#1Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/6/08 at 11:18pm
Absolutely brilliant casting.
"Barbara Walsh will star in Washington D.C's Studio Theatre's production of the award-winning musical Grey Gardens, November 12-December 21, to be directed by Serge Seiden.
Walsh's many Broadway credits include Company, Blood Brothers, Big, and Falsettos, and she starred earlier this year in Baltimore's Centerstage production of A Little Night Music. She will appear in concert on September 8 at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre and will appear later this month in the NYMF production of About Face.
The Studio's Mainstage season began this week with artistic director Joy Zinoman's production of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, about the meeting of a reclusive artist and a young teacher in South Africa (through October 12). It will also include Paul Mullins' production of Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, about a poker game with the Devil (January 24-February 22); Tom Stoppard's political drama Rock n' Roll, directed by Zinoman (April 22-May 31); and Derrick Sanders' production of August Wilson's final play Radio Golf, about an ambitious Los Angeles businessman in the 1990s (May 20-June 28.)
The theater's Milton Series includes David Muse's production of David Harrower's two-hander Blackbird (December 3-21); the world premiere of Dael Orlandersmith's solo piece Stoop Stories, directed by Gordon Edelstein (March 20-April 5); and Joan Didion's adaptation of her autobiographical best-seller The Year of Magical Thinking (June 17-July 5)..."
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Updated On: 9/6/08 at 11:18 PM
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#2re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:10amCool casting!
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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#3re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:14am
I think she'll blow Ebersole out of the water.
Yeah. I said it.
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#4re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:19am
Someone got burned at a stage door!
Ouch.
Feel the burn, Eb.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
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#6re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:22am
Huh?
It has nothing to do with Ebersole at the stage door. While I loved what she did with the second act, I thought her first left a lot to be desired.
Walsh, being one of my favorite performers and her Joanne being one of my favorite performances (next to Clark in PIAZZA and Pinkins in COC), I have no doubt in my mind that her two performances in this musical will be nothing short of mindblowing.
Sadly I cannot afford the cost to see the show. But maybe I'll hit lotto. A boy can dream.
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#7re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:32amGeeeeenius.
#8re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 12:32amI will definitely be seeing this!
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#9re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 1:25amInteresting. This makes me want to see Grey Gardens again! I loved Walsh's Joanne, I wonder what she'll do with the two Edies...
There's a lot I am not certain of...
#10re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:26am
HELL YES.
I am so excited to see this and West Side Story in DC over Christmas break.
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#11re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:34am
I dunno why it has to be a competition.
ANYway, I think Ms. Walsh will be brilliant.
This is why I wish the show could have kept running in NYC--it's going to be fun seeing various interpretations of the Edies.
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#12re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:45am
Um...am I missing something? When the show was running weren't there a ton of threads about how it would have to close when Christine left because "no one else could do the part justice"?
I'm neutral on it...but it is just an observation.
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#13re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:49am
I did not share that opinion.
ETA: I thought Christine was brilliant, but I believe the material is worthy of multiple interpretations.
Updated On: 9/7/08 at 10:49 AM
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#14re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:58am
OH I wasn't meaning you JRB_actor. I also think multiple interpretations can be wonderful. :) I just meant in general there were a lot of threads about how no one else could play the role.
Ah well. :)
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#15re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:16am
Barbara Walsh - solo concert - Monday night at 7 at the Beechman. Going? 212 695 6909 for reservations. $25, $15 food/bev minimum.
Let's all drink to that.
#16re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:42am
Um...am I missing something? When the show was running weren't there a ton of threads about how it would have to close when Christine left because "no one else could do the part justice"?
like how everyone said last summer that Patti would win a Tony should Gypsy transfer to Broadway, and then after it transferred said Kelli O'Hara or Faith Prince should win.
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#17re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:42amReally, you can like Barbara Walsh - who doesn't? - without having to insult Ebersole.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
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#18re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 2:28pm
Givesmevoice ~ Exactly. The quick change of face around here makes me laugh sometimes.
And Mallardo, I wasn't saying anything against either. Just observing how quickly some opinions change around here.
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#19re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 3:21pm
It doesn't have to be thought of as a competition.
This isn't "American Idol," and it's not a reality game show either.
All that aside... I think this is great casting, and I wonder who will play Big Edie!
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#20re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 6:20pm
I'm curious who will be Big Edie. The only other production I heard about had Dale Soules who was the Big Edie u/s on Broadway and (when I saw her) was basically a carbon-copy of MLW's performance.
Should be interesting if they have to completely unaffiliated-to-the-Broadway-run Edies.
Sidenote: Barbara Walsh is actually good friends with Maureen Moore, who u/s Edie on Broadway.
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#21re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 7:27pm
I will have to see this.
I thought Christine Ebersole was sheer genius as the Edies, but I never thought the show couldn't "survive" without her. It just demands someone special to sing those gorgeous songs and make us both laugh and cry. I can't wait to see what Barbara Walsh--and the Studio Theatre--does with GREY GARDENS.
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#22re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 7:30pm
I'd seriously like to see someone like Estelle Parsons as Big Edie.
She could NAIL it.
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#23re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 7:32pmOMG, Besty! I can hear Estelle NOW: "EEEDIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE! I'm starving!!!!"
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#24re: Walsh to Star in Studio Theatre's GREY GARDENS
Posted: 9/7/08 at 7:35pm
I'd love to see Polly Bergen in this role.
Polly and Barbara were perfect as the bickering mother and daughter in A Little Night Music at Centerstage.
The relationship between Desiree and Madame Armfeldt is very similar to the one between Big and Little Edie. I think it would be perfect.
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