Maternity fashion icon Liz Lange and her new fashion brand Figue, hosted a hundred tastemakers June 1 at the legendary Grey Gardens estate for an early evening soiree with guests such as Candace Bushnell, Isaac Boots, David Burtka, model Sophie Sumner and jewelry designer Sara Shala in attendance.
It’s not often that guests get a peak at an iconic home such as Grey Gardens — made famous by Edith “Big Edie” Ewing Bouvier Beale and Little Edie Beale in the Maysles Brothers documentary of the same name.
Lange bought the East Hampton mansion from author Sally Quinn, who with husband and Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, restored the home from its near-condemned state and hosted legendary parties for thirty years until Bradlee’s death in 2014.
The fete feted Hamptons Social Magazine and was hosted by EIC and founder Lizabeth Zindel Wells, whose father, Paul Zindel was the author of children’s and young adult novels and plays including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the Moon Marigolds.
Folks mingled around the grounds and in the sun room, where Lange had restored the diamond pane windows to their original scale. The Beales would have been proud.
“Mad Men” family affair
John Slattery, known to many as Roger Sterling in the long-running TV Show “Mad Men,” made it a family affair this weekend at Bay Street Theater, starring with his wife, Talia Balsam and his son, Harry Slattery, in Frank D. Gilroy’s Pulitzer Prize -winning drama, “The Subject was Roses.”
The play opened with a red carpet premiere on June 1 at the Sag Harbor theater and truly was a family affair as Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick came with their twin teen-aged girls; Cristina Cuomo brought her oldest daughter, Bella as well as Andy Cohen, Bridget Everett and Patti Lupone.
The Slatterys have had a house in the Springs section of East Hampton for many years, making commuting to rehearsals and performances convenient.
“Roses” runs through June 16th and will be followed up by the just-announced One Night Only Joy Behar benefit for Bay Street Theater, entitled, “My First Ex-Husband.” Behar will present a series of monologues which she has written, and has enlisted friends Susie Essman (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Tovah Feldshuh and former View co-star Sherri Shepherd.
Behar’s roots on Long Island go back to her graduating from Stony Brook University and teaching at Lindenhurst HIgh school before breaking into show business.