"It’s sensational….The Jones genius is fully evident from the beginning…Hearing the theme (title) song half way through it strikes a chord, but it is only after the finale that the song bursts through the clouds of emotion to become a haunting and painful elegy to a tormented woman…the tragedy of Marilyn Monroe has never been more poignant." Halifax Mail-Star
"Hey Marilyn (is) the most exciting and innovative all-Canadian/American work ever commissioned by the CBC." Toronto Star
"Jones…has expertly captured the paradoxes of Marilyn from her orphanage days to her strange first marriage as a teenager to her perseverance in purely physical roles…written to pack as many hit tunes in as possible." Hamilton Spectator
"Jones has skilfully captured the essence of the kinds of music which marked the Monroe years…the lyrics are clear, frequently poetic, and intelligently organized to offer a sympathetically revealing biography of the star’s progress from foster-home waif to stardom to lonely death."
Ottawa Citizen
A Movie Mogul (Larry Westlake) reluctantly welcomes Marilyn to "Twentieth Century Fox".