Research Catalog

Title

Grey Gardens [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

2006.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Himberg, Philip.
• Korie, Michael
• Frankel, Scott, 1963-
• Greif, Michael
• Wright, Doug, 1962-
• Cavenaugh, Matt
• Ebersole, Christine
• Gettelfinger, Sara
• Stillman, Bob
• Hyland, Sara
• Twitchell, Audrey, 1993-
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theater Program, moderates a panel discussion about the musical Grey Gardens, which is interspersed with scenes from the musical. Panelists include lyricist, Michael Korie; book author, Doug Wright; director, Michael Greif; and composer, Scott Frankel. Based on the cult film Grey Gardens released in the 1970's, Scott Frankel talks about what inspired him to take this documentary film and turn it into a musical. Philip Himberg talks about how the Sundance Theater became involved with the musical, offering space for the musical to develop and the panel describes the process of developing the musical in the Sundance Theater space in White Oak, Florida; Frankel describes the move to a rehearsal space at Playwrights Horizons. Doug Wright discusses how he came to write the book, his responsibility to the people and the source material in the writing of the book, how to honor the movie, as well as his meeting with Albert Maysles, one of the original documentary's filmmakers. Michael Korie provides background to the mother and daughter story of Grey Gardens and Michael Greif introduces the cast and talks about the process of double casting in the play, as well as the different roles of the director through the process of development. Panelists discuss how two very different acts were fit together and then each panelist talks about the most thrilling moment in the journey through development of this musical.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 284

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Alternative Title

• On the five-fifteen.
• Mother darling.
• Two peas in a pod.
• Will you.
• Sure of you.
• Better fall out of love.
• Drift away.
• Revolutionary costume.
• Around the world.

Subjects

• Video
• Musical theater
• Musicals

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Musicals.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 22, 2006.

Funding (note)

• With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Contents

Music content: On the five-fifteen / singers, Christine Ebersole, Bob Stillman, Sarah Hyland, Audrey Twitchell -- Mother darling / singers, Christine Ebersole, Sara Gettelfinger, Bob Stillman -- Two peas in a pod / singers, Christine Ebersole, Sara Gettelfinger -- Will you / singer, Christine Ebersole -- Sure of you / singers, Matt Cavenaugh, Sara Gettelfinger -- Better fall out of love / singers, Matt Cavenaugh, Sara Gettelginer -- Drift away / singer, Bob Stillman -- The revolutionary costume / singer, Christine Ebersole -- Around the world / singer, Christine Ebersole.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2927

OCLC

156991849

Title

Grey Gardens [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

2006.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 284

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 22, 2006.

Funding

With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Added Author

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Himberg, Philip. Interviewer

Korie, Michael, interviewee.

Korie, Michael, librettist.

Frankel, Scott, 1963- composer.

Frankel, Scott, 1963- interviewee.

Greif, Michael, director.

Greif, Michael, interviewee.

Wright, Doug, 1962- Author of dialog

Wright, Doug, 1962- interviewee.

Cavenaugh, Matt, singer.

Ebersole, Christine, singer.

Gettelfinger, Sara, singer.

Stillman, Bob, singer.

Hyland, Sara, singer.

Twitchell, Audrey, 1993- singer.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Added Title

On the five-fifteen.

Mother darling.

Two peas in a pod.

Will you.

Sure of you.

Better fall out of love.

Drift away.

Revolutionary costume.

Around the world.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2927