Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Michelle Williams & More in DEATH BECOMES HER
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Get a first look at all-new photos and videos of the World Premiere of DEATH BECOMES HER at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, now on stage for a limited five-week engagement.
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.
Starring Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty (Wicked, “Smash”), Jennifer Simard (Company, Disaster!), Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Company), and Grammy® Award winner Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child, Chicago), DEATH BECOMES HER, based on the classic 1992 film, is a drop-dead hilarious new musical comedy about friendship, love, and burying the hatchet…again, and again, and again.
The ensemble includes Marija Abney, Sarita Colon, Kaleigh Cronin, Natalie Charle Ellis, Gabriella Enriquez, Taurean Everett, Michael Graceffa, Neil Haskell, Kolton Krouse, Josh Lamon, Sarah Meahl, Diana Vaden, Sir Brock Warren, Bud Weber, Ryan Worsing, and Warren Yang. Beau Harmon, Johanna Moise, Amy Quanbeck, & Zach Williams join as swings.
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Y'all it's so fucking good, I went in with no expectations and didn't see any promo at all. It's one of the best musicals I've seen in a long time
@Chicago48
Ай бұрын
I liked it too. Very well staged and the songs stand out. I esp. didn't know how they choreographed that staircase fall. OMFG, who choreographed that?
@jasonmc1199
29 күн бұрын
Same was in Chicago for another purpose this was a last minute thing that I will never forget beyond amazing!
Michelle was meant for this! She sounds amazing! 🔥🔥🔥
@musiclover-cn7tb
Ай бұрын
Yessssss
I can’t say enough of just how outstanding all aspects of this production are. We’re lucky to get this in Chicago before it heads to Broadway. 🖤
Oh The Cast AND THE VOICES! Come thru Michelle!!!!!!! I'm going to see this.
MICHELLE!!!! Pipes 😍🥰🥰
Just saw it and I must say as a harsh critic it was fantastic. Fan service across the board without being too obviously just doing the movie. A few boring songs and long scenes and jokes that didn’t land but for an out of town tryout it was so close to being complete. Excited for Broadway already
I can't wait for this to come to Broadway! Megan and Jennifer are Broadway comic geniuses!
Vocal showcase of Michelle's part brought me here. Didn't even know this was happening, but loved the dark comedy classic as a kid. Glad it's coming to B'way in the fall just in time for those needing a hocus pocus pick me up during Halloween. Speaking of which, we need a Batman musical. Now, that would be a smash hit.
@randoperson5190
Ай бұрын
There’s a Batman musical proshot here on KZread! It’s called Holy Musical Batman! and it’s really good! It’s based more on the old comedy tv show than on the new darker takes though
I’ve seen it twice. 10/10 theatregoing experience. The audience had a blast both nights. Megan, Jennifer, Michelle, Christopher, & the rest of the cast are firing at all cylinders. I need a cast album ASAP!
I saw this tonight and it was FANTASTIC! Megan was amazing Michelle sounded spectacular. Some of the most fun I've had in a theater in years!
Saw this last night in Chicago - it was FANTASTIC!
"NOW, a [musical]?!" "Could you just not [sing]?" "You and your [songbook] are going to be together for a long time." "Do you remember where we parked the car?"
Oh Michelle!!!! Captivating!!!
saw this a couple weeks ago, one of the best performances i’ve ever seen, and that’s saying a lot
Megan Hilty my favourite G(a)linda in Wicked💚
The source material seems like it would lend itself well to musical theatre. These clips sound great.
I am seeing it for the fourth time Thursday… very good
MEGHAN HILTY IS QUEEN!
I ❤ Meg Hilty!
Yes, we know Michelle Williams. But you might recognize one Ensemble member from your childhood. The Ensemble member behind Michelle and giving the fierce attitude at 1:29 (Angry Teeth)... that's Kaleigh Cronin.... some of you may remember her from the PBS Kids show ZOOM back in the day (Seasons 3 and 4) !! And Kaleigh is also understudying Michelle (plus Megan and Jennifer)!!! A DESTINY'S CHILD member and a ZOOMER on the very same stage?!!! 2 core early 2000's throwback legends in this cast?!!! EPIC!!!
This looks amaaaaazing!!!!
Michelle sounds better than ever!
