Bombshell Benefit Concert

What a cool piece of news! I always disliked the concept of Bombshell (a Marilyn Monroe musical just doesn't make sense in my opinion) but I did enjoy the songs. I'm glad they're doing this and I hope tickets won't be too expensive...

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a Marilyn Monroe musical just doesn't make sense in my opinion..

Why not? There have been many historical figures that have had musicals created around them or their lives.

Fiorello H. La Guardia, Leo Frank, Eva Peron, Jesus Christ, Gypsy Rose Lee, Imelda Marcos as well as numerous U.S. Presidents...to name but a few. So why not Marilyn Monroe?

Updated On: 12/18/14 at 10:55 AM

This is the happiest news.

....Why?

I'm trying not to be excited until they announce pricing...

Heh, I skip a lot of things because of pricing.

Well, the press release did say "a one-night-only concert presentation of BOMBSHELL - The Marilyn Monroe musical." So, that doesn't seem to be in question.

Can't that be said of really any movie, musical, or other literary adaptation based in history? Whether it be a person or event, the "end" or conclusion is usually already known by the audience.

I WAS IT WAS TOMORROW!!!!

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I thought HIt List worked better at 54 Below than it did on the show, because things were not necessarily "as they were on TV." Changes were made, primarily to book and distribution of songs. Was it seamless? Not exactly, but you could say that of any musical that begins as a concept album and not as a libretto with songs that support it.

The use or disuse of book for Bombshell will be interesting, because the TV show experimented with so many ways of telling Marilyn's story, without ever cohesively showing us exactly HOW they ended up doing it. It moved from a highly conceptual "shadow Marilyns" to a straightforward representational style, but with elements that suggested Norma Jean and Marilyn as distinct personalities.

It took me until seeing the book to "Hit List" to realize that both shows were the same plot: the tale of a small-town girl with relatively good looks and relatively malleable talent, turned into a stylized and highly artificial pop-star symbol by ultimately uncaring media machines, struggling to keep up with the act and ultimately dying of it.

We know it won't be McPhee. She is both too busy and not the one primarily featured or well showcased by Bombshell. I would assume Hilty would do the concert barring any bigger engagement, but you never know.

hope its recorded!