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Cleaning house.(Theater)(Theater review)
Grey Gardens originally struck me as a thoroughly grotesque idea for a new musical, almost as low on the taste level as the ill-fated attempt, a few years back, to base a musical on the life and death of the suicidal actress Jean Seberg. I had not been a fan of the Maysles brothers' original documentary, which seemed to me both exploitative and voyeuristic. It provided a glimpse into the pathetic lives of two former socialites, "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Beale, members of the Bouvier family and near relations of Jacqueline Onassis, who at the time of filming (1974) had become bedraggled recluses living in the cat-infested ruins of their once grand East Hampton mansion. ...
- The ghosts of Grey Gardens: "Big Edie" Beale's grandson remembers the golden...
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Beale, Bouvier, Jr. May 1, 2009 700+ words
...ramshackle home of "Big Edie" Beale and her daughter, "Little Edie," freethinking aunt...s 1975 cult film, Grey Gardens. To moviegoers and the...Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, Bouvier Beale Jr...eldest grandson of Big Edie, remembers the place...
- Tending Grey Gardens: in Broadway's performance of the year, Tony winner...
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Broverman, Neal January 16, 2007 700+ words
...performance in the Broadway musical Grey Gardens brings "Little" Edie to life so completely, it's like...Ebersole plays both the 1940s "Big" Edie and the '70s "Little" Edie in Grey Gardens the musical. Her ability to so truly...
- Grey gardens: there may be nothing more sartorially sacred in cinema than the...
- Magazine article from: Interview Subkoff, Tara March 1, 2009 700+ words
...that Big and Little Edie Bouvier Beale would...culture. Due to Grey Gardens, the Beales became...film version of Grey Gardens (premiering in...Jessica Lange as Big Edie and Drew Barrymore...offend legions of Grey Gardens fans. Costume designer...dress Big and Little ...
- Mommie queerest: three gay men have turned the cult documentary Grey...
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Raymond, Gerard March 14, 2006 700+ words
"Big Edie and Little Edie were honorary gays...the straight heroines of Grey Gardens, the amazing documentary...being initiated into the Grey Gardens cult by gay friends who...s mostly about Little Edie, with her utterly captivating...
- Grey Gardens: the spirit of Edie Bouvier Beale returns in this fall's madcap...
- Magazine article from: Interview Tollman, Annabel October 1, 2004 700+ words
...somehow are--and if it "goes," it's a no-go. Reminiscent of Edie Bouvier Beale's eccentric style, captured in the Maysles brothers' documentary Grey Gardens [1976], this is a one-garment-fits-all-occasions-and-purposes...
- As Joe Kennedy, he slipped through Edie Beale's fingers in "Grey Gardens," but...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Thielman, Sam July 31, 2007 700+ words
As Joe Kennedy, he slipped through Edie Beale's fingers in "Grey Gardens," but now Matt Cavenaugh will be getting married on two coasts in four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein's new musical...
- Back to 'Grey Gardens,' with its eccentric residents: Decades later, more from...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) January 5, 2007 700+ words
...and her daughter Edie Beale--the 1976 classic "Grey Gardens" and its 2006...film equipment as Edie walks away. "Grey Gardens" became a cult...Edie and Little Edie are still together...The Beales of Grey Gardens" 1:31. "Grey...
- The gayness of Grey Gardens.(a documentary movie by David and Albert...
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Hays, Matthew January 1, 2009 700+ words
...Gaining the trust of Big Edie (then almost eighty) and Little Edie (56), they filmed at Grey Gardens for several weeks, then...the influence of Little Edie on their work.) In...beginning of an ongoing Grey Gardens revival. The film has...
