Universal Theatrical Group announced Wednesday that the musical adaptation of Death Becomes Her is heading to Broadway, with previews scheduled for October 23 before a November 21 opening at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in Midtown Manhattan.
In 2017, Tony-winning director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli enlisted writer Marco Pennette and composers Julia Mattison and Noel Carey to bring Robert Zemeckis’ 1992 gay cult classic – starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn – to the stage. to take.
It’s only been two weeks since Death Becomes Her officially opened at the Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago, Illinois, where production is expected to run through June 2 before the full production heads to the Big Apple.
Grammy-winning Destiny’s Child alum Michelle Williams portrays the mysterious wealthy socialite Viola Van Horn, who is a slight variation on Isabella Rossellini’s delightfully camp Lisle von Rhuman from the original film.
Smash alum and Tony nominee Megan Hilty stars as aging actress Madeline Ashton, while two-time Tony nominee Jennifer Simard plays her enemy Helen Sharp, who vows revenge after Madeline “steals” her plastic surgeon fiancé Ernest Menville (Christopher Sieber).
Universal Theatrical Group announced Wednesday that the musical adaptation of Death Becomes Her is headed to Broadway, with previews scheduled for October 23 for a November 21 opening at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in Midtown Manhattan
In 2017, director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli enlisted writer Marco Pennette and composers Julia Mattison and Noel Carey to bring Robert Zemeckis’ 1992 gay cult classic – starring (from L-R) Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn – to the stage to bring.
The logline reads: ‘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 that will last through eternity.’
Fittingly, the newly released teaser opens in exactly the same way as the film: on a rainy night in New York on Broadway.
The narcissistic Madeline then sings a disco-inspired song called I See Me as she stars in Songbird!, a disastrous Broadway musical adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ 1959 play Sweet Bird of Youth.
The $55 million budget that Beverly Hills zom-com received mixed reviews from critics, but it still grossed $149 million at the global box office and was fully embraced by the LGBTQAI community.
‘Illusion’ designer Rob Lake certainly has his hands full recreating some of the Oscar-winning visual effects (computer-generated skin texture) specially invented by Industrial Light and Magic for Death Becomes Her.
‘My first, my last, my only [special FX film]. I find it annoying,” Streep scoffed EW at the time.
“Whatever concentration you can put on that kind of comedy just gets fragmented. You stand there like a machine; they should get machines to do it. I loved how it turned out. But it’s no fun trading a candlestick.
‘Pretend this is Goldie, here! Um, no, I’m sorry, Bob, she went two inches off the mark, and now her head doesn’t match her neck!’ It was like being at the dentist.’
In 1993, cinematographer Dean Cundey and production designer Rick Carter reunited to work on Steven Spielberg’s beloved blockbuster Jurassic Park, which used the same ILM computer-generated skin texture for the dinosaurs to great effect.
It’s only been two weeks since Death Becomes Her officially opened at the Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago, Illinois, where production is expected to run through June 2 before the full production heads to the Big Apple.
Grammy-winning Destiny’s Child alum Michelle Williams (L, photo April 30) portrays mysterious wealthy socialite Viola Van Horn, a slight variation on Isabella Rossellini’s delightfully camp Lisle von Rhuman (R) from the original film
Smash alum and Tony nominee Megan Hilty (L) stars as aging actress Madeline Ashton, while two-time Tony nominee Jennifer Simard (R) plays her enemy Helen Sharp, who vows revenge after Madeline cheats on her plastic surgeon fiancé Ernest Menville (Christopher Sieber)’ steal’. )
Fittingly, the newly released teaser opens in exactly the same way as the film: on a rainy night in New York on Broadway
The narcissistic Madeline then sings a disco-inspired song called I See Me as she stars in Songbird!, a disastrous Broadway musical adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ 1959 play Sweet Bird of Youth.
The $55 million budget Beverly Hills zom-com received mixed reviews from critics, but still grossed $149 million at the worldwide box office and was fully embraced by the LGBTQAI community.
‘Illusion’ designer Rob Lake certainly has his hands full recreating some of the Oscar-winning visual effects (computer-generated skin texture) specially invented by Industrial Light and Magic for Death Becomes Her