Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Gary Eskow

At first glance, a deranged elderly woman and her equally afflicted middle-aged daughter might not seem the likeliest central characters in a musical, but Grey Gardens has drawn rave reviews from both high-minded critics and a flock of Broadway theatergoers.

Based on the 1975 documentary film of the same name by Albert and David Maysles, Grey Gardens explores dementia and family dysfunctionality with wit and humor. Its creators — Michael Korie (lyrics), Doug Wright (book) and Scott Frankel (music) — also flesh out the story of how Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, the aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and her daughter (also named Edith) fell into squalor in their once magnificent Long Island mansion. Treated with compassion, but also viewed from an intellectually dispassionate perspective, the characters disintegrate before our eyes but manage to retain our affection.

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