THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Reviews- Page 11

[60'splayoff]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 11:08am

The TodayTix rush was a piece of cake yesterday. Tickets were still available until 1/2pm in the afternoon, offering everything from front mezz, rear orch, front orc etc. 

Echoing what everyone else has said, the audience was electric and she's a STAR. Not that I expected them to, but I don't think the keys were changed at all for her so it was interesting to watch her navigate the score with a very different voice than KC- a few bum notes at the beginning, but ultimately a success (including a fun bit during the soprano-off with Marie Antoinette). I also wanted to note that Sherie did not do the accent.

Such a privilege being there last night. You can't help but listen to that singular voice and hear Cathy, Amneris etc. Don't stay away too long, Sherie!!

Updated On: 11/26/25 at 11:08 AM

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 11:22am

In case anyone wants a sneak peek of Sherie:

https://youtu.be/KeqP77qLVV4?si=q3tgVVW_ZHhKOfzI

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 11:27am

I mean this in all the positive ways, but to me Scott brings the "Florida" to the character that Cheno just doesn't have. 

[60'splayoff]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 11:40am

Interesting how she didn't knock the ball (finial??) off the banister like normal 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 11:54am

quizking101 said: "In case anyone wants a sneak peek of Sherie:

https://youtu.be/KeqP77qLVV4?si=q3tgVVW_ZHhKOfzI"

Thank you for this! She absolutely nailed those final couple of minutes. 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 12:45pm

Scott is so damned good, rendering the final number with a gifted actor's clarity, she made me realize how absolutely wrong it is, as a stopping place in this muddled, compromised narrative. Her investment in the circular rumination as a final epiphany, as a personal re-declaration of her I Want, is so persuasively offered, it points up how the show has no real ending. Scott approaches it like Jackie's "Before the Parade Passes By," and finds herself where she started.  It's a bum conclusion, and watching Scott try to make the authors' point - that full circle is compelling - is touching indeed. I thought, "If it doesn't work with her, no wonder it doesn't work with the billed star." 

And let me add what I noted in the St. James: it's a dreadfully staged theatrical conclusion, repetitive, unsure of how to use that staircase so that every move up or down has specificity and purpose. Why didn't someone noticed that a single ascension has power, but inching up and down looks unfocused. Emblematic of so much: nobody knows what this story is, or how to put it on its feet.  Give this woman a show that deserves her.

Updated On: 11/26/25 at 12:45 PM