Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical) the musical in April 2004. A staged concert production was presented in the Encores! series of Great American Musicals in Concert at the New York City Center May 9–13, 2012 with Megan Hilty as Lorelei Lee and Rachel York as Dorothy, directed by John Rando and choreographed by Randy Skinner. A 1953 film adaptation, released by 20th century Fox, was directed by Howard Hawks and starred Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) son, Louis, to act as interpretor. They learn that Robert is Lady Beekman’s lawyer. Through a French waiter named Leon (who speaks English), Lorelei learns that Robert and Louis plan to show the ladies the Paris sights while charging everything to Lady Beekman, while waiting for an opportunity to steal the tiara from Lorelei to give to Lady Beekman. They go to Fontainebleau, the Folies Bergère, and the Palace of Versailles. Lorelei has made a paste copy of the tiara and, by playing one against the other, manages to keep the real tiara and send them away with the fake