Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Michelle Williams & More in DEATH BECOMES HER

[@Grant-dx3qt]

Y'all it's so fucking good, I went in with no expectations and didn't see any promo at all. It's one of the best musicals I've seen in a long time

[@Chicago48]

I liked it too. Very well staged and the songs stand out. I esp. didn't know how they choreographed that staircase fall. OMFG, who choreographed that?

[@jasonmc1199]

Same was in Chicago for another purpose this was a last minute thing that I will never forget beyond amazing!

[@ToTheWolves]

Have you seen the movie?

[@conejo_blanco]

Michelle was meant for this! She sounds amazing! 🔥🔥🔥

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

Yessssss

[@JayEllisAlexander]

Oh The Cast AND THE VOICES! Come thru Michelle!!!!!!! I'm going to see this.

[@molly7154]

I’ve seen it twice. 10/10 theatregoing experience. The audience had a blast both nights. Megan, Jennifer, Michelle, Christopher, & the rest of the cast are firing at all cylinders. I need a cast album ASAP!

[@andrewdevitre386]

MICHELLE!!!! Pipes 😍🥰🥰

[@louis5855]

The Only Aida ❤

[@louis5855]

And Destiny’s Child Angel ❤

[@got2bjosh]

Vocal showcase of Michelle's part brought me here. Didn't even know this was happening, but loved the dark comedy classic as a kid. Glad it's coming to B'way in the fall just in time for those needing a hocus pocus pick me up during Halloween. Speaking of which, we need a Batman musical. Now, that would be a smash hit.

[@randoperson5190]

There’s a Batman musical proshot here on KZbin! It’s called Holy Musical Batman! and it’s really good! It’s based more on the old comedy tv show than on the new darker takes though

[@patrickblake123]

Whoever designed the outfits for the male dancers, thank you 🥵

[@eddieferran5471]

Just saw it and I must say as a harsh critic it was fantastic. Fan service across the board without being too obviously just doing the movie. A few boring songs and long scenes and jokes that didn’t land but for an out of town tryout it was so close to being complete. Excited for Broadway already

[@ernieb6680]

I saw this tonight and it was FANTASTIC! Megan was amazing Michelle sounded spectacular. Some of the most fun I've had in a theater in years!

[@alex_lynch76]

saw this a couple weeks ago, one of the best performances i’ve ever seen, and that’s saying a lot

[@buckspath]

I can't wait for this to come to Broadway! Megan and Jennifer are Broadway comic geniuses!

[@dlsmith300201]

I absolutely love them both. Fell in love recently with Megan after hearing a song from SMASH.

[@Musicald0rk]

Saw this last night in Chicago - it was FANTASTIC!

[@jazyjas3937]

Oh Michelle!!!! Captivating!!!

[@got2bjosh]

"NOW, a [musical]?!" "Could you just not [sing]?" "You and your [songbook] are going to be together for a long time." "Do you remember where we parked the car?"

[@christianfranz2686]

I saw this in Chicago with my mom. We both really enjoyed it! I can’t wait for it to come to broadway later this year!

[@CherryBlossomstheblog]

MEGHAN HILTY IS QUEEN!

[@Ntyler01mil]

The source material seems like it would lend itself well to musical theatre. These clips sound great.

[@broadwaymike92]

Yes, we know Michelle Williams. But you might recognize one Ensemble member from your childhood. The Ensemble member behind Michelle and giving the fierce attitude at 1:29 (Angry Teeth)... that's Kaleigh Cronin.... some of you may remember her from the PBS Kids show ZOOM back in the day (Seasons 3 and 4) !! And Kaleigh is also understudying Michelle (plus Megan and Jennifer)!!! A DESTINY'S CHILD member and a ZOOMER on the very same stage?!!! 2 core early 2000's throwback legends in this cast?!!! EPIC!!!

[@RosieTheWickedFangirl2007]

Megan Hilty my favourite G(a)linda in Wicked💚

[@lorigagnon7310]

I wish I didn't live in Seattle because I'd love to see this! Love Megan Hilty 🩷 (who grew up just down the street from me) and Chris Sieber who is my favorite Broadway star ⭐ since I met him and his wonderful family last year. What a great cast!

[@jakegadomski2066]

Michelle sounds better than ever!

[@rick90604whittier]

I ❤ Meg Hilty!

[@ce67790]

This looks amaaaaazing!!!!

[@UncommonSense81]

Looks great! Bring it to the UK!!

[@JonathanGardnerTV]

Yes please 🙏🏾

[@johnsonbaxter]

THIS SEEMS SO FUN?!!

[@EagleRockers]

Oh, this looks fun!

[@2000wattz]

Can’t wait for this to come to New York!

