Grey Gardens
Walter Kerr Theatre
Previews Began: October 3, 2006
Opening Night: November 2, 2006
Closing Night: July 29, 2007
Music: Scott Frankel
Lyrics: Michael Korie
Book: Doug Wright
Edith Bouvier Beale is throwing a party to announce the engagement of her daughter Edie to Joe Kennedy, but a telegram breaks up the party. Thirty years later, their home, Grey Gardens is in shambles and the two women argue, relive moments from their past and talk about escape, though it becomes obvious they never will.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
The Girl Who Has Everything……………..Edith’s Voice
(Recording)
The Five-Fifteen…..Edith, Gould, Brooks, Jackie, Lee
Mother Darling…………………………..Edie, Edith, Gould
Goin’ Places………………………………………………Joe, Edie
Marry Well………………..Major Bouvier, Brooks, Jackie,
Lee, Edie
Hominy Grits…………………….Edith, Gould, Jackie, Lee
Peas in a Pod…………………………………………Edie, Edith
Drift Away…………………………………………..Gould, Edith
The Five-Fifteen (Reprise)………………………………Edith
Daddy’s Girl……………………………………………..Edie, Joe
The Telegram………………………………………………….Edie
Will You?……………………………………………………….Edith
ACT TWO
The Revolutionary Costume for Today………………Edie
The Cake I Had……………………………………………..Edith
Entering Grey Gardens……………………………Ensemble
The House We Live In……………………..Edie, Ensemble
Jerry Likes My Corn……………………………………….Edith
Around the World……………………………………………Edie
Choose to Be Happy…………….Norman Vincent Peale,
Ensemble
Around the World (Reprise)……………………………..Edie
Another Winter in a Summer Town………..Edie, Edith
The Girl Who Has Everything
(Reprise)…………………………..Edith’s Voice (Recording)
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Christine Ebersole “Little” Edie Beale
Edith Bouvier Beale
Mary Louise Wilson Edith Bouvier Beale
Matt Cavenaugh Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.
Jerry
Erin Davie Young “Little” Edie Beale
Kelsey Fowler Lee Bouvier
Sarah Hyland Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier
John McMartin J.V. “Major” Bouvier
Norman Vincent Peale
Michael Potts Brooks, Sr.
Brooks, Jr.
Bob Stillman George Gould Strong
Standby: Abigail Ferenczy (Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, Lee Bouvier), Donald Grody (J.V. “Major” Bouvier, Norman Vincent Peale), Michael W. Howell (Brooks, Sr., Brooks, Jr.), Megan Lewis (Young “Little” Edie Beale), Maureen Moore (”Little” Edie Beale/Edith Bouvier Beale), Asa Somers (Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., Jerry, George Gould Strong), Dale Soules (Edith Bouvier Beale)