The Manor at Greystone Mansion

This was an incredible experience! It felt like you were transported back into time! I loved the changing of the rooms where you get to see quite a bit of the mansion. The acting was superb. Everyone fit their parts perfectly I was actually scared of the butler… he was amazing. Unlike a previous review, I loved Ursula, the housekeeper and Ellie, the mute maid. They added so much to the plot of the play. The main actors were incredible as well. All in all a most enjoyable evening. I am definitely returning soon.

Legal I was able to see was amazing and I’m looking forward to coming back to see more.

Such rude people managing this park. They have no customer service and have no over the phone communication skills whatsoever. When you charge $ 295 an hour for photos at your park, least you can do is try to be accommodating and if something’s truly impossible then kindly explain to your client that its not possible.

Free parking free admission what more do you want?!! Beautiful structure and landscape. Wish the inside of the mansion was open tho.

I love this park because it has a very nice calming energy to it. One thing that determines the 4^th star is that they are closed sometimes when it would be a nice time to relax and enjoy nature. Other than that this park/​mansion is friendly and easy.

This was horrible. We were told this was amazing so we went. The writing and story were horrible and you can tell that Ms. Bates wrote the play because it centered around her. The actors were talented but can only do so much with the words that they were given. A mute housekeeper/​maid and a Russian housekeeper were disturbing and no real reason to have that in the story.
It was based partially on History of the Doheny family and we went because we wanted to learn more about this tragic family. The names were changed and nothing was too factual.
We were told there would be appetizers and since it started around dinner time, we thought that there would be real appetizers, not crackers and warm juices/​water that you get an Costco and don’t have time to chill.
The Mansion was very nice but the play was horrible. We almost left at intermission, especially after we saw what ‘snacks’ there were.
I wanted my 3 hours back. There was no reason for the play to be that long and why for $ 55 a ticket, they couldn’t provide better snacks.
If you want to see the Mansion, pay the park fees and check it out. DO NOT GO TO THIS PLAY.

This past Thursday I was lucky enough to be Alan Wilson’s +1 and honored with the privilege of being a guest of an amazingly, brilliant writer and producer named Katherine Bates. If you have some time and like new experiences, see «The Manor» by Theatre 40 of Beverly Hills.
It is a masterful interlude intricately weaved together by the 8 actors who move from room to room performing 3 scenes occurring simultaneously. You are broken into 3 groups at the beginning and accompanied through the house into different rooms to see important stages of this true to life adaptation of the Doheny family tragedy.
Parking is up at the top. You walk down the steps through a few terraces, past the carriage house/​public restrooms, through the gates and across the Porte crochere.
At intermission they have small drinks and snacks for donations. The play runs from 6 – 9:30 ish but the time passes quite quickly. There’s not a lot of looking around and viewing the sites as it is an estate that the City helps run. The park ranger on hand makes sure that everyone stays in line. There are no photos allowed in the house but I believe you can take them outside.
See this!!! It’s amazing!!!

Absolutely a beautiful place to check out the grounds. I’ve been lucky enough to have worked a couple of weddings here so got to work inside the mansion. Lots of detail in the building of this mansion. The story of the guy who built this place is pretty insane.
This is definitely a place to have a wedding especially at night overlooking the city. There are options as to where to have the reception, I would prefer the view overlooking the city versus the courtyard. Although the courtyard has a great, almost European feel to it with the fountain and cobblestones, I prefer looking over the pretty skyline. The bad part about having it there is that the restrooms are pretty far from this spot. And gotta tell you, working as a server, a hella of a trek from the kitchen.
If you ever get a chance to see the indoor bowling alley, definitely don’t pass up on that. It’s been in many movies and pretty cool.

Every summer, Theatre40 has a murder mystery play called «The Manor» held at the old Doheny mansion. Its loosely based on the Doheny tragedy, and its an interactive play consisting of the matriarch, patriarch, the son, daughter in law, her father, a drunk groundskeeper, his loud wife, a senator, his wife, the family valet/​butler, the housekeeper and a mute maid.
The play is set in the 1920’s and again in the 30’s. Not knowing much about the play, I do know that someone dies or gets killed. Otherwise, I thought it was going to be like an interactive play called Tamara that I saw 20 years ago.
Tamara was a play you literally followed characters from room to room. It was like being a voyeur, and you picked who you wanted to follow, such as the butler, the guests, or whatnot.
This one is somewhat like it, only you rotate to different parts of the house to view each scene. It didn’t matter which group you were in, because you all saw the same scene, regardless of rotation. In Tamera, you were following on «real time», in this play, you were just visiting the scene, all based on the same timeline.
I’m giving this play 4 stars because it was entertaining, although it dragged at some parts. The conflict never really became clear until the end, and even then, it wasn’t really a conflict that dealt with the play.
I’m also taking away a star because of the intermission. Upon payment, we were told there’s refreshments. Yet when we went to intermission, there was a tacky box marked «donations» at both ends of the table. In the program there should be a note saying «refreshments provided, donations appreciated».
Also the «refreshments» were a joke, Cans of apple juice, pineapple juice, water placed in a gaudy red tub along with lays potato chips, granola bars, and peanut butter crackers displayed on a card table are more for 2^nd graders, not someone who paid $ 55 a person. Small plates of cheese with some grapes and crackers would not have been any more expensive, and would have made it a classier intermission. Iced tea and water in a carafe served in a cup, not a tin can would have been classier, not to mention less waste and cheaper for the production.
I thought this would be more like Tamara, but its not. Its still a fun event, which lasted 3 hours, but the flow of the play really could use help. Sorry Katherine, I know its your «baby», being you are in the play (as the mother) but where’s the conflict in the play? If you wanted to make this into a «historical» remake, then lets make the play more about the family, and a bigger peek of their disfunctional lives.