[@coreyhiggins3475]

The three amazing women in these clips.....ga Dam! One I was obsessed with from Smash, the other I only liked that Britney musical for her Toxic voice (😊) and the queen....MICHELLE DESTINY CHILD MULTI-OCTIVE Williams ......look, these talented, beautiful women make up equal sides of a triangle. I will be seeing this show due to their high standards of work and talent. I'm so impressed and in love and I'm more queer than Andy Cohen! Ok?

[@inlovewithJLT]

I hope this lasts long enough for Jinkx Monsoon to star in it!

[@jermainecornelius7193]

You know what! 🎯!! Jinkx would do great in this!! Productions like this, just like Little Shop of Horror are perfect her. I can easily see her eating in this.

[@joelakers410]

I love Michelle Williams forever

[@ben11ur]

I hope it is so successful they release a pro shot of the musical.

[@vb9677]

Jennifer and Christopher together again!!!! 🩷🔥

[@Banjo70]

Saw it 2 weeks ago super fun!

[@mykelcohen]

Why put a thumbnail for a different scene??😵‍💫

[@TheSongwritingCat]

It doesn't have to be exactly like the movie but I wish they would change the aesthetics around the Viola (formerly Lisle) character.

[@pamelabouganim3328]

Death Becomes Her was filmed at our Malibu Villa with Star Trinity Tuck and JuJu 🎉

[@Dalaginding]

wow Michelle

[@davidwestbrooks1432]

Can anyone make out early what Michelle's line is right after 'if you want perfection, take a sip and drink it in'? Is it 'heal your old complexion'?

[@bnorem09]

Yes, that’s what she says. I saw the performance two Saturdays ago that had closed captioning for the hearing impaired.

[@davidwestbrooks1432]

Thank you! I saw it yesterday. It was amazing. Death Becomes Her is one of my favorite movies!

[@lehstheaterclasses9262]

Misleading. Your thumbnail isn't even in the clip!

[@fockingreat1125]

PURRR

[@Chillmax]

How is Madeline made to look better later, she looks pretty good here?! As a massive admirer of this film, I'm happy it's getting some love over 30 years later, and whilst Lisle's song has a good tune, the first songs is one of those rather modern, muddled affair's and not for me. I wish it well though, and hope it sticks solely with entertainment, and doesn't contain any modern messaging,

[@marissamoore3577]

Umm... I want to see this. 👀

[@abigailancona327]

Can someone please comment the lyrics to both songs? I loved the show, but I can’t understand what they are saying/singing.

[@lashahevans7517]

Only here for Michelle. Wow, now I want to go see this.

[@TarotMage]

If she hasn't already, I hope Ms. Williams has cleared some room on her mantle for her Tony Award. :)

[@4thbox]

She hasn't a chance to be nominated. She can't act at all.

[@shawnburgess9870]

And she just stood there belting… that was boring to watch… but she can sing

[@JMarionS]

@@shawnburgess9870 Sir, do you see that elaborate costume? What is she supposed to do, flip cartwheels? There’s enough going on in the background with the other dancers. Also consider the role she is playing.

[@goodbyelullaby4894]

Всегда считала что Мишель очень недооцененная вокалистка

[@f33rcetv34]

Michelle!!! a voice like a meteor!!!!

[@RedEbSeb13]

Wammawink?

[@JDHorn]

Strikes me as oddly reminiscent of “Bad Cinderella.”

[@broadwaymike92]

Well some of the Ensemble in this show were in BAD CINDERELLA!!!

[@4thbox]

Maybe it's those awful ensemble "costumes." I thought of Bad Cinderella immediately the moment the dancers were revealed in the opening number. I guess a lot of dancers are vain about their gym perfected bodies, but having to perform in "clothes" like that must take incredible guts.

[@JuanitoEsBonito]

Theres the top half of this comment section and then the bottom💀

[@simoneolivero5322]

Nooooooooooo I’m sorry I don’t like it. I love my original movie. Why hasn’t that gotten the appreciation it truly deserves?

[@irisbjones]

This sounds like every other musical from the past 20 years. What happened to melody and harmony? Instead, key changes, vocal histrionics, and "show stoppers." Give me The Fantastics any day.

[@jasonmcdaniel6237]

Blah

[@twomfilmsllc1654]

No, just no. Turning a camp and brilliant movie into ... this???

[@paull4048]

UGH.

[@jonathanmcvay4499]

From what I’ve seen so far the music isn’t memorable.

[@TheCoastermann]

It never is these days.

[@Thatgayguytimo]

I’ve seen it twice and they have some bangers they just haven’t promoted yet!

[@4thbox]

@@Thatgayguytimo You saw it TWICE?! Did someone pay you to go both times?

[@kenken6550]

Why is everyone moving so slowly? This looks terrible. This is not funny.

[@Tsmixedup]

Not only no, but hell no! It’s like a barrowed dress…that doesn’t fit….sad.

