Death Becomes Her (Broadway)
Broadway Musical • 2024 • Drama
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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.
Time Out New York raves, “4 STARS! Death Becomes Her is savagely funny,” and Deadline declares it’s “wildly entertaining — a perfect musical comedy.” 2025 Tony nominees “Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are two theatrical masterminds giving hilarious star turns” (The New York Times). Grammy® winner Michelle Williams is “irresistibly fabulous” (TheaterMania), and “Christopher Sieber stops the show” (Time Out New York). Based on the classic 1992 film and directed and choreographed by Tony Nominee Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her is “a laugh-filled, tuneful musical to die for” (Variety) and “the most fun night out on Broadway!” (The Daily Beast)
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A lot of sexual jokes, and heavy emphasis on one of the characters’ breasts.
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The two female main characters slap each other.
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One of the characters covers another one’s entire face. This is for a practical effect, and is comedically played.
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No explicit use during the show, but the main character mentions taking cocaine to stay energized.
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It’s implied that one of the main characters went insane after her parter cheated on her. She is at a mental hospital in one scene, and references her “healing process” (screaming into a pillow, taking sleeping pills, etc) throughout the show.
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A lot of cracking, snapping, and hitting. All comedically played.
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One of the characters is impaled with an umbrella. This is played comically as the character cannot die and the umbrella goes through a pre-existing hole on her stomach.
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The two main characters are unable to die. One of them ends up with her neck twisted and decapitated, the other one is shot on the stomach and ends up with a hole. It’s all humorous.
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There’s a joke about pigeons freezing to death. When they “release” them, pigeon plushies fall to the ground.
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There’s a joke about pigeons freezing to death. When they “release” them, pigeon plushies fall to the ground.
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