Why 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?

#unban Phillypinto

Updated On: 10/10/15 at 03:11 PM

[haterobics]

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.

[c0113g3b0y]

Posted: 10/10/15 at 11:28pm

because her voice was weak and wouldn't have been heard unmiked. #banPhillypintoforlifeandbanhisIPaddress

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/10/15 at 11:36pm

^ I don't think you blocked him correctly.

[Mr. Nowack]

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.

[c0113g3b0y]

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

Updated On: 10/11/15 at 12:11 AM

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 10/11/15 at 1:02am

She couldn't stay sober enough to perform 8 times a week live.

[goldenboy]

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]

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]

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.

[Bell0708]

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]

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

[haterobics]

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]

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.

 

[NoName3]

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

[JulesReverie]

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) 

[haterobics]

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...