the new york broadway theatre community is very familiar with seth rudetsky, a new york musician, actor, and writer [he was nominated for three emmys for his writing on the rosie o'donnell show]. i just became aware of him because of his posts on all that chat [a forum for theatre news and everything you'd ever want to know about theatre, but might be afraid to ask]. he is very knowledgeable and passionate about theatre and music, and he is quite humorous and quirky when he talks about both together [he's just published a new book about funny theatre anecdotes]. i just found this video where he "deconstructs" tony award-winning actress christine ebersole's singing/ performance in Grey Gardens, the recent broadway musical based on the lives of two eccentric new england women: edith "big edie" ewing bouvier beale and and her daughter edith "little edie" bouvier beale [they were were the aunt and first cousin of jacqueline bouvier kennedy onassis]. before it was a musical, the ladies became famous for playing themselves in a documentary of the same name. i saw this show on broadway in november of 2006 and enjoyed it because of how the authors developed the characters and story from the documentary to stage [oh, yeah - and the performances were great, too!].
anyway, in the video below, seth "deconstructs" christine ebersole's performance. watch and learn [i did].
anyway, in the video below, seth "deconstructs" christine ebersole's performance. watch and learn [i did].
p.s. here is part of christine ebersole's tony award-winning performance featured on the 2007 TONY AWARDS:
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