‘The Queen of Versailles’ Musical Workshop Adds F. Murray Abraham, Melody Butiu & Nina White To Kristin Chenoweth-Led Cast
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: F. Murray Abraham, Here Lies Love’s Melody Butiu, and Kimberly Akimbo’s Nina White have joined the cast of workshop presentations of The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth being held in New York next month.
Featuring music by Stephen Schwartz, The Queen of Versailles is a new musical based on the acclaimed 2012 documentary about socialite and TV personality Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel.
The workshops are scheduled for November 2 and 3. Also joining the project is theater and film company Seaview, signing onto the producing team.
Seaview’s Broadway credits include Just for Us starring Alex Edelman, Parade starring Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window starring Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan, Mike Birbiglia’s The Old Man & the Pool, Selina Fillinger’s POTUS, and the upcoming productions of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, Enemy of the People starring Jeremy Strong, and Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin.
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