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Grey Gardens Extends Run Through April 23

Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
(Photo © Joan Marcus)
Christine Ebersole
in Grey Gardens
(Photo © Joan Marcus)

Playwrights Horizons has announced that the run of the new musical Grey Gardens has been extended through Sunday, April 23.

The show, which opened on Tuesday night to mixed reviews but across-the-board raves for star Christine Ebersole, cannot extend past that date, in part because the theater’s next show — The Busy World is Hushed, starring Christine Lahti — is set to begin performances on May 26.

Written by Doug Wright, Michael Korie, and Scott Frankel, Grey Gardens is based on the 1975 documentary of the same name title. It concerns heiresses Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, “Little Edie,” who ended up living as recluses in a run-down East Hampton mansion. The show’s first act takes place in 1941, while the second act is set in 1973. Ebersole plays “Big Edie” in the first act and “Little Edie” in the second.

Directed by Michael Greif, the show also stars Mary Louise Wilson, John McMartin, Sara Gettelfinger, Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Potts, Bob Stillman, Audrey Twitchell, and Sarah Hyland.