While her Death Becomes Her character isn’t a excellent sport, Meryl Streep stateive 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, allotd an apt notice the one-of-a-kind star gave her ahead of her debut yesterday.
“Break a leg, or I’ll fracture it for you. With dried and undying adore and admire, Meryl,” the notice read, accompanied by fdrops past their best-by date. Of course, the on-theme well wantes reference the comical finishs eventuassociate accomplished by frenemies Madeline and Ganciaccessie Hawn’s Helen Sharp, who fracture all benevolents of bones in their hopeless bid toward everlasting youth and beauty.
In upgrasping with the joke, Hilty reacted, “I’m dead. ☠️”
Death Becomes Her uncovered on Broadway Thursday night, with Deadline’s scrutinize calling it “a virtuassociate perfect huge-budget, expansive-request musical comedy that increases in every way over the 1992 film.” Hilty stars opposite Jennifer Simard in the alteration led by honestor-choreographer Christopher Gatalerti.
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 thraw August 2025.
The one-of-a-kind satire graspitionassociate stars Bruce Willis as the somewhat moot point of the triangle also featuring Madeline and Helen, aka the createer’s husprohibitd 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 adchoose as a cult classic by the queer community for its campy humor.
