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 fiance 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!), and Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Company), with 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.
Life's a bitch and then you die. Or not!
Music was great. Can't wait for the cast recording. I liked the show a lot better than the movie. Very talented staff. Skip the suite services add on though. Waste of money. They had run out of vodka the night before and the stuff they had was swill quality. For a $40 add on, they should have at least the qualify of stuff they are charging for at the paid bars
This show was fantastic!! The music, comedy, set, costumes, and magic were amazing! I didn't want it to end. Sometimes with shows I find myself wondering when intermission is or if it's almost over....not Death Becomes Her! I didn't want it to end.
As a fan of the movie, the adaptation was perfection. From start to beginning it kept you laughing and excited to be there. All of the performances were spot on especially noted this was the first Saturday of its Chicago run. The buzz inside the theatre just added to the performance.
It was great---Costumes outstanding! More than I expected.
The show was so entertaining and fun - with such clever humor. The talent, costumes and dancing/choreography were exceptional and the show had a great pace. The time seemed to just fly by. This was a great opportunity to see a high caliber pre-Broadway show - how lucky are we Chicagoans!
Amazing show! The cast is a real luxury, wonderful voices, very good special effects, masterful performances and very, very funny... right to the top positions of my (long) list of musicals seen. Totally recommended
Don’t miss Death Becomes Her! The cast is fantastic especially Megan Hilty! Staging, costumes, choreography all exceptional. A truly fun theater experience!
Wow! What can I say! This was my first play as an adult and let me tell you it DID NOT let me down. The theater was beautiful as well. The costumes, the cast the singing really puts you in a mood a GREY MOOD. I left the theater wanting MORE! Love this play cast was amazing! 10/10!
Catty dialogue which will make this a success by the queer population alone. My review (without giving away plot or changes from film) Megan and Jennifer have great chemistry. The songs are very good but sound needs to be fixed because the duets were garbled. Too much time was given to Ernest (in my opinion) and one scene involving him needs to be fixed or cut. I didn't feel the actor had a strong enough presence. Michelle Williams is a great singer, but not an actress. It may be the material given to her. This is where I will leave that. I bought a mug and magnet so I enjoyed the show enough to get merch! I snapped, clapped, laughed and yaaaaassed a lot as did most of the crowd Costumes and ensemble had me opening Grindr after the show!
This was a funny and entertaining play. The acting and singing were great and the comedy was on point. It did the movie justice. I recommend.
