THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Reviews- Page 6

[BeyondtheBoards]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 1:59pm

I didn't love this, but went in expecting a pile of garbage, which was absolutely not what I got. I thought the show had some lovely moments with some great belting from Cheno, but beyond that lacked depth or excitement or a hummable score. 

Not worth Broadway prices, but worth a rush ticket. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 4:52am

The pull quotes of the season! We just started, folks!

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 7:52am

forgot one...

“There is a two-hour-and-40-minute luxury-car crash happening at the St. James Theatre. If I were the litigious type, I’d be trying to figure out how to sue for whiplash. Instead, here I am staggering homewards, still trying to twist my head back into position after The Queen of Versailles. If you’re morbidly curious about the experience, you could try for tickets to the new musical by Stephen Schwartz and Lindsey Ferrentino, with Kristin Chenoweth glittering relentlessly at its center. Or you could save the money and have someone slap you back and forth with a large salmon.

BrodyFosse123 said: "The pull quotes of the season! We just started, folks!

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[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 9:01am

"Not worth Broadway prices, but worth a rush ticket."

More or less the consensus on these boards since the first preview. Get a discounted ticket and you won't have missed it when the show eventually closes. I'm trying to imagine folks coming to town for the holidays - or more telling, the dead of winter, January - March - and finding this must-see. Maybe I'm wrong; it pulled a million last week (though apparently still below the nut?)  It's hard to dismiss word of mouth, regardless of the 3 odd raves. Has word of mouth changed? When I saw the show last Wednesday afternoon, people shook their heads leaving, much eye-rolling, hitting the street outside the St. James. And a handful of folks angry at the hagiography in the show's DNA stood around the rest rooms venting, "Why?" 

[inception]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 10:03am

I put my ticket for next week on stubhub at face value.  I doubt it will sell, but it doesn't cost me anything to list it.  Lots of other tickets there.  Probably lots of other suckers like me who bought early based on Chenoweth's name.  She'll probably never get another penny out of me for the rest of my life.

[chernjam]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 1:27pm

I'm legitimately puzzled how the NY Times labeled it a "critics pick" while the rest of the reviews were so mixed to bad.  I realize that these things are subjective (for example, I'm not a fan of Ragtime, but I can completely understand why people were raving about it and why it receives such creative accolades), but this really stands out as bizarre. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 1:30pm

chernjam said: "I'm legitimately puzzled how the NY Times labeled it a "critics pick" while the rest of the reviews were so mixed to bad. I realize that these things are subjective (for example, I'm not a fan of Ragtime, but I can completely understand why people were raving about it and why it receives such creative accolades), but this really stands out as bizarre."


They are being paid to do so. How else do you explain this, Smash, and Redwood getting Critic’s Picks? They are all flaming piles of dog mess.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 1:35pm

chernjam said: "I'm legitimately puzzled how the NY Times labeled it a "critics pick" while the rest of the reviews were so mixed to bad. I realize that these things are subjective (for example, I'm not a fan of Ragtime, but I can completely understand why people were raving about it and why it receives such creative accolades), but this really stands out as bizarre."

As I said earlier, he just flips a coin and laughs. They are also getting bribed to do so, of course.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 2:11pm

Sutton Ross said: "As I said earlier, he just flips a coin and laughs. They are also getting bribed to do so, of course."

Jesse Green is no longer the chief theatre critic at the NYT. Laura Collins-Hughes is the responsible critic for the QofV and Ragtime reviews. I wonder what Elisabeth Vincentelli would have said about QofV, she isn’t my favorite but she seems much more restrained in what she gives a critics pick.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 2:19pm

Thanks Jorge, I forgot that he was removed. Not sure what Laura was watching, but I will always believe the Times gets something in return for these critics picks, which I truly don't think makes a difference. As TotallyEffed pointed out this show, Redwood, and Smash were all critics picks that failed miserably.

[Owen22]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 2:31pm

chernjam said: "I'm legitimately puzzled how the NY Times labeled it a "critics pick" while the rest of the reviews were so mixed to bad. I realize that these things are subjective (for example, I'm not a fan of Ragtime, but I can completely understand why people were raving about it and why it receives such creative accolades), but this really stands out as bizarre."

Because Hughes is an even worse critic than Jesse.