Full cast announced for 'Death Becomes Her' on Broadway

Directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her features a book by Marco Pennette, and an original score by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey.

The full cast has been announced for new musical comedy Death Becomes Her on Broadway. Performances begin on October 23, with opening night on November 21 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Joining the previously announced Megan Hilty (Wicked, Smash), Jennifer Simard (Company, Disaster!), Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Company), and Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child, Chicago), are Marija Abney, Lauren Celentano, Sarita Colon, Kaleigh Cronin, Natalie Charle Ellis, Taurean Everett, Michael Graceffa, Neil Haskell, Kolton Krouse, Josh Lamon, Sarah Meahl, Ximone Rose, Sir Brock Warren, Bud Weber, Ryan Worsing, and Warren Yang. Kyle Brown, Lakota Knuckle, Johanna Moise, and Amy Quanbeck.

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her features a book by Marco Pennette, and an original score by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey.

Based on the 1992 film, which stars Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, Death Becomes Her follows actress Madeline Ashton, who makes her frenemy author Helen Sharp an actual enemy when she steals her fiancé. As Helen plots revenge, their world is turned upside down by a mysterious woman with a secret.

The rest of the creative team includes scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by Peter Hylenski, hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe, make-up design by Joe Dulude II, fight direction by Thomas Schall, with music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, orchestrations by Doug Besterman, dance and incidental music arrangements by Sam Davis, and music direction by Ben Cohn.

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Photo credit: Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard in Death Becomes Her. (Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)