Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard give perfect performances in 'Death Becomes Her,' the hilarious new musical which opened Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City, based on the 1992 film.

When the new musical Death Becomes Her opened on an appropriately dark and stormy night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre this week, it instantly added to the Broadway canon two sublime dueling-diva turns from two preternaturally gifted comediennes: Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.

A perfect rejoinder to the ubiquitous Broadway Sucks These Days gripe about the too-many movie-to-stage adaptations has arrived at long last, and it’s a simple three-word response: Death Becomes Her.