Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!"

[chanel]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #1

Posted: 6/17/26 at 9:22am

He's standing by his Queen.

https://w42st.com/post/ill-take-manhattan-stephen-schwartz-train-queens-and-robin-byrd-after-dark/

[rosscoe(au)]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #2

Posted: 6/17/26 at 9:35am

Couldn’t read it all, but how did that show cost 27 million?

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #3

Posted: 6/17/26 at 10:28am

rosscoe(au) said: "Couldn’t read it all, but how did that show cost 27 million?"

This is the new norm for a big new Broadway musical.

Commercial out-of-town tryout, years of development (which includes not only creative costs but legal/management costs), innumerable workshops/readings, A+ tier composer and director who can command big upfront fees, rights acquisition, huge set + a costume designer not of the theatre world, a star who they thought would sell, a director who doesn't like hearing the word "no"...these costs all add up.

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #4

Posted: 6/17/26 at 10:56am

Clearly, he didn’t see his own show!

[schubox]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #5

Posted: 6/17/26 at 12:13pm

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Clearly, he didn’t see his own show!"

Probably closed before he could get a ticket 

[CoffeeBreak]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #6

Posted: 6/17/26 at 12:15pm

rosscoe(au) said: "Couldn’t read it all, but how did that show cost 27 million?"

over directed, over produced, over spent.

[BrodyFosse123]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #7

Posted: 6/17/26 at 12:20pm

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Clearly, he didn’t see his own show!"

He wanted to wait until it found its footing then it closed and he never got around to seeing it. 😝

[Scarywarhol]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #8

Posted: 6/17/26 at 12:39pm

Girl.

[TotallyEffed]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #9

Posted: 6/17/26 at 12:40pm

He only saw it with Sherie.

[dramadude]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #10

Posted: 6/17/26 at 1:13pm

Yes this show was problematic and had its issues — direction, narrative in this political climate, leading lady controversy, etc, but at the very least it deserved a Best Original Score nomination… and I will happily die on this hill.

Updated On: 6/17/26 at 01:13 PM

[Kad]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #11

Posted: 6/17/26 at 3:58pm

I don't think that's a controversial opinion. While people miss out on award nominations all the time because there can only be so many nominees, Schwartz being shut out of such a thin category this year in favor of an utterly unremarkable score for a play can only be interpreted as a deliberate snub. 

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[joevitus]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #12

Posted: 6/17/26 at 5:12pm

Does anyone really expect the creator of a flop to hold the same opinion of it as the people who rejected it? 

Updated On: 6/17/26 at 05:12 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #13

Posted: 6/17/26 at 5:50pm

Had it been able to run through the Tony Awards I honestly think Queen of Versailles could’ve given the other new musicals a run for their money for Best Musical, but that’s not really saying much since this was such a dreadful season for new musicals.

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Updated On: 6/17/26 at 05:50 PM

[quizking101]

Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!" #14

Posted: 6/17/26 at 6:04pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Had it been able to run through the Tony Awards I honestly think Queen of Versailles could’ve given the other musical a run for their money for Best Musical, but that’s not really saying much since this was such a dreadful season for new musicals."

Not a snowball’s chance in hell. This show had no singular identity of what it wanted to be and it ended up trying everything and succeeding at nothing. Poor timing didn’t help matters, but when your protagonist is an inherently unlikeable and desperate person, and the actress playing her tries to take an almost-apologist approach, it doesn’t work. Sherie nailed it on the head because she knew EXACTLY that we weren’t going to like her and so she played up the right amount of ditz and leaned into the scheming hard.

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