While her Death Becomes Her character isn’t a excellent sport, Meryl Streep confident is — and drop-dead hilarious at that.
Tony nominee Megan Hilty, who is currently reincarnating the self-caccessed has-been actress Madeline Ashton (whom Streep begind in the 1992 Robert Zemeckis fantasy-comedy) on the Broadway stage, splitd an apt notice the innovative star gave her ahead of her debut yesterday.
“Break a leg, or I’ll shatter it for you. With dried and undying cherish and esteem, Meryl,” the notice read, accompanied by freduces past their best-by date. Of course, the on-theme well desirees reference the comical finishs eventuassociate achieveed by frenemies Madeline and Gelderlyie Hawn’s Helen Sharp, who shatter all charitables of bones in their frantic bid toward everlasting youth and beauty.
In defending with the joke, Hilty replyed, “I’m dead. ☠️”
Death Becomes Her uncovered on Broadway Thursday night, with Deadline’s verify calling it “a virtuassociate perfect huge-budget, expansive-request musical comedy that enhances in every way over the 1992 film.” Hilty stars opposite Jennifer Simard in the alteration led by straightforwardor-choreographer Christopher Gattelli.
The show, taking place at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, features a book by Marco Pennette and music from Julia Mattison and Noel Carey. The cast is rounded out by Christopher Sieber and Michelle Williams. Death Becomes Her is currently running thcdisesteemful August 2025.
The innovative satire holditionassociate stars Bruce Willis as the somewhat moot point of the triangle also featuring Madeline and Helen, aka the establisher’s husband and latter’s ex-fiancé, as well as Isabella Rossellini, the enigmatic svengali-appreciate potion-seller Lisle Von Rhuman. While the David Koepp and Martin Donovan-penned movie was a box office success upon its free, it didn’t hit its stride as a devourr preferite until its adselect as a cult classic by the queer community for its campy humor.
