By John Staton,
John.Staton@StarNewsOnline.com
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Published: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 10:22 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 10:22 a.m.
There aren’t many stories more tragic than the one told in “Grey Gardens.”
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For all of the documentary film-turned-musical’s humor, wackiness and jaw-dropping, I-can’t-believe-people-lived-like-this moments, it is at its core a tale of broken dreams.
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“I was the girl who [...]

 
 A Shade of Grey:
‘Grey Gardens’ satisfies in a melancholy performance
By: Lisa Huynh – September 8th, 2009

 
By: Lisa Huynh – September 8th, 2009
The moving performance of the cast, matched with the heavy, doleful music in Opera House Theatre Company’s “Grey Gardens” tugs audience’s heartstrings until they, too, turn into a shade of grey. It’s a story [...]

By John Staton,
John.Staton@StarNewsOnline.com
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‘Grey Gardens’
For anyone who’s seen “Grey Gardens,” the devastating 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles about a mother and daughter, fallen socialites both, living in squalor in a decrepit Hamptons mansion, the prospect of a musical based on this unforgettable film had to be a little jarring.
But in 2006 the unlikely occurred, [...]

Aristocratic Crazy:
Opera House presents ‘Grey Gardens’
By: MJ Pendleton – September 2nd, 2009
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The musical “Grey Gardens” is based on a 1975 documentary film by Albert and David Maysles. It depicts the lives of a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, who live in an East-Hampton mansion, which, in Act II, is scandalously unsanitary, with [...]

By: MJ Pendleton – August 4th, 2009
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‘SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ’
Preview
City Stage/Level 5, 23 N. Front Street
August 5-9, 14-16, 21-23; 8pm,
Sunday matineés at 3pm
Tickets: 910-343-3664
Elvis Presley is often credited with being the crossover singer who opened communication between black and white performers and audiences, but the songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller deserve some of that credit. [...]

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By John Staton,
John.Staton@StarNewsOnline.com
Published: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 9:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 9:56 a.m.
When Opera House Theatre Company produced “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller” in 2003, the musical revue packed with classic pop hits sold out its final three shows at 600-seat Thalian Hall.
Want to go?What: “Smokey [...]