Show Notes
Dennis is joined via Zoom by playwright and director Luke Yankee whose new play Marilyn, Mom, and Me will have its World Premier on February 16th at the International City Theatre in Long Beach, CA. The play is about Luke's mother, Oscar-winning actress Eileen Heckart and her close friendship Marilyn Monroe while they were shooting the movie Bus Stop together in the mid-1950's and how that relationship affected Luke's own feelings about his mother. Luke recalls that whenever he would mention Marilyn to his mother, she would burst into tears and how that ultimately inspired him to write the play. Luke also talks about the extensive research he did, the Cartier earrings that Marilyn gave to his mother (that eventually were left to Mary Tyler Moore after Heckhart died) and the thrill he got recently when he learned that his mother was indeed at one of the Ella Fitzgerald shows that Marilyn pressured the Mocambo club to host in 1955. Other topics include: Heckart's negative reaction to Luke when he came out and how she eventually came around, what it's like to cast actors to play your mother and yourself, the only Hollywood star who intimidated his mother (hint, it was Bette Davis) and the moment during rehearsal where he got so choked up, he had to step away to collect himself.
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