Can’t wait for this to come to New York!
Oh, this looks fun!
THIS SEEMS SO FUN?!!
Looks great! Bring it to the UK!!
@JonathanGardnerTV
Ай бұрын
Yes please 🙏🏾
Saw it 2 weeks ago super fun!
I hope this lasts long enough for Jinkx Monsoon to star in it!
@jermainecornelius7193
Ай бұрын
You know what! 🎯!! Jinkx would do great in this!! Productions like this, just like Little Shop of Horror are perfect her. I can easily see her eating in this.
I hope it is so successful they release a pro shot of the musical.
I love Michelle Williams forever
wow Michelle
Why put a thumbnail for a different scene??😵💫
Jennifer and Christopher together again!!!! 🩷🔥
Can anyone make out early what Michelle's line is right after 'if you want perfection, take a sip and drink it in'? Is it 'heal your old complexion'?
@bnorem09
Ай бұрын
Yes, that’s what she says. I saw the performance two Saturdays ago that had closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
@davidwestbrooks1432
Ай бұрын
Thank you! I saw it yesterday. It was amazing. Death Becomes Her is one of my favorite movies!
It doesn't have to be exactly like the movie but I wish they would change the aesthetics around the Viola (formerly Lisle) character.
The three amazing women in these clips.....ga Dam! One I was obsessed with from Smash, the other I only liked that Britney musical for her Toxic voice (😊) and the queen....MICHELLE DESTINY CHILD MULTI-OCTIVE Williams ......look, these talented, beautiful women make up equal sides of a triangle. I will be seeing this show due to their high standards of work and talent. I'm so impressed and in love and I'm more queer than Andy Cohen! Ok?
PURRR
Umm... I want to see this. 👀
Misleading. Your thumbnail isn't even in the clip!
Всегда считала что Мишель очень недооцененная вокалистка
Can someone please comment the lyrics to both songs? I loved the show, but I can’t understand what they are saying/singing.
Wammawink?
Michelle!!! a voice like a meteor!!!!
Only here for Michelle. Wow, now I want to go see this.
If she hasn't already, I hope Ms. Williams has cleared some room on her mantle for her Tony Award. :)
@4thbox
Ай бұрын
She hasn't a chance to be nominated. She can't act at all.
@shawnburgess9870
Ай бұрын
And she just stood there belting… that was boring to watch… but she can sing
@JMarionS
Ай бұрын
@@shawnburgess9870 Sir, do you see that elaborate costume? What is she supposed to do, flip cartwheels? There’s enough going on in the background with the other dancers. Also consider the role she is playing.
Theres the top half of this comment section and then the bottom💀
Strikes me as oddly reminiscent of “Bad Cinderella.”
@broadwaymike92
Ай бұрын
Well some of the Ensemble in this show were in BAD CINDERELLA!!!
@4thbox
Ай бұрын
Maybe it's those awful ensemble "costumes." I thought of Bad Cinderella immediately the moment the dancers were revealed in the opening number. I guess a lot of dancers are vain about their gym perfected bodies, but having to perform in "clothes" like that must take incredible guts.
Blah
UGH.
And what’s going on with their foreheads? Are those fake moles?
This sounds like every other musical from the past 20 years. What happened to melody and harmony? Instead, key changes, vocal histrionics, and "show stoppers." Give me The Fantastics any day.
Second song looks like a rip off of Kiss of the spider woman.
@xak999
Ай бұрын
I wouldn't put it passed them. Although the new team who wrote the score might have never seen nor heard the cast album of "Kiss Of The Spider Woman."
@kenken6550
Ай бұрын
Rip off?!? It's a poor version- and not sung well
From what I’ve seen so far the music isn’t memorable.
@TheCoastermann
Ай бұрын
It never is these days.
@Thatgayguytimo
Ай бұрын
I’ve seen it twice and they have some bangers they just haven’t promoted yet!
@4thbox
Ай бұрын
@@Thatgayguytimo You saw it TWICE?! Did someone pay you to go both times?
I don't get that casting,the 2 female leads are short and....um...robust. The movie pays particular attention to the fact that both women are slender beauties.....
Nope
Why is everyone moving so slowly? This looks terrible. This is not funny.
this doesn't capture any of the magic of the original movie.
