Grey Gardens 2007 Tony Performance

Christine Ebersole sings "The Revolutionary Costume for Today" from the Scott Frankel/Michael Korie musical Grey Gardens, based on the 1975 documentary of the same name. She won a Tony for this performance, and watching this, I believe she deserved it.

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• Gardens
• 2007
• Tony
• Awards
• Christine
• Ebersole
• Revolutionary
• Costume
• for
• Today

[atlast23]

She nailed the accent of little Edie. I am facinated by this story. Great story.

[knicknut]

4 people can't pull off wearing red shoes on a Thursday.

[Lesqueek]

I wish she had worked more on the voice, I think that Drew Barrymore did a better job withe the voice. She and Jessica did an awesome job with the film.



[Poet2916]

@elaine31347 You know Edie actually was thrilled when she heard about the musical and ASKED them to make it into one-she actually wrote a letter it's on the first page of the paperback libretto of the show...the letter from Edie to the producer.

[dickie1066]

@elaine31347 you're missing the point. people love the character of Little Edie- yes we laugh at her as we do in the documentary but only because she was so self depreciating, eccentric and joyous! We're laughing with her not at her!

[dickie1066]

Little Edie had a great sense of humour and the relationship with her mother however bickering was based on love.

The show captured all of this brilliantly- some people are failing to give the real life Edie any sense of irony or playfulness- she was acting up for the cameras and loved the attention.

[TotallyRandom6353]

@elaine31347 Have you seen the entire musical? If not, then do not judge this show. I've seen this show three times and its depiction of the Beales is wonderfully vivid. I am an avid fan of the documentary and the musical is very accurate. Try watching the song "Around The World". That song truly shows the devastating life of Little Edie.

[elaine31347]

@dropsoffaith I still stick with my comment, Tony or no Tony...

[dropsoffaith]

@elaine31347

tell that to her tony.

[sibilaiton]

People determining the accuracy or tone of this musical from this one song really need watch "Another Winter in a Summer Town", and "Around the World." Trying to judge a musical from one song is absurd. Grey Gardens runs the gamut from funny and poignant to sad and tragic. If your heart doesn't break from 'Another Winter in a Summer Town" then you need to give up on musical theater all together. Christine Ebersole gives the performance of a lifetime.

[Juliamm77]

I am not familiar with the whole show, but I found this song and Ebersole's rendition of it to be a fairly accurate depiction of the symptoms of mental illness that Little Edie exhibited. Yeah, paranoia and agoraphobia (and probably OCD associated with hoarding) are pretty funny when you just view them from the outside, but you can see Ebersole's panic build at the end of the song. She only wields control over her wardrobe at this point.

[MommieDawn]

@elaine31347 The whole point of this 'show' is to show Edie in the light to be laughed at. Not a celebration of their damn lives...go see the actual documentary...or hell even the movie with Drew Barrymore.