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- Kristin Chenoweth spoke with PEOPLE about her upcoming function in The Queen of Versailles, her first Broadway function in a decade
- The Depraved alum warned followers of her well-known Galinda/Glinda function, “You are not gonna get Depraved, so do not get upset”
- Chenoweth will seem in The Queen of Versailles on the St. James Theatre in New York Metropolis, with previews starting Oct. 8 forward of a Nov. 9 opening night time
Kristin Chenoweth needs her followers to enter The Queen of Versailles with the appropriate expectations.
Talking with PEOPLE on the crimson carpet on the 2025 Tony Awards in New York Metropolis on Sunday, June 8, the Broadway veteran warned followers of Depraved — by which she originated the function of Galinda/Glinda reverse Idina Menzel‘s Elphaba — that her upcoming function is “very completely different.”
“Folks assume they’re gonna get Depraved — you are not gonna get Depraved, so do not get upset,” says Chenoweth, 56.
The Stephen Schwartz musical Queen of Versailles, which Chenoweth is co-producing by her manufacturing banner Diva Worldwide Leisure, will mark the actress and singer’s return to the Broadway stage after a decade away.
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An adaptation of Lauren Greenfield’s award-winning 2012 documentary of the same name, The Queen of Versailles follows socialite Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel and her “Timeshare King” husband David Siegel’s multi-million greenback quest to construct the most important personal house in America. Chenoweth performs Jackie, with F. Murray Abraham as David.
“We have labored on it for 5 years, and I need to birth this baby, you already know?” Chenoweth tells PEOPLE, earlier than reflecting on “22 years with” Depraved music and lyrics author Schwartz, 77.
And what received her “” in The Queen of Versailles was “what it has to say,” regardless of some preliminary reservations she admits she had about signing on.
“When Stephen referred to as me [and explained the premise], I used to be like, ‘I do not know … ‘ ” Chenoweth tells PEOPLE. “However then we began speaking and discussing and creating, and it received me excited.”
As for her Depraved days, they don’t seem to be too far faraway from Chenoweth’s life now, as each she and Menzel, 54, made shock cameo’s in final yr’s Jon M. Chu-directed film therapy.
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Whereas Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande took over the roles of Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, Menzel and Chenoweth play members of an Emerald Metropolis singing group that carry out “One Quick Day,” a track in regards to the Wizard of Oz’s magical arrival to the land.
And requested whether she and Menzel will return within the movies’ second half — Wicked: For Good, which hits theaters this November — Chenoweth not too long ago instructed PEOPLE completely, “All I can say to the followers is that they’ll simply must go and see.”
Chenoweth will seem in The Queen of Versailles on the St. James Theatre in New York Metropolis, with previews starting Oct. 8 forward of a Nov. 9 opening night time.
The 2025 Tony Awards will air on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m. ET.