Category Archives: Theatre

‘Siren’s Heart’ Revival

Posted on July 27, 2012 by marina72

Siren’s Heart, a play about Marilyn starring Louisa Bradshaw, and previously staged in New York last year, will be revived at the Actors’ Temple Theatre on West 47th St, from August 5th for an open run, reports TheatreMania.


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Marilyn’s Last Movie Dress on ‘Final Offer’

Posted on June 17, 2012 by marina72

    This floral-print dress, designed by Jean-Louis and worn by Marilyn in the ill-fated Something’s Got to Give, was bought on Ebay last year for $57,000 by Deborah Burke of Stamford, Connecticut. The dress was featured on last week’s … Continue reading →


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’1*9*5*6 Degrees of Separation’

Posted on June 17, 2012 by marina72

1*9*5*6 Degrees of Separation, choreographer Killian Manning’s new play – exploring an imaginary meeting between Marilyn (played by J. Evarts), Grace Kelly, Diane Arbus and Margot Fonteyn – will be staged at the Manbites Dog Theatre in Durham, North Carolina from … Continue reading →


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‘Waiting for Miss Monroe’ Reviewed

Posted on June 14, 2012 by marina72

Amsterdam’s latest opera, Waiting For Miss Monroe, is reviewed in today’s Financial Times. “Coming hot on the heels of Simon Curtis’s reverent film My Week With Marilyn, Raaff’s Waiting hits a similar note of literalistic hagiography. Though the medium of opera could have … Continue reading →


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Marilyn Opera in Amsterdam

Posted on June 12, 2012 by marina72

The New York Times reports on ‘Waiting for Miss Monroe’, an opera starring Laura Aikin which has just opened in Amsterdam. (It looks great, but as ES Updates noted in April, it is said to be loosely based on the … Continue reading →


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Arthur Miller: Beyond Marilyn’s Shadow

Posted on May 30, 2012 by marina72

Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur, is a writer, director, and actress. She was born a month after Marilyn’s death, to Arthur and his third wife, Inge Morath. Rebecca spoke to the New York Post recently about the way some of … Continue reading →


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‘Norma Jeane, Enlightened’

Posted on May 30, 2012 by marina72

Joanne De Simone‘s play, Norma Jeane, Enlightened, will be staged at The Drama Bookshop, New York, on August 2, reports Broadway World. “On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe, screen goddess, was found dead under uncertain circumstances. Deemed a suicide, many – to … Continue reading →


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Lorelei on Broadway

Posted on May 10, 2012 by marina72

The Financial Times has praised Smash star Megan Hilty’s performance as Lorelei in the New York City Center. “A chief challenge facing Megan Hilty, the ripe, gifted performer playing Lorelei at City Center, is how to give us the character even … Continue reading →


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‘Heat Wave’ in New York

Posted on May 10, 2012 by marina72

The New York Times reviews Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project, a tribute to Marilyn’s favourite choreographer, now playing at Queens Theatre in the Park. “Lindsay Roginski is cute and capable, but she’s no Marilyn in the title number…Small wonder … Continue reading →


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Megan Hilty as Lorelei in ‘Blondes’

Posted on April 25, 2012 by marina72

Megan Hilty – alias Ivy Lynn in TV’s Smash - will play another MM-related character, Lorelei Lee, in a new production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, to be staged at the New York City Center from May 9-13. Incidentally, Rachel York – … Continue reading →


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