Death Becomes Her has opened at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.
Reviews are strong, with The Stage giving the show five stars, hailing it as a “supersized Broadway spectacle”. The Guardian and TimeOut awarded the show four stars, with The Guardian calling Death Becomes Her a “raucously entertaining musical crowd-pleaser”. See more reviews here.
Death Becomes Her stars Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, and Christopher Sieber, alongside Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams, and Taurean Everett and Josh Lamon.
The cast also includes Marija Abney, Lauren Celentano, Sarita Colon, Kaleigh Cronin, Natalie Charle Ellis, Michael Graceffa, Neil Haskell, Kolton Krouse, Sarah Meahl, Ximone Rose, Sir Brock Warren, Bud Weber, Ryan Worsing, Warren Yang, Kyle Brown, Lakota Knuckle, Johanna Moise, and Amy Quanbeck.
A new trailer has dropped promoting the show, which is booking at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre until August 2025.
First-look Video: Death Becomes Her – Official Trailer
Death Becomes Her on Broadway is based on the 1992 film written by David Koepp and Martin Donovan, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis.
The show is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli, and boasts a book by Marco Pennette, and an original score by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey.
Photos: Death Becomes Her on Broadway
The wider creative team includes scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by Peter Hylenski, hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe, make-up design by Joe Dulude II, dance & music arrangements by Sam Davis, vocal arrangements by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Julia Mattison & Noel Carey, music coordination by Kristy Norter, fight direction by Cha Ramos, music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, orchestrations by Doug Besterman, music direction by Ben Cohn, and casting by Tara Rubin Casting.
There’s still no news on whether Death Becomes Her gets a West End transfer to play in London, but we figure that these reviews will surely help.
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