AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: Grey Gardens - The Musical

The wait is finally over! The Tony Award winning musical GREY GARDENS will be making its Australian debut this November at The Arts Centre in Melbourne, as part of The Production Company's 2011 Season. New tickets are on sale due to the incredible demand, but are selling very quickly so be sure to reserve your seats now! For more information and exclusive production updates visit our new facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Production-Company/170341103031795 Playwright: Doug Wright Director: Roger Hodgman Music by Scott Frankel Lyrics by Michael Korie Starring PAMELA RABE as Edith Bouvier Beale and ‘Little’ Edie NANCYE HAYES as aged Edith Bouvier Beale BERT LaBONTE as Brooks JAMES MILLAR as George Gould Strong JOHN O'MAY as J.V ‘Major” Bouvier / Norman Vincent Peale ALEX RATHGEBER as Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr LIZ STILES as Young ‘Little’ Edie Beale WITH ARIEL KAPLAN as Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Bouvier LUCY-ROSE COYNE & CAITLIN VIPPOND as Lee Bouvier Grey Gardens is the compelling story of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, ‘Little’ Edie, the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton’s most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras – in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and early in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor – the musical tells the alternately glorious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter, ‘Little’ Edie. Grey Gardens is many things: a fabled home in the elite seaside village of East Hampton, Long Island, a landmark documentary, a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and a Hollywood movie. Of all things, Grey Gardens is a breathtaking and alluring portrait of a mother and daughter relationship through the years. AFI Award Winner, Pamela Rabe returns to The Production Company in the virtuoso roles of Edith Bouvier Beale and ‘Little’ Edie. Helpmann Award winner, Nancye Hayes OAM plays the role of the aged Edith in turmoil with her daughter. James Millar (Oklahoma!) is Big Edie's confidante and accompanist George Gould Strong and John O'May (Mamma Mia!) is minister and author Norman Vincent Peale. Liz Siles makes her debut with the company in the role of Young ‘Little’ Edie Beale, Alex Rathgeber (Anything Goes) brings Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr to the stage and Bert LaBonte (Kismet) will play Brooks. Roger Hodgman directs this Australian premiere and for the first time, The Production Company will be presenting a musical in The Playhouse. Kellie Dickerson (musical director of Wicked and Doctor Zhivago) returns to conduct. Thu 24 Nov, 7:30pm Fri 25 Nov, 7:30pm Tue 29 Nov - Fri 2 Dec, 7:30pm Wed 30 Nov, 1pm Sat 26 Nov & 3 Dec, 2pm & 7:30pm Sun 27 Nov & 4 Dec, 3pm Bookings Name: The Arts Centre Bookings Phone Number: 1300 182 183 Ticket Prices: $25 - $97 (not including transaction fee) The Production Company admin@theproductioncompany.com.au (03) 9247 4800 http://www.theproductioncompany.com.au