The effects-heavy musical is closing without recouping its $31.5 million investment, underscoring how difficult profitability remains for new Broadway musicals.
November 2024 opener “Death Becomes Her” drew positive reviews and 10 Tony nominations—the most of the 2024-2025 season—but won only for costume design.
September will bring the show’s next phase, with a North American tour starting at Playhouse Square in Cleveland as producers try to extend its commercial life beyond Broadway.
Can the upcoming national tour rescue this Broadway spectacle from its multi-million dollar financial failure?
How can a Tony-winning, viral musical still fail to recoup its $31.5 million Broadway investment?