Get excited, Death Becomes Her fans! The Broadway musical, currently running at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, will digitally release an original Broadway cast recording via Concord Theatricals Recordings April 17. Pre-orders for a CD and two-LP vinyl release will become available the same day. Go inside the recording studio with the cast for a sneak peek at the upcoming album in the video above.
Four tracks from the upcoming release have already been released. Listen here.
Directed and choreographed by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her opened November 21, 2024. The cast is led by Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard as Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp, respectively, two rivals who gain eternal youth via a magic potion with some dirty side effects in the musical version of the 1992 film. Christopher Sieber and Michelle Williams are co-starring as Ernest Menville and Viola Van Horn, respectively. All four are reprising their performances from the musical's Chicago pre-Broadway tryout last year.
Joining them are Taurean Everett as Chagall, Josh Lamon as Stefan; and Marija Abney, Lauren Celentano, Sarita Colón, Kaleigh Cronin, Natalie Charle Ellis, Michael Graceffa, Neil Haskell, Kolton Krouse, Sarah Meahl, Ximone Rose, Sir Brock Warren, Bud Weber, Ryan Worsing, and Warren Yang. Swings Kyle Brown, Lakota Knuckle, Johanna Moise, and Amy Quanbeck round out the company. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting.
The work features a book by Marco Pennette, adapted from the screenplay by Martin Donovan and David Koepp; and songs by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey.
The album has been produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, Scott M. Riesett, Mattison, and Carey, with music supervisor Mary-Mitchell Campbell as associate producer. Recording and mixing are by Ian Kagey, with mastering by Oscar Zambrano and design by Derek Bishop.
Take a look at the track listing for the upcoming release below:
1. "Prelude"
2. "If You Want Perfection"
3. "For The Gaze"
4. "That Was Then, This Is Now"
5. "Tell Me, Ernest"
6. "Madeline Ashton’s Intimate Wedding Extravaganza"
7. "Ernest’s Real Vows"
8. "Madeline"
9. "‘Til Death"
10. "Tell Me, Ernest (Reprise)"
11. "Falling Apart"
12. "Siempre Viva"
13. "Let’s Run Away Together"
14. "Confrontation"
15. "Don’t Say I Didn’t (Warn You)"
16. "Hit Me"
17. "The Plan"
18. "Stefan’s Turn"
19. "Live To Serve"
20. "Siempre Viva (Reprise)"
21. "‘Til Death (Reprise)"
22. "Alive Forever"
23. "Fifty Years Later"
24. "The End"
The production features 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 J. LaPointe, makeup design by Joe Dulude II, fight direction by Cha Ramos, music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, music direction by Ben Cohn, orchestrations by Doug Besterman, and dance and incidental music arrangements by Sam Davis. Rachel Sterner is production stage manager.
The film, directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis, was noted for its relatively early use of CGI to achieve effects like star Meryl Streep's head turned completely backwards and a gaping hole going through her co-star Goldie Hawn. This musical version has been kicking around since at least 2017, when Kristin Chenoweth was attached to star, then with a separate creative team.
Universal Theatrical Group—overseen by Jimmy Horowitz and led by Lowe Cunningham—is producing.
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