Composer Marc Shaiman has confirmed that long-held plans to revive NBC’s SMASH as a Broadway musical are going ahead, with … More
Category: Theatre
‘Some Like It Hot’ Sets Broadway Opening
Following a workshop performance in March (see here), the new musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot – helmed by … More
Beginnings: Marilyn and the Method
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler is a new history of method acting, from … More
The Other Woman: Miller’s Marilyn in ‘Wife of a Salesman’
It’s commonplace now to project Marilyn’s image onto Arthur Miller’s work, and successive productions have flirted with the connection. His … More
‘Some Like It Hot’ Heading Back to Broadway
Following the recent news that TV’s Smash is heading for Broadway, an update on the Some Like It Hot stage … More
Outspoken Americans: Marilyn, Miller and Kazan
The UnAmerican – Claude Solnik’s new play about the tangled relationships of Marilyn, Arthur Miller, and Elia Kazan, set during … More
How Marilyn’s Memoir Inspired ‘SMASH’
Ten years after its NBC debut, Alexander Kacala looks back on the cult TV series Smash, in an article for … More
Remembering Monica Vitti in ‘After the Fall’
The great Italian star Monica Vitti, who has died aged 90, was perhaps best-known for her enigmatic performances in the … More
Louise King: The Girl Who Followed Marilyn
In the photo above, Marilyn hugs Tom Ewell – with whom she had recently filmed The Seven Year Itch – … More
Marilyn Makes ‘Rough Magic’ in Minneapolis
Anne Carson’s verse play, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, was the inaugural production at The Shed in Hudson Yards, New … More