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News THE SCREENING ROOM: Looking Back at Grey Gardens (Video) The Tony Award-nominated musical Grey Gardens, which brought the cult 1975 documentary to musical life, opened on Broadway Nov. 2, 2006. In celebration, Playbill.com is taking a look at some performances from the production.

The musical about the infamous East Hampton mother and daughter features a Tony-nominated score by composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie and a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright.

Grey Gardens first premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2006 and subsequently transferred to Broadway, where it ran for 307 performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Grey Gardens earned a Tony nomination for Best Musical and garnered Tony Awards for leads Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson, as well as for costume designer William Ivey Long.

Here's a look:

The trailer for the Maysles brothers documentary film that inspired the musical.

Grey Gardens on Broadway promotional video.

Grey Gardens 2007 Tony performance.

Christine Ebersole performs "Around The World" with Frankel at the piano.

Grey Gardens on "Live with Regis and Kelly."

Grey Gardens on "The View."

Erin Davie and Matt Cavenaugh perform at the Virgin Megastore.

Christine Ebersole singing "Will You."

An interview with Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson about the musical.

Ebersole performs "Another Winter in a Summer Town."

 
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