It was announced today that Tony Award nominee Megan Hilty has extended her run as Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her for one additional week. Hilty will now play her final performance on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
As previously announced, Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe will begin performances as Madeline Ashton on Friday, January 16, 2026. Standby Dee Roscioli will play the role of Madeline Ashton for the performances on January 13, 14, and 15.
Additionally, during the week of January 5, the role of Helen Sharp will be played by standby Dee Roscioli during Tony Award nominee Jennifer Simard’s vacation. The performance on Sunday, January 4 will be the final performance featuring the Tony- nominated duo of Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard in the roles of Madeline and Helen.
Megan Hilty originated the role of Madeline Ashton in both the world premiere production in Chicago and the Broadway run. She has been involved in developing the show since Spring 2023 and earned a Tony Award nomination for best leading actress in a musical for her performance.
Produced by Universal Theatrical Group and based on the Universal Pictures 1992 film, Broadway’s drop-dead hilarious musical comedy, Death Becomes Her was the most nominated show of the 2024-2025 Broadway season with 33 total nominations, including: 10 Tony Award Nominations, 12 Outer Critics’ Circle Award Nominations, 5 Drama Desk Award Nominations, 4 Drama Leage Award Nominations, and 2 Chita Rivera Award Nominations.
Death Becomes Her features direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli, a book by Tony Award nominee Marco Pennette, and an original score by Tony Award nominees Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, and currently stars Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty (Madeline Ashton), Jennifer Simard (Helen Sharp), Christopher Sieber (Ernest Menville), and Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams (Violet Van Horn) with Taurean Everett (Chagall) and Josh Lamon (Stefan). The cast also features Marija Abney, Sarita Colón, Kaleigh Cronin, Alexa De Baar, Natalie Charle Ellis, Michael Graceffa, Neil Haskell, Ximone Rose, Bethany Ann Tesarck, Mitch Tobin, Sir Brock Warren, Bud Weber, Ryan Worsing, Warren Yang, Kyle Brown, Kristine Covillo, Alex Hartmanm, Lakota Knuckle, McKinley Knuckle, Johanna Moise, Justin O’Brien, Amy Quanbeck and Dee Roscioli.
