Photo Coverage: Minnelli and Stritch at Grey Gardens
By: Mark Rupp May. 12, 2007
Broadway, film and music legend Liza Minnelli, as well as acclaimed jazz pianist and performer Billy Stritch (who has collaborated with Christine Ebersole on, among other projects, the album "In Your Dreams"), recently visited backstage after attending a performance of the Broadway hit Grey Gardens, now playing the Walter Kerr Theatre.
In addition to stars 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 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 is 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.
Visit www.greygardensthemusical.com for more information.
Sarah Hyland and Liza Minnelli
Kelsey Fowler, Liza Minnelli and Sarah Hyland
Billy Stritch and Mary Louise Wilson
Mary Louise Wilson and Liza Minnelli
Mary Louise Wilson and Liza Minnelli
Christine Ebersole and Liza Minnelli
Christine Ebersole, Billy Stritch and Liza Minnelli
Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch
Christine Ebersole, Billy Stritch and Liza Minnelli
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