Marilyn Monroe News

"Me and Miss Monroe" starring Rachel York as Marilyn Monroe, features a book and lyrics by Charles Leipart and music by William Goldstein. "Me and Miss Monroe" was directed at AMAS Musical Theatre by John Rando, choreographed by Christopher Gatelli, and presented in association with Chase Mishkin. Check out two songs from the show below!

Julien's Auctions, the world's premier celebrity and entertainment auction house, announced the exclusive auction of Property From The Collection of Bob and Dolores Hope

This October, the television and film actress and singer Misty Rowe makes a rare New York stage appearance as she premieres a brand new club act, "Blondes STILL Have More Fun," in an exclusive four-show engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street. Widely recognized in the 70's and 80's for her roles on Hee Haw, Happy Days and Mel Brooks' When Things Were Rotten, Rowe makes her well-reasoned case for blonde hegemony in a revue filled with country-tinged folk, rock and pop that makes hay of her 40+ years in show business.

Following on from the recent announcement that Kerry Katona has been cast to play the role of Marylin Monroe in an upcoming musical, Cabaret star Velma Celli took pen to paper and wrote this little song to express her thoughts on the matter. Click below to watch her perform!

Macy's announced a continuation of the retailer's Millennial strategy to attract a new generation of customers looking for trend, style and value. As part of its ongoing initiative originally announced in spring of 2012, Macy's introduced or expanded more than 20 brands for spring 2013 and will enhance its assortment with two exclusive new brands, Maison Jules and QMack, each launching in approximately 150 stores this August. Macy's Millennial brands are positioned within the retailer's Mstylelab (primarily serving customers ages 13 to 22) and Impulse (primarily serving customers ages 19 to 30) departments offering a diverse product assortment curated to appeal to a wide cross-section of lifestyles.

Bluewater Productions newest biography comic book release this week features a re-release of the “Fame: Drake” comic book featuring a new Batman homage cover by famed comic book artist O.M.G. (aka Mario Gully) and a tribute comic book on Glee star Cory Monteith.

The Hollywood Museum hosts two exclusive events in tribute to Marilyn Monroe's 51th Anniversary Memorial and to highlight Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit

The most comprehensive collection of signature costumes from The Sound of Music went up for auction and sold for a total of $1.3 million (£846,000).

It's the jacket from the 'King of Cool' that continues to define men's fashion to this day. Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is proud to announce the premiere male wardrobe piece of the 20th Century will be on the auction block at their Hollywood Auction today, July 29th.

The most comprehensive collection of signature costumes from The Sound of Music will be going up for auction later this month. Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is thrilled to announce that these iconic costumes worn by Julie Andrews and the 'Von Trapp' children, will be on the auction block at their Hollywood auction today, July 29th. The Sound of Music is the most successful movie musical in history which spawned some of the most beloved songs in the American songbook, including 'Edelweiss', 'Do-Re-Mi', 'Sixteen Going on 17', and 'My Favorite Things.'

Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is proud to announce the auction of 75,000 original camera negatives and transparencies from the Milton H. Greene Estate. Over 3,700 unpublished Marilyn Monroe images highlight the auction. All images are to be sold with copyright and will go up for auction today, July 27.

Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's screenplay for the 1959 cult classic film Some Like It Hot relied on one comedy gimmick, that two men, played by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, could escape from Chicago mobsters by donning drag and joining a girl band ...and convince everyone around them that they were really women. Could they pull it off? Wilder himself reputedly stated that he never thought the movie would be as successful as it became due to its meager plotline. But... with Marilyn Monroe alongside Lemmon and Curtis as Sugar Kane, the hilarious trio really blended uproariously...and the rest is history. When in 1972 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill collaborated with book writer Peter Stone to create Sugar, their Broadway musical flopped, probably for two reasons. Firstly, Styne's music, with the exception of one or two songs, is not memorable. Secondly, the book, too faithful to the screenplay, has tremendous holes for a stage play and just does not, no offense to composer Styne, come up roses.

Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is proud to announce that the Lucille Ball Collection, perhaps the finest collection of her papers, costumes and memorabilia to ever reach the market, will be up for sale at their auction, The Dreier Collection Part II, July 30th in Los Angeles.

The secret ingredient is dance. After that, everything else falls into place. Fantastic ensemble singers. Broadway talent. Men in women's clothing. The production's name fits it well, as plenty of delicious treats entice Music Circus audiences into the world of 'Sugar.'

Kerry Katona will bring Marilyn Monroe, the silver screen's most enigmatic screen legend and enduring icon, back to life in 'Norma Jeane The Musical'. Written by Belvedere Pashun (WAG! The Musical) and with original songs from a hit song writing team including Jay Aston, Geoff Cotton Orna Klement & Tony Bayliss. The first outing for Kerry as Marilyn will be a rehearsed reading before an invitation ONLY industry audience on September 22nd in London. Karen Struel-White is behind the project and said:

Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is proud to announce that a collection of iconic cultural memorabilia will be up for sale at their Hollywood Auction, July 28th and July 29th in Los Angeles. Also of important note, Profiles in History's Milton Greene Collection auction is this Saturday, July 27th. It will have over 75,000 photographs and negatives, of those, 4,000 are Marilyn Monroe, all going with copyright. Tuesday, July 30th, is the auction of the Dreier Collection Part II, followed by their Animation Auction on Wednesday, July 31st. Highlights from the Hollywood Auction are listed below.

Sugar, a hilarious Tony-nominated musical comedy based on the classic film Some Like It Hot, is the next show in the 2013 Music Circus season, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion from today, July 23 - 28. Like the 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, Sugar follows the hysterical antics of two male musicians, disguised as women in an all-female band, as they experience a series of mishaps while fleeing from the mob. The brassy score is by Jule Styne (music) and Bob Merrill (lyrics), composers of the hit musical Funny Girl.

'A concert could feature the cast and additional performers from Broadway. That would be a wonderful way for the show to live on,' Shaiman told THR.

After recently announcing over 200 hours of original programming, Ovation, America's only arts network, has additionally acquired all episodes of critically acclaimed series SMASH from NBCUniversal Cable & New Media. Ovation will debut the series beginning tonight, July 19 at 8pm ET. The announcement was made today by Robert Weiss, Ovation's Chief Creative Officer.

Former beauty queen, entertainment agent and producer Judith Yancey releases a highly entertaining and inspiring new book, titled Oranges in the Big Apple. Yancey's newly published work is a romantic, funny, and sexy novel about a Florida family on the go in the late '60s and early '70s. This injects as much values as there are amusing or intriguing scenes.