NEW YORK—Society’s obsession with staying young takes it on the chin and elsewhere in the no-holds-barred Broadway musical comedy, “Death Becomes Her.” Based on the 1992 movie of the same name, the show combines satire with harsh realities as it warns those seeking their deepest fantasy to be careful what they wish for.
The Price of Self-Obsession
Aging actress and full-tilt diva, Madeline Ashton (Megan Hilty) hasn’t appeared on screen in years. Once a glamorous, in-demand star, and a two-time Oscar nominee—as she keeps reminding everyone—she’s now reduced to appearing in an infomercial. In it, she extolls the virtues of wrinkle cream as the “before” actress in an on-camera demonstration.
Viola Van Horn (Michelle Williams, L) shows the aging starlet Madeline Ashton (Megan Hilty) what's possible, in "Death Becomes Her." Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
