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Thursday, March 15, 2007
And while I am on subject of Broadway, I was a guest at the musical GREY GARDENS last night, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In association with PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall L. Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden, Edwin W. Schloss present CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, as "little Eddie Beale" in a story about the Beales of East Hampton, the real relatives of JACKIE KENNEDY ONASIS, and the home where she and her sister Lee visited as children. This play is totally based on the marvelous documentary by a master ALBERT MAYSLES et al, which he showed me privately in his studio. The film took a month, and every day Al filmed the horific conditions, which had been condemned by the East Hampton health department, and the dysfunctional and nuerotic relationship of the Mother and her daughter, and all the 50 cats that roamed the home of the two. He captures perfectly the dependency of each character. If history had been changed and the Mother had not interfered with the engagement of her daughter to Joe Kennedy, the first Kennedy son, it might have been Eddie Beale as "first lady of the land". There are some clever scenes in the second act, with visuals, and staging, and the songs keep you moving. But tell me, where were the CATS? If you can't afford the $111 ticket price, there are some at $36 too. |