I just booked my ticket for this<\/a>. Nov. 9 is the night. It’s one of those theatrical EVENTS which … well, rarely happens anymore. Now the movie <\/a>is a whole other story.<\/p>\n Here is Ebert’s review of the movie.<\/a> 4 stars. (It’s a review so gorgeously written, by the way, that it makes me think, selfishly: get better FASTER, Roger. Come on!!)<\/p>\n Here’s an interesting article about the development of the musical, etc.<\/a> – The article\/review was written when the show was still in its off-Broadway incarnation (it’s moving to Broadway Nov. 2).<\/p>\n I don’t know what to expect from the show – but I am freakin’ exCITED. For the whole thing. For Christine Ebersole’s performance which is getting the kind of reviews that make you just go … Uhm. Okay. Kinda HAVE to see that. Once in a lifetime kind of performance. (For example, the review above ends with: “And Christine Ebersole’s double triumph is sheer staggering magic: She plays both Act I’s Big Edie, a Billie Burke matron with sour milk and Tabasco added, and Act II’s frumpy, dotty, desperate Little Edie, a Beckettian tramp weirdly compelled to sing show tunes. When her transcendent energy’s switched on, Grey Gardens seems a perfect musical.”)<\/p>\n Sheer staggering magic.<\/i><\/p>\n I’ve seen a lot of plays. Haven’t seen a lot of sheer staggering magic. I am SO there. I only regret that Mitchell won’t be able to fly in and go with me. After I saw the movie for the first time, he was the one I called. I had to talk about it. I had to talk about it with someone who knew<\/i>. Who had seen it<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just booked my ticket for this. Nov. 9 is the night. It’s one of those theatrical EVENTS which … well, rarely happens anymore. Now the movie is a whole other story. Here is Ebert’s review of the movie. 4 … Continue reading