Inside the Stranger-Than-Fiction Saga of the ‘Queen of Versailles Home’—Now Starring Kristin Chenoweth

Inside the Stranger-Than-Fiction Saga of the ‘Queen of Versailles Home’—Now Starring Kristin Chenoweth

David and Jackie Siegel’s replica of the French palace is still unfinished, but it is the subject of the new Broadway musical “The Queen of Versailles”

F. Murray Abraham Finds Richness as David Siegel in The Queen of Versailles

F. Murray Abraham is used to portraying real-life figures—after all, he won an Oscar for his performance as classical musician Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. Yet he says it’s a unique experience to step into the loafers of David Siegel in the new based-on-a-true-story musical The Queen of Versailles. A billionaire CEO, Siegel marries a young blonde pageant queen named Jackie (Kristin Chenoweth) and plots to build the largest private home in America…