THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close December 21, 2025- Page 19

[shomeika]

Posted: 12/24/25 at 7:57pm

ACL2006 said: "this has to be one of the biggest flops of this decade [so far]:

1. Tammy Faye -24 previews, 29 regular performances
2. KPOP - 44previews, 17regular performances
3. Diana -25 previews, 34regular performances
4. Flying Over Sunset -36previews, 35regular performances
5. Swept Away -20 previews, 48regular performances
6. Lempicka -27 previews, 41regular performances
7. Bad Cinderella -33previews, 45regular performances
8. Queen of Versailles - 32 previews, 49 regular performances
9. How to Dance in Ohio -27 previews, 72regular performances
10. Dead Outlaw - 14previews, 73regular performances
11. Real Women Have Curves -31previews, 73regular performances
12. Smash -32 previews, 83regular performances
13. Harmony -28 previews, 96 regular performances

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Redwood? 

[shomeika]

Posted: 12/24/25 at 8:00pm

goldenboy said: "It's a musical that just didn't work. Stop beating up our wonderful creatives."

The wonderful creatives failed miserably with QOV.  Not beating anyone up, just speaking the obvious truth.  This show was a horrible mess, and the subject matter was extremely tone deaf. The  "wonderful creatives" failed miserably by not listening to any feedback from the out of town tryout-- 

Updated On: 12/24/25 at 08:00 PM

[MB124]

Posted: 12/24/25 at 8:58pm

shomeika said: "ACL2006 said: "this has to be one of the biggest flops of this decade [so far]:

1. Tammy Faye -24 previews, 29 regular performances
2. KPOP - 44previews, 17regular performances
3. Diana -25 previews, 34regular performances
4. Flying Over Sunset -36previews, 35regular performances
5. Swept Away -20 previews, 48regular performances
6. Lempicka -27 previews, 41regular performances
7. Bad Cinderella -33previews, 45regular performances
8. Queen of Versailles - 32 previews, 49 regular performances
9. How to Dance in Ohio -27 previews, 72regular performances
10. Dead Outlaw - 14previews, 73regular performances
11. Real Women Have Curves -31previews, 73regular performances
12. Smash -32 previews, 83regular performances
13. Harmony -28 previews, 96 regular performances

"

Redwood?"

They said they are only counting shows that didn’t reach 100 regular performances. Redwood had 110 regular performances. 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/24/25 at 9:15pm

It's been interesting to note now often Redwood is cited as context. Yet other than the obvious connection to Chenoweth, its a show with almost zero parallels to Queen. In content, style, and comparatively modest presentation, not similar at all. It offered a relatable tale of a grieving woman's journey to self-forgiveness if not closure. We can mock its wide-eyed belief in Thoreau's Walden for spiritual and corporeal reinvention, its New Age twee-ness (naming of a tree as a character). But the show invited us in, and in its earnest endorsement of transcendence, moved many. I saw a Wednesday matinee with a house full of sniffles at the end.

And one random annotation if we're highlighting post-Wicked trajectories: Menzel came back to limited acclaim (and a Tony nomination) in If/Then, which ran a year, and even toured. A Best Musical nomination, no less, which some forget. No, not a hit. Not beloved (full disclosure: I liked the score a lot). But certainly respectable. My subjective take: If/Then feels like Company next to Queen.

Updated On: 12/24/25 at 09:15 PM

[MB124]

Posted: 12/24/25 at 9:31pm

If/Then was not nominated for Best Musical. 

[kdogg36]

Posted: 12/24/25 at 11:13pm

Soaring29 said: " him being assassinated was a terrible moment."

Only if you're a MAGA asshole.