The show officially opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 21, 2024, and follows frenemies Madeline Ashton (the most stunning actresses of her time) and Helen Sharp (a long-suffering author in Madeline's shadow). Helen vows revenge - but Viola Van Horn and her deadly secret are about to turn their lives upside down.

Critic Reviews

"Death Becomes Her is a smart, brilliant adaptation that honours the original without fighting too hard at making sure it recreates every moment from the film. It's clear the team has worked hard to put together one fun night of theatre, and boy do they deliver. I don't think I stopped smiling from the first downbeat to the final curtain call. It's high camp and Broadway heaven, need I say more?" Theatreley

"The two work together like the ingredients of a dangerous magical potion, each delivering precisely nuanced yet stupendously big performances in amounts that, were they off by so much as a fraction, would thoroughly undo the magic." - Deadline

"Unlike the writers of so many new musicals on Broadway, Pennette, Mattison, Carey, and director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli know exactly what story they're telling and for whom, making it explicit in the production number "For the Gaze," which features Hilty executing a dizzying number of costume changes (she's both Judy and Liza) while sugar-voiced chorus boys tap-dance around her." - Theatermania

"The show's potential shelf-life looks long for New York as well as for the road, ever hungry for a hit." - Variety

"After this month's major dud, "Tammy Faye," where "the gays" are repeatedly pandered to, it's fun to see a show that talks one on one to its core audience. - The Wrap

"They have complementary approaches to pitching jokes: Hilty tends to throw them hard straight over the plate, while Simard favors curveballs. Together they make musical-comedy magicand musical comedy, when performed this well, never gets old." - Time Out

"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." - New York Theatre Guide

"The musical adaptation, newly arrived on Broadway after a Chicago tryout, is a laugh riot from start to finish, featuring superb comic performances from its two female leads, a lavish physical production that actually reflects the astronomical (reportedly $31.5 million) production cost, and a book featuring more zingy one-liners than a Friars Club Roast." - New York Stage Review

"Death Becomes Her has been reborn on Broadway as a rousing, raucously entertaining hit, the kind of big, box-ticking blockbuster that one can see sticking around for a long time." - The Guardian

"The fact that the new Broadway show did away with the movie's super campy opener of Meryl Streep's "Me" the film's only musical number, incidentally and replaced it with the even campier "For the Gaze" tells you everything you need to know about the new production and its mission to go bigger and bawdier at every turn." - Entertainment Weekly