Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden: ‘I feel more at home on stage than I do in life’ by Chris Wiegand

Speaking at a screening of hit play The Fifth Step, the actor reveals he is ‘not comfortable at all on camera’ Slow Horses star Jack Lowden has said it was a “relief” to return to th…

Lake District theatre to be renamed after Victoria Wood and unveil new musical of her songs by Chris Wiegand

Old Laundry theatre in Bowness-on-Windermere will change its name next year and premiere show to mark 10th anniversary of comedian’s death A theatre in the Lake District is to be renamed f…

For Gen Z, Curiosity Sparks Search Habits in Different Places by Situation

Caissie Levy and Jack Wolfe’s Perfect Loving Family Reunion on Broadway

‘She spread love and naughtiness’: Simon Callow on directing Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine by Simon Callow

Her natural performance in Willy Russell’s masterpiece seemed effortless but Collins found it hugely challenging – and still made every day a party Pauline Collins was a unique phenomeno…

In ‘Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire,’ Anne Washburn Basks in the Afterglow by Laura Collins-Hughes

In Anne Washburn’s darkly enigmatic play, a countercultural community hides the death of one of its own. But why?

Talkin' Broadway on Broadway Review: "The Queen of Versailles" 11/9/25 by Howard Miller

How can you sell your soul if you don't have one to begin with? That's just one of the many confounding aspects inherent in the flavorless new musical The Queen of Versailles that opened ton…

Movement Directors Are the Secret Ingredient to Movies and Runway Shows by Margaret Fuhrer

The way an actor physically inhabits a character? A model’s distinctive runway walk? Credit a movement director, who can make an ad, movie scene or fashion show feel intensely alive.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld November 8, 2025- THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES First Look and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 8, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized …

Saturday Night Live: Nikki Glaser takes hold of raunchy, fast-moving episode by Rob Ledonne

Buzzy comedian becomes one of the only female stand-ups to host the show, following in the footsteps of Joan Rivers and Amy Schumer It was a night of fresh faces at Saturday Night Live. In t…

On the Couch with Richard Clayderman

The post On the Couch with Richard Clayderman appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Love The Traitors and Only Murders in the Building? Visit The Mousetrap, says bold new director of West End perennial by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Ola Ince, who has refreshed Agatha Christie’s record-breaking mystery, says ‘we all fancy ourselves as detectives’ Audiences left hungry for more suspense after the nail-biting Celebri…

The Queen of Versailles by Jacob Malizio

The post The Queen of Versailles appeared first on Did They Like It?.

In ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ Kristin Chenoweth Can’t Get Enough by Jacob Malizio

And Chenoweth is a wonder, sounding a little bit country whenever Jackie is most herself, as in “Each and Every Day,” a love song to the infant Victoria; taking her high notes out for a …

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Doesn’t Quite Reign Over Broadway by Jacob Malizio

Saddled with an unmemorable score by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) and a confused book by Lindsey Ferrentino (Amy and the Orphans), Versailles glides by as bland bio-musical for much of …

The Queen of Versailles, Kristin Chenoweth in the Big House by Jacob Malizio

This A-list team has been able to create some genuinely arresting moments, but they are fleeting in a busy show that still doesn’t quite know what story it wants to tell. It’s like a hou…

Gilt or Guilt? The Queen of Versailles Can’t Decide by Jacob Malizio

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…

Kristin Chenoweth’s Electric Performance Can’t Save this Overly Ambitious Slog by Jacob Malizio

The performances, including a megatallented ensemble, are also excellent. As expected, Chenoweth is a force, and though Jackie isn’t really a “likable” figure, the Emmy Award winner dr…

Kristin Chenoweth holds court in Stephen Schwartz’s new musical. by Jacob Malizio

Like the 90,000–square-foot, $100-million palace that the Siegels are determined to build for themselves in Orlando, The Queen of Versailles is nothing if not ambitious. But like that same…

Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway in a dire musical that needs a wrecking ball by Jacob Malizio

I hoped the tag-team of Chenoweth and Arden would have magic to do. No such luck. The actress is a theatrical force, as everybody knows, but Simone Biles can’t do a back handspring on a to…

A Broadway musical as empty as the mansion it portrays by Jacob Malizio

Much like the ill-fated Tammy Faye from last year, Versailles (directed by Michael Arden) toggles between different modus operandi — in this case, campy comedic sendup, surface level socia…

Kristin Chenoweth’s Return to Broadway Is an Ostentatious Mess by Jacob Malizio

But The Queen of Versailles isn’t camp. It’s cheap tat, queasy spectacle, grubby glitz. It doesn’t burrow beneath its surface wealth to ask anything of substance. The post Kristin Chen…

Wildwood Park for the Arts

Confessions of A Mulatto Love Child

Magic and Mischief 2026

Read the Reviews for The Queen of Versailles on Broadway by Diep Tran, Logan Culwell-Block

The new Stephen Schwartz musical starring Kristin Chenoweth opened at the St. James Theatre November 9.

Jeremy Jordan Returns to The Great Gatsby on Broadway November 10 by Andrew Gans, Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony nominee, who originated the role, is stepping into Gatsby's pink suit once again.

The Queen of Versailles: Joe Allen’s Is About to Hang Another Poster by Suzanna Bowling

At the St. James Theatre, The Queen of Versailles opened as a star-studded, ambitious musical—with music and lyrics by the legendary Stephen Schwartz, book by Lindsey Ferrentino, and direc…

In Conversation with Tamara Kuldin

The post In Conversation with Tamara Kuldin appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Oh Happy Day! at The Public Theater — A Baptism Through Fire, Flood, and Song by Suzanna Bowling

“I RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLE IN YOUTHE TIMES THAT YOU HATED BEING YOUIF YOU COULD SEE, WHAT I SEE IN YOUI SEE GOD IN YOU.” These are not just lyrics—they are the soul-spoken prayer of Oh …

Queen of Versailles Opening Night by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Opening night at Queen of Versailles and the celebrity guests included Annaleigh Ashford Francois Arnaud Sara Bareilles Jason Robert Brown David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris Shayok Misha C…

In ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ Kristin Chenoweth Can’t Get Enough by Laura Collins-Hughes

Material excess can never be too excessive for the central character of this gilded Broadway musical, based on the 2012 film.