“Dying Turns into Her,” a musical comedy based mostly on the zany 1992 movie about two warring girls who flip to a magical potion of their quests for everlasting youth, will switch to Broadway this fall.
The musical is now in previews on the Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago, the place it’s scheduled to open on Sunday and to run till June 2.
The Broadway manufacturing is scheduled to start previews on Oct. 23 and to open Nov. 21 on the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, the place a revival of “Sweeney Todd” closed this month.
The present stars two gifted musical theater comedians, Megan Hilty, greatest recognized for tv’s “Smash,” reverse Jennifer Simard, final seen on Broadway in “As soon as Upon a One Extra Time.” They’ll play roles originated on movie by Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.
The stage manufacturing may also function Christopher Sieber (whose comedy chemistry with Simard was final seen on Broadway within the 2021 revival of “Firm”) as the person they each want, and Michelle Williams (of Future’s Baby) because the potion purveyor.
The “Dying Turns into Her” musical is being directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, who received a Tony Award for choreographing “Newsies”; the guide is by Marco Pennette, who has written and produced tv exhibits together with “Ugly Betty”; and the rating is by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, who’ve written and carried out in quite a lot of comedy tasks.
The lead producer is Common Theatrical Group, which is the stage division of the film studio behind the “Dying Turns into Her” movie.
