One of this season's first and most talked about new musical openings on Broadway was THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, a Kristin Chenoweth led star vehicle with a new score from Stephen Schwartz based on the documentary of the same name.
The show, which opened to mixed reviews, had already set an early closing date of January 4th, but later brought this forward with the announcement that the show would close even earlier, on December 21st.
With the show making headlines again and again, Mickey-Jo is bringing some clarity to the conversation and explaining why the closing date has been brought forward, and what brought the show to this disappointing end...
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00:00 | introduction
03:25 | inherent problems
08:44 | Kristin Chenoweth backlash
14:23 | financial challenges
22:42 | the closing date(s)
25:38 | the reviews
31:11 | conclusion
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