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ALL HAIL THE QUEEN
FROM COMPUTER ENGINEER TO MRS. FLORIDA TO BILLIONAIRESS, JACKIE SIEGEL SEES HERSEF AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICA DREAM. NOW, AS THE WIFE OF DAVID “THE TIMESHARE KING” SIEGEL AND MOTHER OF THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN, SHE INVITES US TO BEHOLD THEIR MOST GRANDIOSE VENTURE YET: BUILDING THE LARGEST PRIVATE HOME IN AMERICA – A $100 MILLION HOUSE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, BIG ENOUGH FOR HER DREAMS AND INSPIRED BY THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. BUT WITH THE GREAT RECESSION OF 2008 LOOMING, JACKIE AND DAVID’S DREAMS BEGIN TO CRUMBLE, ALONG WITH THEIR LAVISH LIFESTYLE. BASED ON THE WILDLY ASTONISHING DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER LAUREN GREENFIELD, THE GUEEN OF VERSAILLES REUNITES CELEBRATED ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING SONGWRITER STEPHEN SCHWARTZ WITH TONY® AND EMMY AWARD® WINNER KRISTIN CHENOWETH AS JACKIE SIEGEL. CO-STARRING ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER F. MURAY ABRAHAM AS DAVID SIEGEL, WITH A BOOK BY LINDSEY FERRENTINO (UGLY LIES THE BONE, AMY AND THE ORPHANS) AND DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD® WINNER MICHAEL ARDEN (PARADE, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND), THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES IS A NEW. MUSICAL EXPLORING THE TRUE COST OF FAME, FORTUNE, AND FAMILY.
FROM COMPUTER ENGINEER TO MRS. FLORIDA TO BILLIONAIRESS, JACKIE SIEGEL SEES HERSEF AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICA DREAM. NOW, AS THE WIFE OF DAVID “THE TIMESHARE KING” SIEGEL AND MOTHER OF THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN, SHE INVITES US TO BEHOLD THEIR MOST GRANDIOSE VENTURE YET: BUILDING THE LARGEST PRIVATE HOME IN AMERICA – A $100 MILLION HOUSE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, BIG ENOUGH FOR HER DREAMS AND INSPIRED BY THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. BUT WITH THE GREAT RECESSION OF 2008 LOOMING, JACKIE AND DAVID’S DREAMS BEGIN TO CRUMBLE, ALONG WITH THEIR LAVISH LIFESTYLE. BASED ON THE WILDLY ASTONISHING DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER LAUREN GREENFIELD, THE GUEEN OF VERSAILLES REUNITES CELEBRATED ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING SONGWRITER STEPHEN SCHWARTZ WITH TONY® AND EMMY AWARD® WINNER KRISTIN CHENOWETH AS JACKIE SIEGEL. CO-STARRING ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER F. MURAY ABRAHAM AS DAVID SIEGEL, WITH A BOOK BY LINDSEY FERRENTINO (UGLY LIES THE BONE, AMY AND THE ORPHANS) AND DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD® WINNER MICHAEL ARDEN (PARADE, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND), THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES IS A NEW. MUSICAL EXPLORING THE TRUE COST OF FAME, FORTUNE, AND FAMILY.
IT’S 1979 IN THE SOUTH LONDON SUBURB OF EAST DULWICH AND DAVID STARR IS UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST, MOST TALENTED KIDS IN THE 12TH GRADE – HE’S GOT A WILD IMAGINATION, A VOCAL RANGE TO DIE FOR, AND A BEDROOM PLASTERED WITH POSTERS OF HIS BELOVED POP IDOLS: BLONDIE, STING, AND KATE BUSH. BUT SMARTS, TALENT, AND GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO GET HIM THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHERE, TO HIS GREAT SURPRISE, HE’S JUST BEEN GIVEN THE FEMALE LEAD IN THE SCHOOL PLAY. THE UNCONVENTIONAL CASTING SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH DAVID’S SMALL TOWN, FIRST WITH DAVID, AND THEN WITH HIS PARENTS, HIS AUNT, AND HIS CLASSMATES. BEFORE LONG, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION ON WHETHER DAVID SHOULD GO ON WITH THE SHOW, INSPIRING HIM TO TURN TO HIS NO-NONSENSE BEST FRIEND FRANCES AND HIS UNLIKELY CO-STAR MAXIE, THE ENIGMATIC CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM. BECOMING NANCY IS THE HUGE-HEARTED NEW MUSICAL THAT WEAVES A STORY OF FAMILY BONDS, FIRST LOVES, AND THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO FIND YOUR OWN SPOTLIGHT.
BASED ON THE NOVEL 'BECOMING NANCY' BY TERRY RONALD, BOOK BY ELLIOT DAVIS, MUSIC BY GEORGE STILES, LYRICS BY ANTHONY DREWE, DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY JERRY MITCHELL.
DEBUTING SEPTEMBER 2019 AT THE COCA-COLA STAGE, ALLIANCE THEATRE, ATLANTA, GA.
BASED ON THE NOVEL 'BECOMING NANCY' BY TERRY RONALD, BOOK BY ELLIOT DAVIS, MUSIC BY GEORGE STILES, LYRICS BY ANTHONY DREWE, DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY JERRY MITCHELL.
DEBUTING SEPTEMBER 2019 AT THE COCA-COLA STAGE, ALLIANCE THEATRE, ATLANTA, GA.
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A FILM ON THE ENDLESS PURSUIT OF PERFECTION BY TONY AWARD WINNER, NICK DEMOS.