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Death Becomes Her Brings Meryl Streep Movie to Broadway with ‘Groundbreaking’ Illusions

How does Death Becomes Her pull off that iconic staircase tumble and hole through the stomach? Get a peek behind the scenes of the Broadway.

Deadline’s Broadway Critic Picks The Best Of 2024 & Looks Ahead To 2025

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.

Watch the cast of Death Becomes Her perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Take a sip and drink it in. The cast of Death Becomes Her performs “If You Want Perfection” live on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Watch Michelle Williams on The Kelly Clarkson Show

Michelle Williams dishes on starring in the laugh-out-loud Broadway musical adaptation of the cult classic Death Becomes Her, including the extravagant costumes in the production, and bringing everything fans love about the movie to the stage — including the iconic hole in the belly! Michelle also dishes on performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and reflects on starting her musical journey in her childhood church choir and meeting Destiny’s Child while singing backup for Monica.

BEYONCE and Kelly Rowland Support Michelle Williams at Death Becomes Her Opening Night

Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland have a Destiny’s Child reunion with Michelle Williams backstage at opening night of Broadway’s Death Becomes Her. Beyoncé shared the special moment on Instagram, praising Michelle, who stars in the musical as Viola van Horn.

Broadway Stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard on Their Eye-Popping, Bone-Crunching New Take on Death Becomes Her

Two days before Hilty and Simard opened the best new musical comedies in ages, Vogue sat down with them at the cavernous Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to discuss camp, spookiness, and their paths to Death Becomes Her.

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

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.

Review: Death Becomes Her Is the Most Fun Night Out on Broadway

The excellent Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard garnish the comedy of Death Becomes Her with sharp, outrageous brilliance in this rollicking Broadway musical adaptation of the 1992 movie.

Review: Death Becomes Her

Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard bring a cult movie to new life.

How Jennifer Simard Revamped Goldie Hawn’s Role in the Death Becomes Her Musical

The Broadway star shares backstage Patti LuPone stories, her memories of Gavin Creel and how she’ll respond if Meryl Streep comes to see the show.

Death Becomes Her film makes debut as Broadway musical

The 1992 cult-classic movie Death Becomes Her, is now a Broadway musical centering on two friends-turned-enemies who take a potion granting them eternal life. NBC’s Joe Fryer sits down with the cast and takes a behind-the-scenes look at the set.

The Death Becomes Her Frenemies Take Their Youth Potion to Broadway

The campy supernatural movie comes to Broadway as a big, bawdy musical starring Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.

Jennifer Simard and Megan Hilty Are a Modern Abbott and Costello in Death Becomes Her

The new Broadway musical has turned a tale of female rivalry into a buddy comedy.

Death Becomes Her Divas Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard Drink Up Their Time Together on Broadway

The pair of leading ladies joined The Broadway Show for a sleek photo shoot at Le Rock, channeling the high-fashion alteregos that are now on display nightly at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Death Becomes Her Star Christopher Sieber Promises “Ridiculous Surprises” in New Broadway Musical

The Broadway star gives a sneak peek of all the bewitching details of the musical adaptation.

Michelle Williams on Sherri

Michelle Williams talks about the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her.

Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are ready to knock ’em dead

Raise a glass to Broadway’s newest big, silly, fun musical: Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her Musical Creeps Closer to Broadway in First-Look at Show’s Official Artwork

Broadway’s Death Becomes Her has some deadly new artwork, and PEOPLE has the exclusive debut. The stage adaptation of the 1992 cult classic — about two frenemies with a grudge that lasts forever after they take a magical potion that gives them eternal beauty — embraces the film’s iconic moments in the imagery, with an illustration of stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard standing in two killer poses.

Review: WGN9 Chicago calls Death Becomes Her ‘One of the best nights in theater!’

Dean Richards reviews the world premiere opening of the stage adaptation of the 1992 movie “Death Becomes Her” at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.

Watch: Get a first look at Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard in Death Becomes Her

A toast to friends for life…

News: Death Becomes Her transfers to Broadway! Read the New York Times announcement

Death Becomes Her, a musical comedy based on the zany 1992 film about two warring women who turn to a magical potion in their quest for eternal youth, will transfer to Broadway this fall.

Interview: Megan Hilty reveals the one movie she dreamed of becoming a musical (You’ll never guess what it is)

“I’m really thrilled with how this writing team has taken the film and transformed it for the stage.”