Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
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#1Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/10/15 at 3:11pm
She was married to one of the best playwrights ever, why didnt she ever do a Broadway show? Broadway stars were famous back in the day right?
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Updated On: 10/10/15 at 03:11 PM
#2Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/10/15 at 5:04pm
You're only talking six years from when she was married to him until she was dead, including two work hiatuses and a few movies, including Some Like It Hot.
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Leading Actor Joined: 9/16/15
#3Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/10/15 at 11:28pm
because her voice was weak and wouldn't have been heard unmiked. #banPhillypintoforlifeandbanhisIPaddress
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
#4Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/10/15 at 11:36pm
^ I don't think you blocked him correctly.
#5Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/10/15 at 11:43pm
I think regarding her infamous inability to remember her lines it would have been totally unfeasible for her to perform an entire show 8 nights a week.
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Leading Actor Joined: 9/16/15
#6Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 12:11am
haterobics said: "^ I don't think you blocked him correctly.
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that's because I didn't...lol. i only blocked that idiotic ALW2 troll account
added Pintonutjob to the list now. thanks haterobics for reminding me
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
Updated On: 10/11/15 at 12:11 AM
#7Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:02am
She couldn't stay sober enough to perform 8 times a week live.
#8Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 9:30am
She loved her audience so, she couldn't stop herself from sleeping with all of them.
Drugs were also an issue. Acting 8 times a week would get in the way of her sex life.
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#9Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 10:04am
She is such a worshipped icon I am surprised people are being so snarky about the thought of her on stage, but the snarks are realistic. She was way too erratic, and would have needed a coach to hold her hand every step of the way. Her last 5 or 6 film shoots were hard for her (and everyone around her) to get through.
I'm sure she would have loved to be on stage, I just don't think she was strong or disciplined enough.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 10:16am
Trapped inside her troubled life was a very competent actress. Her comedy chops in Some Like It Hot and her dramatic ones in The Misfits are examples of what could have been had she lived longer.
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Stand-by Joined: 7/23/13
#11Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 7:17pm
To be on Broadway you have to be disciplined and live like a nun/priest. I've done both theater and indie movies and theater is far more time consuming, between rehearsals, learning lines, performing so many days in the week, if you're in a movie, you have a stand-in, do maybe one rehearsal before a take, do the scene and you're done. If Marilyn Monroe couldn't even handle movies, she could not handle Broadway.
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#12Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 7:32pm
From IMDB: Marilyn Monroe required 47 takes to get "It's me, Sugar" correct, instead saying either "Sugar, it's me" or "It's Sugar, me". After take 30, Billy Wilder had the line written on a blackboard. Another scene required Monroe to rummage through some drawers and say "Where's the bourbon?" After 40 takes of her saying "Where's the whiskey?", 'Where's the bottle?", or "Where's the bonbon?", Wilder pasted the correct line in one of the drawers. After Monroe became confused about which drawer contained the line, Wilder had it pasted in every drawer. Fifty-nine takes were required for this scene and when she finally does say it, she has her back to the camera, leading some to wonder if Wilder finally gave up and had it dubbed.
Nope. I don't think she was cut out for the stage.
Updated On: 10/11/15 at 07:32 PM#13Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 7:40pm
The Other One said: "She is such a worshipped icon I am surprised people are being so snarky about the thought of her on stage, but the snarks are realistic."
You're surprised people have the audacity to be saying what you also believe to be true?! OK... heh.
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#14Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 7:45pm
Yes, haterobics, I am. Most people see her as a victim, and not as someone who brought herself down.
#15Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/11/15 at 8:55pm
Damn Yankees was written with Monroe in mind for Lola. She was very interested and had extended negotiations with Hal Prince and the other producers. At the last minute, she turned the part down. The part was then offered to Mitzi Gaynor and then Zizi Jeanmaire, who both also declined. Richard Adler later said that being forced to settle for Gwen Verdon, who had never had a starring role, was the best thing that happened to the show.
Updated On: 10/12/15 at 08:55 PM
#16Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/12/15 at 2:48am
She actually wanted to produce Broadway shows and on one her recorded tapes before her death she talked about how she was working on getting a musical about Jean Harlow to Broadway (not starring herself, she knew she couldn't sing and had long accepted that shortcoming)
#17Why didn't Marilyn Monroe every do Broadway?
Posted: 10/12/15 at 2:55am
JulesReverie said: "...on one her recorded tapes before her death she talked about how she was working on getting a musical about Jean Harlow to Broadway"
Very little of interest is on the tapes after her death... 
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