Kristin Chenoweth Responds to ‘The Queen of Versailles’ Closing: ‘I’m So Proud of This New Art That We’ve Created’

Kristin Chenoweth took to Instagram Wednesday night to share her thoughts on the recent cancellation of her musical “The Queen of Versailles” and to thank her fans for supporting the show.

“Hi everybody, it’s Kristin Chenoweth,” she said. “I just wanted to say, I know some of you may have heard that ‘The Queen of Versailles’ on Broadway is closing Jan. 4. I just want to say that I’m so proud of this new art that we’ve created, and it’s getting harder and harder to do so.”

She continued, “I think about all the shows in the past couple of seasons that have come and gone that not everybody got to see. I just love Broadway so much, and I love audiences and the live art form. If you’ve come to see our show, we thank you, we appreciate you. And if you haven’t, we’re here, like I said, until Jan. 4 at The St. James. We’d love to see you here.”

The closing of “The Queen of Versailles” was announced on Monday, less than two weeks after its opening night. The curtains falling on the short-lived musical is part of a larger trend of new Broadway shows struggling to find an audience.

“The Queen of Versailles” is based on Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary of the same name, and follows two Florida plutocrats who erect a 90,000 square-foot ultra mansion at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. The musical marked a much-anticipated reunion of Chenoweth and composer Stephen Schwartz, who previously collaborated on the 2003 Broadway mainstay “Wicked.”