[@LouBrikanT]

Second song looks like a rip off of Kiss of the spider woman.

[@xak999]

I wouldn't put it passed them. Although the new team who wrote the score might have never seen nor heard the cast album of "Kiss Of The Spider Woman."

[@kenken6550]

Rip off?!? It's a poor version- and not sung well

[@jymschmidt527]

Nope

[@simonhawkins8572]

I don't get that casting,the 2 female leads are short and....um...robust. The movie pays particular attention to the fact that both women are slender beauties.....

[@simoneolivero5322]

And what’s going on with their foreheads? Are those fake moles?

[@malsimus]

Overacting Oversinging Overdosing

[@sillywabbit5842]

this doesn't capture any of the magic of the original movie.

[@got2bjosh]

Though adept at accessing the exaggeration inherent in camp, musicals in their tiresome earnestness, can sometimes end up lacking the biting, sardonic wit & subversive, shady qualities embedded in the dark comedy sub-genre. They seemed to have retained generic sniping.

[@mywalterego9248]

This is ALL wrong.

[@4thbox]

Very problematic musical. All these raves must be from diehard musical fans and who clearly have no discriminating taste. I thought Michelle Williams was horribly miscast. Sure she can sing, but she can't act at all. It was like she was on Quaaludes during her dialogue scenes. There have been no real improvements on the 1980s movie. The farcical humor and physical comedy all belong to that era. I was hoping for wit and some bite but it's all loud and brash, loads of sex jokes and actors falling down. And those massive voluminous gowns! What the hell?! The two leads are forced to shuffle across the stage instead of walking. I sorely disappointed by the whole thing. The music is forgettable, but the lyrics are often very clever. My favorite part was a stunt that comes near the end of the first act. The only "special effect" that worked on stage turned out to be the highlight of the show.

[@maja5490]

Why are they both overweight?

[@gcndc]

I find having microphones on people's foreheads so distracting. There has to be a better way to mic the actors.

[@xak999]

No matter where they try it, this is probably as good as it's ever going to get. In the original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls," they wore actual headsets, thinking the audience would find it 'modern' (for 1981), but most people found them distracting, even though the plot focused on a rock music group. To do a musical without mics, we'd have to be talking a 'dance' show, like the way Twyla Tharp conceived "Movin' Out" and "Come Fly With Me," or this Season's "Ilinoise."

[@cnp3205]

literally all broadway shows are mic'd like that. it's the only kind of mic that can actually capture louder vocals clearly.

[@DandelionVVA]

It's only distracting since it's zoomed up close at the actors. You'd only ever notice it if you are in the first row or two.

[@kd8opi]

Not every mediocre movie needs to be a musical. This thing looks like a total pice of $hit. I have season tickets to the theater in my city, and these touring shows of Tootsie, Beetlejuice, Mean girls, ect… are just horrible. We’re getting “Back to The Future” next season, I only want to see it to find out how they’re going to take a 40 year old beloved movie and turn it into garbage. Maybe I’ll just Stubhub my tickets. The people writing these derivative musicals nobody asked for should be prosecuted for vandalism, and sentenced to serve time at a reform school until they can come up with an original idea.

[@deansenratz4437]

You sound fun.

[@kd8opi]

@@deansenratz4437 I’m certainly more fun than these horrible redux.

[@got2bjosh]

Death Becomes Her was NOT mediocre. It had an iconic, award-winning cast, was a box office hit, won an Oscar, & continued as a hit on home video where it was embraced by young millennials who later brought it to the awareness of subsequent generations via social media posts & RPDR. A B'way musical was inevitable. Surprised we haven't seen a (possibly animated) tv show tracking their decrepit life together.

[@kd8opi]

@@got2bjosh I saw it in the theaters, It was a mediocre movie. It has a 50-ish percentage on metacritic and rotten tomatoes. IMDB gives it 6.6/10. It is not a classic. Its is not iconic. Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs down. It is a forgettable, 30 year old movie that has a minor, unexplainable 🏳️‍🌈 cult following that has propelled it to become a musical. Nobody wants it, nobody asked for it, and it will be another forgettable remake of a Hollywood movie. It’s another sign of the death of Broadway.

[@got2bjosh]

@@kd8opi Humorless AND old... sounds like you need the potion! Except that would burden us with your permanent presence.

[@lilmattz1238]

Megan was great, Jennifer was good and Michelle was fine. Her singing was good but the character wasn’t believable. Enjoyable show though. Music needs work and should be a half hour shorter.

[@Thatgayguytimo]

I agree Michelle was a lil stiff but otherwise I thought it was incredibly strong!

[@collinmaier3858]

Guys? GUYS. 🫠

[@got2bjosh]

"Flaaaaaacid."