GREY GARDENS: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

Applause Books, softcover, 150 pages.

By Doug Wright, Michael Korie and Scott Frankel

Nominated for ten Tony Awards, "Grey Gardens" thrilled Broadway during its nearly year long run as well as Off Broadway during its previous sold out run. This libretto features the complete book by Doug Wright and lyrics by Michael Korie. The musical tells the story of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's notoriously eccentric aunt and cousin-the former socialites Edith Bouvier Beale and "Little Edie," memorably created by Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson.

From their days at the center of the New York social world to their lives as recluses in a derelict East Hampton manor, this Bouvier tale left audiences enraptured with a wit seldom seen. Sixteen beautiful color photographs of some of the show's most memorable scenes are included as well.

Time magazine raved that Grey Gardens is the "#1 Show of the Year!" while Stephen Holden at The New York Times said "The songs from Grey Gardens sustain a level of refined language and psychological detail as elevated as Stephen Sondheim's."