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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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Review: In ‘Death Becomes Her,’ Spiking the Fountain of Youth
6 / 10

I don’t think the musical has to worry about that; no matter how many improvements it has made, it is stuck with the foundational problems of the film. But the chance to see two theatrical masterminds go at it for a few hours is sufficient justification for the effort. I wouldn’t be surprised if, in its next incarnation, the Lunt-Fontanne Theater became the Hilty-Simard.

Divas at Dusk: Death Becomes Her as Broadway Camp
7 / 10

To delve into that sort of darkness more might be upsetting, and potentially less brand-friendly for Universal, but the surface level-focus of Death Becomes Her kept gnawing at me. It also stalls the show’s second act. Once you have Madeline and Helen taking swings at each other—and yes, shovel combat is never not funny—the production has little new territory to cover, thematically or emotionally. The plot barrels on as the enthusiasm wanes, from both the audience and the performances. Sieber’s character, the most obvious voice for a grounding rebuttal to Helen and Madeline’s obsession with eternal youth, has a solo that’s too silly by half, a duet with a talking paint can. Stuck in the mode of camp exuberance, Gattelli powers through the rest of the action by means of a chase sequence (echoes of Some Like It Hot, though not Nicholaw-level precise) toward an anticlimactic finale. As on film, Helen and Madeline end up as allies, each dependent on the other to patch up her body. They cruise, forever youthful, toward eternity, making fun of other people’s funeral services. They leave us with a wink and meta-joke, a song about how they’ll never have an ending, but if they did, it might go a little like this … The conceit’s cleverly nipped and tucked, the work of fine theatrical plastic surgery, hard to dislike and ultimately—as a medical examiner might say of these women—without a heartbeat.

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

Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
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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