New musical to give intimate portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller’s marriage

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1. Thu, 3 September 2026

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     New musical to give intimate portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller’s marriage

     Misfits Together, by Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill a King’s Ralph Pelleymounter, is set amid the 1950s’ ‘red scare’ It was lampooned as the union of the “hourglass” and the “egghead” – the marriage, in the summer of 1956, between Hollywood superstar Marilyn Monroe and Pulitzer-winning playwright Arthur Miller. Now, a new stage musical is to give a nuanced and intimate portrait of that famous relationship, treat each as trailblazers in their own way and reveal parallels between the volatile...