The Broadway-bound musical reunites Kristin Chenoweth and musical composer Stephen Schwartz, who previously worked together on “Wicked.”
Kristin Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in"The Queen of Versailles" at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. ” tells the story of a woman named Jackie Siegel. She has big ambitions, and she works various jobs while going to school. At night she watches “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” with her parents. Like Jackie, the musical’s star Kristin Chenoweth grew up in Oklahoma and recognizes her drive.
He notes that while the musical is based on a real person’s life, they take a lot of liberties. Their Jackie is fictional, though many of the events actually happened inof the same name. Schwartz’s song “Caviar Dreams” tells Jackie's origin story. It speaks of her yearning for a different life. It was that song as well as watching the documentary that convinced Chenoweth that there was something really special here.
“I call it an American fable,” she said. “And also a little bit of a, ‘Watch yourself. Watch yourself.’ It's a little bit of a cautionary tale.”Like the hall of mirrors Jackie tries to copy in her Versailles home, the show digs into society’s obsession with the high life. It displays empathy for the character’s shopping addiction and ostentatious displays of wealth. Jackie often breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience, says Schwartz.
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