according to production notes.

For more information, visit www.greygardensthemusical.com.

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