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The Beales of Grey Gardens have been the subject of two cult documentaries, an HBO film, countless op-eds, and even Grey Gardens—The Musical (which plays the Ahmanson Theatre through August 14, 2016). Images of the two famous (and fabulous) hermits from the 1975 documentary are so beloved that they have inspired everything from fashion designers...

The Edies After ‘Grey Gardens’

Madonna. Cher. Judy Garland. Liza Minnelli. "Little" and "Big" Edie Bouvier Beale. How did two reclusive former Long Island socialites become gay icons, and what does the LGBT community find so appealing about the women at the heart of Grey Gardens?

The Gay Icons of ‘Grey Gardens’

Projection designer Jason H. Thompson saw and admired director Michael Wilson’s production of Grey Gardens last summer at Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater. But when Wilson asked him to come onboard for Center Theatre Group’s Grey Gardens (onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre through August 14, 2016), Thompson hesitates. “I wasn’t quite sure how...

‘Grey Gardens’ Melds Stage and Movie Magic

Marc Jacobs named a bag after her. Todd Oldham called her a total original,” and Isaac Mizrahi said Edie Beale's look goes beyond fashion. It’s the true meaning of the word style. Like her cousin, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Little Edie Bouvier Beale was an American woman of particular tastes who became a fashion icon....

Little Edie—‘Grey Gardens’ Fashion Icon

Set against the backdrop of a crumbling home in East Hampton, New York, Grey Gardens focuses upon the mother-daughter relationship between the reclusive Edith Ewing “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Little Edie. Big Edie is the opposite of a stage mom—at least according to Little Edie, she dashed her daughter’s showbiz dreams—but...

5 Musicals Showcasing ‘Stage Moms’

In 1975, a reclusive mother and daughter—the aunt and cousin, respectively, of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—living in a dilapidated Long Island mansion became American icons. The Maysles brothers’ documentary Grey Gardens is now considered a cult classic that has spawned numerous pop culture tributes, including Grey Gardens—The Musical, onsta...

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