Grey Gardens - The Musical
(Audio CD) by Scott Frankel
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Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date:
August 22, 2006
Studio:
P.S. Classics
Composer:
Scott Frankel
Conductor:
Lawrence Yurman
Orchestra:
Grey Gardens Pit Orchestra
Number Of Discs:
1
Format:
Cast Recording
Average Customer Rating:
based on 60 reviews
Description:
The acclaimed and award-winning new musical GREY GARDENS, based on the legendary 1975 documentary of the same name, played a sold-out world premiere production at Playwrights Horizons in the spring of 2006, and when ticket demand refused to abate, the producers announced plans to re-open it on Broadway in October. Starring the rapturously received Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole and Tony Award nominee Mary Louise Wilson, GREY GARDENS concerns the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who were once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, but became East Hampton’s most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. For her performance, Ms. Ebersole won the 2006 Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Obie Award, a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Drama League’s 2006 Distinguished Performance of the Year Award.
CD: 1. Toyland 2. The Five-Fifteen 3. Body Beautiful Beale 4. Mother, Darling 5. Better Fall Out of Love 6. Being Bouvier 7. Hominy Grits 8. Peas in a Pod 9. Drift Away 10. The Five-Fifteen (reprise)/Miss Porter’s Anthem 11. Tomorrow’s Woman 12. Daddy’s Girl 13. Will You? 14. The Revolutionary Costume for Today 15. The Cake I Had 16. Entering Grey Gardens 17. The House We Live In 18. Jerry Likes My Corn 19. Around the World 20. Choose to Be Happy 21. Around the World (reprise) 22. Another Winter in a Summer Town 23. Peas in a Pod (reprise)
Track Listing:
1.
Toyland
2.
The Five-Fifteen
3.
Body Beautiful Beale
4.
Mother Darling
5.
Better Fall Out of Love
6.
Being Bouvier
7.
Hominy Grits
8.
Peas in a Pod
9.
Drit Away
10.
The Five-Fifteen (reprise)/Miss Porter's Anthem
11.
Tomorrow's Woman
12.
Daddy's Girl
13.
Will You?
14.
The Revolutionary Costume for Today
15.
The Cake I Had
16.
Entering Grey Gardens
17.
The House We Live In
18.
Jerry Likes My Corn
19.
Around the World
20.
Choose to be Happy
21.
Around the World (reprise)
22.
Another Winter in a Summer Town
23.
Peas in a Pod (reprise)
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Oh my! This is the best thing EVER to happen in America!Nov 16, 2008 Never have I cherished an original cast recording of a musical like I do this one. Grey Gardens - The Musical caused my to take action in my life and travel to New York to see Christine Ebersole and company live on Broadway. That performance was a matinee near the closing date and after they won the Tony so most of the wind had been taken from their sails but still I had nothing but admiration for them anyway. This show has one of the most beautiful and inventive musical scores ever written for the stage.Ms. Ebersole and co. are beyond brilliant. You all must have it!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Why didn't this beat Spring Awakening?Oct 22, 2008 I am sorry to fans of the aforementioned show, but I thoroughly fail to see why the American Theatre Wing chose Spring Awakening as Best Musical and thought it deserved the Tony for Best Score. Spring Awakening isn't a Broadway score - its '90s pop/punk with profanity-laced lyrics. Grey Gardens, with its hummable melodies, quirky lyrics, and history-making performances by Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson is an infinitely better show - I challenge any listener to successfully get "The Five-Fifteen" or "The Revolutionary Costume For Today" out of their heads. Like many good shows, however, it was above many NYC tourists' and young theatre-goers heads, but happily, the critics "got" it. It reminds me of Sunday in the Park With George in that way: both lost the Tony to musicals that were popular, yes, good even, but not better. Both shows also have two chronologically different acts and both originated off-Broadway at Playwright's Horizons. Anyway, this show is suberb, with a thought-provoking and somewhat tragic story about a mother and daughter's relationship and why we make the decisions that we do. Listen and be taken in by Grey Gardens!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
I love this musical!May 11, 2008 After seeing the DVD (documentary) of Grey Gardens the musical more than met my expectations. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Originality at its very bestMay 09, 2008 This is a real original treat. It's incredible that they've come out with a musical based in such a (real) story. And it certainly works wonderfully! Beautiful - and sometimes very funny - songs, fascinating story and originality at its very best. "The Revolutionary Custome for Today" is hilarious. Donçt miss it.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A milestone in American musical evolution Dec 23, 2007 The score is nigh perfect in evolving from a Cole Porter, Irving Berlin pastiche in Act One to a Stephen Sondheim, neo Phillip Glass tone in Act Two. The song, "Will You," so brilliantly acted by Christine Ebersoll, never fails to bring me to tears. I was thrilled to see Grey Gardens on Broadway and shocked to learn it closed in late July 2007. In a half-century of theatre going around the globe, this show remains an all-time highlight for me...up there with Gypsy, West Side Story, Follies, Candide, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd and Billy Eliot. Thank God for this wonderful CD.
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