US EditionTony preview: 'Death Becomes Her' delights in excess
- The musical Death Becomes Her opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and received nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards.
- The show adapts the 1992 Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep film, focusing on two age-conscious lifelong friends who become rivals over a plastic surgeon.
- Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard star as the rival friends, with Simard also nominated for Best Actress, and the musical features lavish costumes, elaborate special effects, and big numbers.
- Matthew Murphy compared Hilty and Simard to Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, highlighting their fierce rivalry and the show's use of sharp one-liners and visual spectacle.
- While praised for its energy and effects, the production's distractions and scale can overwhelm its simple story about friendship turned sour.
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‘That was rude’: why the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her was ripe for TikTok memes
A few snippets of musicalised dialogue from the cast album of the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her – with music and lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, and a book by Marco Pennette – have recently become trending sonic memes on TikTok. In all sorts of situations, users are lip synching to audio clips of Broadway star Jennifer Simard, in the character of Helen Sharp (played by Goldie Hawn in the 1992 cult film on which the musical is b…
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How Christopher Gattelli crafted Broadway's 'Death Becomes Her' and made it a Tonys powerhouse
When he was first asked to lead the Broadway hit musical “Death Becomes Her,” director and choreographer Christopher Gattelli loved it, but refused to work on the big, splashy opening number. It was just too delicious. So Gattelli worked out…
TONY PREVIEW: 'Death Becomes Her' delights in excess
Director Christopher Gattelli stuffs this with a lot of distractions. Big showy numbers (Hilty’s Madeline, after all, is a Broadway star), expensive set pieces and scenery-chewing sidekicks make you forget this is really a simple story about friendship gone bad.
Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber Talk Viral DEATH BECOMES HER Line
It's Tonys week and, in commemoration of the show's 10 nominations, Death Becomes Her stars Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber visited Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss the hit musical. The duo has collaborated with one another on several projects in the past, including Shrek the Musical and the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. "Sieber's always in my contracts," Simard joked on the show. "We've worked together a bunch and w…
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