@got2bjosh
Ай бұрын
Though adept at accessing the exaggeration inherent in camp, musicals in their tiresome earnestness, can sometimes end up lacking the biting, sardonic wit & subversive, shady qualities embedded in the dark comedy sub-genre. They seemed to have retained generic sniping.
Nooooooooooo I’m sorry I don’t like it. I love my original movie. Why hasn’t that gotten the appreciation it truly deserves?
I find having microphones on people's foreheads so distracting. There has to be a better way to mic the actors.
@xak999
Ай бұрын
No matter where they try it, this is probably as good as it's ever going to get. In the original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls," they wore actual headsets, thinking the audience would find it 'modern' (for 1981), but most people found them distracting, even though the plot focused on a rock music group. To do a musical without mics, we'd have to be talking a 'dance' show, like the way Twyla Tharp conceived "Movin' Out" and "Come Fly With Me," or this Season's "Ilinoise."
@cnp3205
Ай бұрын
literally all broadway shows are mic'd like that. it's the only kind of mic that can actually capture louder vocals clearly.
@DandelionVVA
Ай бұрын
It's only distracting since it's zoomed up close at the actors. You'd only ever notice it if you are in the first row or two.
Not only no, but hell no! It’s like a barrowed dress…that doesn’t fit….sad.
Just no.
Why are they both overweight?
Overacting Oversinging Overdosing
This is ALL wrong.
Megan was great, Jennifer was good and Michelle was fine. Her singing was good but the character wasn’t believable. Enjoyable show though. Music needs work and should be a half hour shorter.
@Thatgayguytimo
Ай бұрын
I agree Michelle was a lil stiff but otherwise I thought it was incredibly strong!
Not every mediocre movie needs to be a musical. This thing looks like a total pice of $hit. I have season tickets to the theater in my city, and these touring shows of Tootsie, Beetlejuice, Mean girls, ect… are just horrible. We’re getting “Back to The Future” next season, I only want to see it to find out how they’re going to take a 40 year old beloved movie and turn it into garbage. Maybe I’ll just Stubhub my tickets. The people writing these derivative musicals nobody asked for should be prosecuted for vandalism, and sentenced to serve time at a reform school until they can come up with an original idea.
@deansenratz4437
Ай бұрын
You sound fun.
@kd8opi
Ай бұрын
@@deansenratz4437 I’m certainly more fun than these horrible redux.
@got2bjosh
Ай бұрын
Death Becomes Her was NOT mediocre. It had an iconic, award-winning cast, was a box office hit, won an Oscar, & continued as a hit on home video where it was embraced by young millennials who later brought it to the awareness of subsequent generations via social media posts & RPDR. A B'way musical was inevitable. Surprised we haven't seen a (possibly animated) tv show tracking their decrepit life together.
@kd8opi
Ай бұрын
@@got2bjosh I saw it in the theaters, It was a mediocre movie. It has a 50-ish percentage on metacritic and rotten tomatoes. IMDB gives it 6.6/10. It is not a classic. Its is not iconic. Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs down. It is a forgettable, 30 year old movie that has a minor, unexplainable 🏳️🌈 cult following that has propelled it to become a musical. Nobody wants it, nobody asked for it, and it will be another forgettable remake of a Hollywood movie. It’s another sign of the death of Broadway.
@got2bjosh
Ай бұрын
@@kd8opi Humorless AND old... sounds like you need the potion! Except that would burden us with your permanent presence.
Very problematic musical. All these raves must be from diehard musical fans and who clearly have no discriminating taste. I thought Michelle Williams was horribly miscast. Sure she can sing, but she can't act at all. It was like she was on Quaaludes during her dialogue scenes. There have been no real improvements on the 1980s movie. The farcical humor and physical comedy all belong to that era. I was hoping for wit and some bite but it's all loud and brash, loads of sex jokes and actors falling down. And those massive voluminous gowns! What the hell?! The two leads are forced to shuffle across the stage instead of walking. I sorely disappointed by the whole thing. The music is forgettable, but the lyrics are often very clever. My favorite part was a stunt that comes near the end of the first act. The only "special effect" that worked on stage turned out to be the highlight of the show.
Guys? GUYS. 🫠
@got2bjosh
Ай бұрын
"Flaaaaaacid."