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The Misfits review – Marilyn Monroe is fascinatingly sad in John Huston’s desolate western

The bleak Arthur Miller-written 1961 American pastoral is rereleased to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Monroe, who plays a naive divorcee who meets three new suitors in her most serious and poignant role

The Guardian - UK

The secrets that the Marilyn Monroe pictures don’t tell us

ART: The National Portrait Gallery’s highly anticipated Marilyn exhibition – in celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday – is full of striking, evocative magic. But when it comes to one of history’s most photographed and most misunderstood women, it leaves us with more questions than answers, writes…

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The Misfits: Marilyn Monroe’s final film showed her capacity for playing painfully knotty characters

Written for Monroe by then husband Arthur Miller, the role of Roslyn is contradictory and complex

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‘America’s sweetheart’: exhibition explores Marilyn Monroe’s complex relationship to stardom

The new exhibition at LA’s Academy museum features some of the star’s most intimate belongings that have never been available for public viewing

The Guardian - US

Marilyn Monroe at 100: Hollywood made her a myth – she spent her life resisting it

“I can be smart when it matters, but most men don’t like it,” says Lorelei Lee in the 1953 comedy musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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Feast for the senses

Last year, I stifled my appetite to avoid missing an acrobatic opening performance for the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) against the backdrop of noisy hawker stalls at Bedok Town Square. Only when it ended on a high note did I manage to get some food late at night.…

Bangkok Post

First Thing: Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East arrives in California

State can meet fuel demand for next six weeks with its current supply, says energy commission vice-chair. Plus, alleged Epstein suicide note unsealed by federal judge

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Arthur Miller knew Marilyn Monroe would die young

Marilyn Monroe's ex-husband Arthur Miller predicted the actress would die young because it was "impossible for her to live" with the "intensity" of her existence and the amount of drugs she was taking.

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Arthur Miller opens up about marriage to Marilyn Monroe in newly unearthed recordings

Exclusive: Taped conversations also cover playwright’s relationship with fame, self-doubt and communism

The Guardian - UK

The Price review – Henry Goodman leads another Arthur Miller revival that’s right on the money

A tremendous cast lifts what might have been a formulaic drama into a compelling examination of contested memory

The Guardian - UK

The Price review: Arthur Miller's knotty post-Crash drama shouldn't work this well

4/5 Arthur Miller’s post-Depression play is unsurprisingly timely again at the Marylebone Theatre

Evening Standard

Death of a Salesman review – Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf hypnotize in revival

Arthur Miller’s 1949 autopsy of the American dream finds new urgency in a stripped-back production

The Guardian - US

John Proctor Is the Villain review – Arthur Miller’s classic sparks a #MeToo moment

A class on The Crucible unearths troubling parallels for a group of teen girls in Kimberly Belflower’s play set in the wake of the Weinstein scandal

The Guardian - UK

John Proctor is the Villain at the Royal Court Theatre review: terrifically provocative

4/5 This riposte to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible deftly examines the way women and girls are manipulated and gaslit

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West Gate review – jaw-droppingly staged production recounts Melbourne’s tragic bridge collapse

The stage feels dangerous from the opening seconds, in a play that has its faults but hums with dread as it builds towards a mighty crash

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Broken Glass review – Arthur Miller’s shattering drama chills with new political resonance

Jordan Fein’s revival finds hypnotic power in Miller’s 1994 play, as Pearl Chanda and Eli Gelb bring haunting emotional force to a story of paralysis and denial

Evening Standard

Broken Glass at the Young Vic review: has never felt more powerful

4/5 This oft-overlooked Arthur Miller play conjures a sense of dread that feels apt for these hostile times

The Conversation

Netflix’s killer new Agatha Christie mystery – what to watch and see this week

Well 2026 has certainly got off to a flying start with a raft of excellent films, plays and TV dramas to keep our minds off the lack of sunlight and cash during this dreary month. And that’s the marvellous thing about art and culture: it is often free or costs…

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All My Sons: director Ivo Van Hove powers up Arthur Miller’s post-war play with a Greek tragedy staging

Belgian theatre director Ivo Van Hove is no stranger to American playwright Arthur Miller, directing acclaimed productions of A View From the Bridge at the Young Vic in 2014, with a transfer to London’s West End in 2015, and The Crucible on Broadway in 2016. Now he has another hit…

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Colin Friels: ‘We’re only here for a very brief time, so you may as well enjoy the living daylights out of it’

The beloved actor on elusive retirement, sharing the stage with his daughter, and the secret to a long and strong marriage

The Guardian - UK

All My Sons review – the stars of a dream cast align for Arthur Miller’s towering tragedy

Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Hayley Squires achieve theatrical alchemy in Ivo van Hove’s superb production

Evening Standard

All My Sons review: 'An astonishing, deeply moving piece of theatre'

5/5 Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu are pitch perfect in this Arthur Miller revival

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First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

As the United States faces increasing incidents of book banning and threats of governmental intervention – as seen in the temporary suspension of TV host Jimmy Kimmel – the common reflex for many who want to safeguard free expression is to turn to the First Amendment and its free speech…

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘I’d work for Mike Leigh again in a heartbeat – in fact, I’ll pay him!’

The actor moved to LA 22 years ago. Now she’s back in the UK to star alongside Bryan Cranston in All My Sons. She talks about the frightening rehearsal schedule, how she’d work again with Mike Leigh in a heartbeat, and why she’s taking up boot-making

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Elizabeth Franz dead at 84

Elizabeth Franz, the Tony Award winning actress – who was best known for her role in the 1999 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman - has passed away at the age of 84 following a battle with cancer.

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