In a grand tradition of seeing powerful duel-female-lead musicals, I’ve gifted Andy with a preview of ‘Death Becomes Her’ as his birthday gift. It joins other notable Broadway events such as ‘Wicked’, ‘Grey Gardens‘ and ‘War Paint’, that we were lucky enough to catch early on in their runs with the original casts. That meant we got to see Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson in their respective iconic roles.
The new musical version of ‘Death Becomes Her’ is fronted by two powerful leads – Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard – taking over the Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn roles from the original movie. While it’s never been a favorite of mine, it’s grown on me over the years – and Andy has always loved it. He never met a bit of slapstick antics, musical comedy, and Meryl Streep madness he didn’t adore.
After hearing a few snippets of this one – including an incredible duet between the leads – I’m fully on board to giving this purple potion a try… late warnings be damned!
