THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Previews — Page 13

I wonder what the weekly nut is? All in, including royalties and theater rent? My guess is a million like most new musicals these days. And how big a reserve they have?

Yeah, I am utterly disappointed it was cut. Ugh.

Oh, interesting. They just removed it when I saw it then. I also saw it in Boston, so I noticed the omission. I remember I looked it up after I saw it in Boston and Victoria had supposedly given her mom permission to publish it. It was such a vile detail that I assumed they removed it because it was so so awful and not true. Saying she's continuing to build Versailles in Victoria's honor shows how misguided Jackie is but definitely doesn't pack the same punch.

I saw it last night and I thought KC was in top form, not low energy or giving over it energy AT ALL. Having said that, I actually liked the show. I could care less about the woman this is based on, but appreciated the story and it very much is a cautionary tale. The end was giving me so much Sunsert BLVD vibes.

Hey guys, apologies if this has been discussed, I just don’t have time to skim through the posts, but what has the running time landed on now that the show is frozen?

Frozen flop.

mikem said: "I am completely floored that they removed the part about publishing the diary. I thought that was kind of the whole point of the show, that

The removal of the diary revelation without removing the scene that leads up to that makes no sense. It probably now appears that the charity is a good thing, that Jackie is doing good in the world.

If people are finding Chenoweth to be low-energy, this may be why. If I were her, I would be fuming that The Powers That Be have considerably undercut her performance by taking out one of the most significant moments in the show for her character, and it's also probably made the character significantly less interesting to play.

It's unbelievable to me that this would be removed midway through previews. Thisreduces my confidence in the creative team significantly."

Agreed. They also cut the end of that scene where Jackie and David rush to the dance floor to celebrate.

I never cared for the Book of Random song but now I'm REALLY at a loss as to why it's still in the show.

They've replaced the diary-selling scene with Jackie and David pledging to finish Versailles in Victoria's memory because "she would want them to" or something like that which definitely telecasts how out of touch and selfish Jackie is, but it's nowhere near the gut punch of revealing the published diary.

So little specificity about the score. Is it really so flat out unmemorable? It’s what inspired me to buy TDF, the chance to hear Chenoweth sing a new Schwartz. The I Want we’ve all heard - “Doatsy Meadowlark” I called it - has cringe lyrics but the composer’s signature melodic texture. What’s it comparable to?

Updated On: 11/1/25 at 12:12 PM

Oh, just do a little searching on YouTube. A handful of live recordings of songs from its Boston tryout are on there. Not gonna post those links here.

Auggie27 said: "So little specificity about the score. Is it really so flat out unmemorable? It’s what inspired me to buy TDF, the chance to hear Chenoweth sing a new Schwartz. The I Want we’ve all heard - “Doatsy Meadowlark”I called it - has cringe lyrics but the composer’s signature melodic texture. What’s it comparable to?"

I liked the score in Boston overall (to be fair I've grown familiar with it thanks to a, *ahem* recording.) Is it Schwartz at his best? No (out of his various work post Wicked it doesn't hold a candle to his gorgeous score for the Vienna musical Schikaneder which, yes, I keep on bringing up at every chance I can.) But what composer approaching 80 is at their peak form (including the work Sondheim wrote after he turned 70.) Still, I think it's a very cohesive score and to my ears was a breath of fresh air to hear a well constructed traditional score that held together as a whole, with lyrics that (wow!) actually advance characterization unlike so many of the recent more pop style scores we get here (and this is often Schwartz in his pop mode.) I do think some of his attempts to sound modern with various references are maybe a bit cringe, but that also feels fitting (my one complaint with Caviar Dreams is the use of "toddle" for toddler and an easy rhyme--but that's also the kind of rhyme I've come to expect with Schwartz over the years.)

Auggie they've released a second song if you haven't heard it yet, Pretty Wins sung by the great Nina White.

Updated On: 11/1/25 at 08:19 PM

How has Rush been? Trying for this Saturday matinee.