I investigated the crimes of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos — and loved 'Here Lies Love'
Journalist
Lewis M. Simons is the author, most recently, of To Tell the Truth. He also wrote Worth Dying For, the story of how the Philippines' Marcos regime was overthrown, and The Next Front, which traces the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Southeast Asia.
Never in all my years of investigating the crimes of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos did I remotely imagine that one day the murderous, kleptocratic former first couple of the Philippines would be strutting their stuff on Broadway. And that I'd be one of those sharing the joy.
Yet, at a recent sold-out matinee, there I was, while the Marcosesthe tragicomic rock musical by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
