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All About Jackie Siegel, the Real 'Queen of Versailles' Behind the New Broadway Musical Starring Kristin Chenoweth

by Mara Reinstein

Heads up: The new musical The Queen of Versailles is not about Marie Antoinette living it up in her opulent palace amid the French Revolution. It's actually a royally fascinating true tale"inspired by the 2012 documentary of the same name"that chronicles an office-drone-turned-socialite named Jackie Siegel (played by Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth in her first Broadway role in a decade). Even as her world crumbles aro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 4:06pm on October 7, 2025