When Vivien Leigh Met Marilyn

First posted here on November 25, 2013 2013 marks the centenary of the birth of one of cinema’s greatest stars, Vivien Leigh. An excellent new book by Kendra Bean, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait, takes another look at The Prince and the Showgirl, and reveals how Vivien really felt about Marilyn Monroe playing opposite her husband, Sir...

Marilyn, Arthur Miller and ‘The Crucible’

First posted here on June 7, 2013 Veteran off-Broadway producer Paul Libin shared his theatrical memories with the New York Times recently, including an anecdote about the day he met Arthur Miller – with his then-wife, Marilyn Monroe. “Arthur Miller, more than anyone else, kept emerging in the table talk, almost Zelig-like. For starters, seeing a 1950 production of Miller’s Death of...

Monroe Forum Theatre Opens in Lankershim

First posted here on August 16, 2012 Broadway World reports on the opening of the Monroe Forum Theatre, a second stage at the El Portal Theatre, which is located directly behind Lankershim Elementary School, once attended by Norma Jeane. The inaugural performance was Sunny Thompson’s one-woman show, Marilyn: Forever Blonde, on the 50th anniversary of MM’s...

‘Waiting for Miss Monroe’ in Amsterdam

First posted here on June 12, 2012 Composer Robin De Raaff’s and librettist Janice Brogt’s new opera, Waiting For Miss Monroe, starring American soprano Laura Aikin, has begun a week-long run at the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam. Here's a review from George Loomis in the New York Times... “After about 15 minutes one grasped the extent...

Rebecca Miller Looks Beyond Marilyn’s Shadow

First posted here on May 30, 2012 Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur, is a writer, filmmaker, 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 her role as her father's literary executor, and the way some of his plays...