There is a miracle elixir in the campy musical “Death Becomes Her,” which opened Thursday night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: ...

The excellent Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard garnish the comedy of “Death Becomes Her” with sharp, outrageous brilliance in this rollicking Broadway musical adaptation of the 1992 movie.

Megan Hilty, left, and Jennifer Simard in 'Death Becomes ... Madeline losing her looks and career, and becoming the “before” face of a skin cream advertisement. Helen becomes a success herself ...

The relentless, deliciously played, perfectly directed hilarity of Death Becomes Her ... Madeline losing her looks and career, and becoming the “before” face of a skin cream advertisement. Helen ...

In the new Broadway musical “Death Becomes Her,” a so-so 1992 movie gets a ... The transformative difference between the two is that the just-skin-deep characters are now free to be much ...

Smoothed skin—so uncanny! It’s humiliation disguised as elevation, the all too common Faustian deal that’s made when a woman over forty lands a good part. Still, “Death Becomes Her ...