Grey Gardens

Gough Street Playhouse
1620 Gough St San Francisco

Meet mother-daughter duo "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, the aunt and first cousin of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on the 1975 documentary about the pair of aging aristocrats in their dilapidated East Hampton mansion, this Tony-winning musical re-creates the women's early years as stylish socialites and then captures them 32 years later as they continue to live in a time capsule of finery despite the fact that their mansion crumbles to pieces around them. Their majestic 42-room home, Grey Gardens, is overrun by cats, lacks running water and has been cited for repeated health code violations that threaten to have it condemned. This otherworldly musical captures all the turmoil and nostalgia of their lives in a script that aligns closely with the acclaimed documentary, as well as songs that earned the Broadway show album a Grammy nomination. Catch the San Francisco premiere of Grey Gardens at Gough Street Playhouse -- and you can even meet the real Jerry Torre aka "The Marble Faun" (from the original documentary) on May 30.