Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Actress Sunny Thompson, who stars in "Marilyn: Forver Blonde," will be in the Touchet Valley next Wednesday to promote her stage play at the Powerhouse Theater in Walla Walla.
WAITSBURG - To say Sunny Thompson was nervous when she first performed the role of Marilyn Monroe in "Marilyn: Forever Blonde" may be an understatement.
After all, one of the first audiences to see her new show in Los Angeles was made up of die-hard fans of the late "American Goddess," including some of the producers, cast and stylists from the original "Some Like It Hot."
These were people who knew Monroe personally or at least knew her style, body language and mannerisms intimately. At least a dozen spectators that night had met the 1950s "sex symbol" up close.
"It was scary," Thompson said...
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