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Kristen Chenoweth in "The Queen of Versailles."
Kristen Chenoweth in "The Queen of Versailles."
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‘The Queen of Versailles’: Even Kristin Chenoweth can’t save this Broadway house of cards
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Nov 9, 2025 0

Kristin Chenoweth stars in "The Queen of Versailles," a musical as garish and empty as the mansion it depicts.

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Zachary Desmond and Christopher Dylan White in Else Went's "Degenerates."
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Love looks like a threat to the self-declared unlovable of ‘Degenerates’
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Sep 29, 2026
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Before ‘Wicked,’ Glinda had a family full of secrets
Lauren Emily Whalen Lauren Emily Whalen Sep 29, 2026
Denée Benton and Jasmine Amy Rogers in "School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play."
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Denée Benton & Jasmine Amy Rogers turn a Ghanaian cafeteria into Broadway’s most cutthroat pageant race
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian Sep 28, 2026
Josh Young as Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare.
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My Walkman never prepared me for this Jean Valjean
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