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Death Becomes Her

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2 hrs 30 min, including one 15-minute intermission.
Ages: 12+
Closing: June 28, 2026
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The Tony®-Winning Hit Musical Comedy

Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask her) who lives in her shadow. They have always been the best of frenemies…until Madeline steals Helen’s fiancé away. As Helen plots revenge and Madeline clings to her rapidly fading star, their world is suddenly turned upside down by Viola Van Horn, a mysterious woman with a secret that’s to die for.

After one sip of Viola’s magical potion, Madeline and Helen begin a new era of life (and death) with their youth and beauty restored…and a grudge to last eternity.

Now a warning! You may not be ready for the unbelievable amount of comedy, glamour, and magic onstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Death Becomes Her is a “wildly entertaining, perfect musical comedy. It grabs the audience by the jugular and doesn’t let go” (Deadline). With direction and choreography by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her is “a laugh-filled, tuneful musical to die for” (Variety) and “a cheek-aching laughter roller coaster — the most fun night out on Broadway!” (The Daily Beast). Experience the “savagely funny” (Time Out) pop-culture phenomenon that’s been certified “hilarious” by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Z100, Beyoncé (!!), Goldie Hawn, Superman aka David Corenswet, Michelle Williams (the other one), and countless fans on Instagram, TikTok, and beyond. See it now, and laugh for eternity.


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'Death Becomes Her' review — cult-favorite movie gets a fabulous musical facelift
9 / 10

It’s hard to follow the film's leading ladies Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, but if anyone is up for it, it’s Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. Hilty bursts with star power as the glamorous and self-indulged actress Madeline Ashton, and Simard’s dry delivery is hilarious in author Helen Sharp’s meeker getup — and even better after she transforms into a femme fatale to show up Ashton. Christopher Sieber is the perfectly bumbling plastic surgeon Ernest Menville, who can’t get a song in edgewise when Madeline and Helen are at their finest - though he manages to sneak away for a ludicrously funny song of his own in one of the campiest scenes of the show. Michelle Williams, a Broadway veteran and former Destiny’s Child member, opens the show and is ever-present as the otherworldly Viola van Horn (based on Lisle von Rhuman from the film). Aloof in contrast to the hotheadedness of the main characters, with a voice to bring the house down, she is a fitting choice for a character offering eternal youth.

‘Death Becomes Her’ Broadway Review: Megan Hilty & Jennifer Simard Shine In Life Force Of A Musical
10 / 10

A perfect rejoinder to the ubiquitous Broadway Sucks These Days gripe about the too-many movie-to-stage adaptations has arrived at long last, and it’s a simple three-word response: Death Becomes Her. A virtually perfect big-budget, broad-appeal musical comedy that improves in every way over the 1992 film, director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli’s wildly entertaining vehicle for two of our best singer-actor-comedians on any stage today renders the movie-as-source snipe worthless.

DEATH BECOMES HER Is Closing- So What Happened?
by Ben Waterhouse - May 18, 2026


Death Becomes Her announced they will be closing on Broadway on June 28 due to poor sales. This announcement comes as a relative surprise; had you asked anyone six months ago, they would have told you Death Becomes Her was more likely than not to have an extended run on Broadway. 

DEATH BECOMES HER Sets Closing Date
by Nicole Rosky - May 18, 2026


BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Tony Award winning and Grammy Award nominated musical, and the most nominated production  of the 2024/2025 Broadway season, DEATH BECOMES HER, will conclude its Broadway run. WE have all of the details here.

Death Becomes Her History

Other Productions of Death Becomes Her

2024   Broadway Original Broadway Production
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2026   US Tour
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Death Becomes Her Broadway Awards and Nominations

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Death Becomes Her — awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical Marco Pennette
2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design of a Mus Paul Tazewell
2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Jennifer Simard
2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Wig and Hair Design Charles G. LaPointe
2025 Drama League Awards DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE Jennifer Simard
2025 Drama League Awards DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE Megan Hilty
2025 Drama League Awards OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Christopher Gattelli
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Marco Pennette
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Choreography Christopher Gattelli
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Costume Design Paul Tazewell
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Direction of a Musical Christopher Gattelli
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical Christopher Sieber
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical Jennifer Simard
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Lighting Design Justin Townsend
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Broadway Musical Death Becomes Her
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Doug Besterman
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Scenic Design Derek McLane
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Noel Carey
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Julia Mattison
2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Sound Design Peter Hylenski
2025 Tony Awards Best Book of a Musical Marco Pennette
2025 Tony Awards Best Choreography Christopher Gattelli
2025 Tony Awards Best Costume Design of a Musical Paul Tazewell
2025 Tony Awards Best Direction of a Musical Christopher Gattelli
2025 Tony Awards Best Lighting Design of a Musical Justin Townsend
2025 Tony Awards BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) Julia Mattison
2025 Tony Awards BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) Noel Carey
2025 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Megan Hilty
2025 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Jennifer Simard
2025 Tony Awards Best Scenic Design of a Musical Derek McLane

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