Who Killed Marilyn? – Emerald Theatre
There is a particular pleasure in a story that makes you impatient for its next revelation, and ‘Who Killed Marilyn?’ taps into precisely that feeling, unfolding with the intrigue of a crime novel whose pages you keep turning long after you intended to stop. An expansive retelling of Marilyn Monroe’s life and death, it draws Hollywood glamour, political power and conspiracy into a theatrical mystery that is thoroughly captivating.
Written by Sharleen Cooper Cohen and directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, the production follows Monroe’s story after becoming famous, through the relationships and powerful interests surrounding her, including the Kennedys, organised crime and the machinery of celebrity, which all enter the frame as the circumstances of her death come under scrutiny. Conspiracy t...
