Grey Gardens Confirms 7/29 Closing Date

Four days after announcing the forthcoming departure of Tony winner Mary Louise Wilson, the producers of Grey Gardens confirmed that the show itself will close on July 29. The production, which opened on November 2, 2006, will have played a total of 307 performances and 33 previews at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre.

"We always knew that Grey Gardens faced an uphill challenge during the summer months," Kelly Gonda, president of East of Doheny, the show's lead producer, said in a statement. "And so we made the difficult decision to end our run on July 29 with our incomparable original cast. Still basking from the glow of our Tony Award wins and the recent surge in attendance, the show is able to go out on top. Grey Gardens is a great work of art that will have a long life beyond this Broadway run. We're happy the show was preserved with a new cast album and filmed as the subject of a soon-to-be-released documentary by the legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles himself."

Grey Gardens won three 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Actress Christine Ebersole for her dual performance as Big and Little Edie Beale, Best Featured Actress Wilson as Big Edie in Act Two and Best Costumes William Ivey Long. It was previously announced that the show will be presented in London next season starring Ebersole.