THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close December 21, 2025 — Page 2

Kad said: "DramaTeach said: "They turned off all comments on their final performance post. Guess people were too gleeful. 😬"

I think the labeling of Chenoweth as MAGA was and is entirely unfair- and decidedly untrue- but the way she handled the situation was so bafflingly tone deaf and unhelpful that it just made the situation worse."

Agreed to both comments. Admittedly, I think this has been common with how celebrities have dealt with social media "mistakes" (for lack of a better word) in general, but with Chenoweth it just was particularly baffling.

This isn't surprising to anyone. I just hope we still get that cast album (and on CD preferably :P )

EDSOSLO858 said: "32 previews and 65regular performances at the St. James Theatre.

Sure, word-of-mouth was largely negative, but it was grossing over $1 million a week at the time of this notice — if that's not at least somewhat safe these days for a musical, then what is?"

The weekly running cost on this show was VASTLY overlooked. It was 1.3 million a week or more.

Not surprised as this show was mishandled, over and poorly directed with a crap book and bland music.

We do feel for the cast losing their jobs. Most of them knew this was inevitable before they opened. The writing had been on the wall since technicals and previews.

Updated On: 11/25/25 at 06:09 PM

WldKingdomHM said: "Do we think this will survive until Jan 4th?
now let’s get Sherri in death becomes her !"

I’m wondering the same thing. We had tickets to see it December 20th with a group. Wondering if we need a “plan b”. Tickets for December don’t look all that great.

DramaTeach said: "They turned off all comments on their final performance post. Guess people were too gleeful. 😬"

Yes, and the cast are seeing them. I’m chatting with one of my friends in the cast and they are actually very disheartened as to how everyone is being so absolutely gleeful about this.

RE: Evita - I still don’t think it’s smart for ALW & co. to bring it in since it’s going to cannibalize CATS across the street, and that took some time to get the capital and find a suitable house, with a reasonably possibility of being a major awards contender. It’s also just as depressing to see that the two giant theatres on 45th are about to sit empty for spring.

If it’s even possible, and I gag a bit in saying this, if something is going into the Winter Garden as been rumored, they should then probably take Mamma Mia over to the Majestic. At minimum, it will be in a high traffic area and it’s already a proven cash cow.

malcs98 said: "Man, I’m pretty worried about THE LOST BOYS now"

I wouldn't worry, that show won't have a celebrity in it making a huge mistake on social media and pissing off many of her longtime fans.

As I predicted, it will last through the holidays and that's a wrap. What a giant waste of time, money, and talent. This was a terrible time for a musical like this to exist though, and that smart people in the business couldn't see that is...wild.

Updated On: 11/24/25 at 06:28 PM

Are the days over for the big splashy musical on Broadway?

The old sow has got too fat.

JSquared2 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Do we think this will survive until Jan 4th?
now let’s get Sherri in death becomes her !"

She’s not interested in returning to Broadway in an 8 performances a week schedule, hence why she took this standby gig. Only goes on when needed so weeks (or months) could go by between performances."

Thank god she has you as her spokesperson!

Also she managed 8 perfs a week just fine with LITTLE SHOP. The QOV gig was an easy money no-brainer."

Only going by what she said to me verbatim several months ago when I asked her directly while we were both waiting for our tables at Gallagher’s on W. 52nd Street shortly after she ended her LITTLE SHOP run in February 2025.

uncageg said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "32 previews and 65regular performances at the St. James Theatre.

Sure, word-of-mouth was largely negative, but it was grossing over $1 million a week at the time of this notice — if that's not at least somewhat safe these days for a musical, then what is?"



I assume they are looking at advance sales."

Exactly.... they are looking at ticket sales after the holidays and see that it's very bleak. They'll play thru the busy Xmas and New Year's season and bank as much $$$ as possible and then close up to avoid bleeding tons of cash trying to survive a deadly winter. Very smart choice by the producers. Despite the NY Times Critics pick, the rest of the reviews just weren't good enough and neither was word of mouth and the subject matter/concept wasn't appealing.

BrodyFosse123 said: "
Only going by what she said to me verbatim several months ago when I asked her directly while we were both waiting for our tables at Gallagher’s on W. 52nd Street shortly after she ended her LITTLE SHOP run in February 2025."

And this was before she told the host, “please make sure my table is not near his,” I assume?

SmokeyLady said: "It was a bad show. It happens. I hope they don’t try to make it like it was all the Charlie Kirk thing because it wasn’t. It was just a horridshow. Her big mouth didn’t help any either. And she could’ve said so much to correct it a little and she didn’t. So that part of it’s on her.
I can imagine after the horrendous reviews and the poor audience attendance that they all just hated going to work every day. It had to be very depressing to know your show is crap."

She stuck her foot in her mouth with the Kirk thing. At least that is what the Tok is saying at the moment. And while that bothered me; I was hoping to love the show. I can forgive Christian Chenoweth. Hell.. I forgave Donna Summer. But this show was just one of the worst things I have seen in a long time.

melfi39 said: "I have a ticket for January 23rd. Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? Do I need to call the St. James or will I automatically get a refund? Does anyone else have a ticket bought for a performance after the posted closing date?"

It should be automatically refunded for you, no action needed on your end. It may take some time, though.

BrodyFosse123 said: "JSquared2 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Do we think this will survive until Jan 4th?
now let’s get Sherri in death becomes her !"

She’s not interested in returning to Broadway in an 8 performances a week schedule, hence why she took this standby gig. Only goes on when needed so weeks (or months) could go by between performances."

Thank god she has you as her spokesperson!

Also she managed 8 perfs a week just fine with LITTLE SHOP. The QOV gig was an easy money no-brainer."

Only going by what she said to me verbatim several months ago when I asked her directly while we were both waiting for our tables at Gallagher’s on W. 52nd Street shortly after she ended her LITTLE SHOP run in February 2025."



Very cool that you ran into a Broadway star while vacationing here from Reno. 😎