Kristin Chenoweth Warns Wicked Fans Her Queen of Versailles Role Is 'Very Different': 'Don't Get Disappointed' (Exclusive)

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Speaking with PEOPLE on the red carpet at the 2025 Tony Awards in New York City on Sunday, June 8, the Broadway veteran warned fans of _Wicked_ — in which she originated the role of Galinda/Glinda opposite Idina Menzel's Elphaba — that her upcoming role is "very different."

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00:00Kristen Chenoweth here at the Tony Awards tonight.

00:03I have to tell you, my social media was blowing up when we got the first little glimpses of Queen of Versailles.

00:09Thank you. I'm so excited, Patrick.

00:13We've worked on it for five years, and I need to birth this baby.

00:19And after 22 years with Stephen Schwartz and getting to do something, it's very different for me.

00:25It's a very different piece.

00:26People think they're going to get wicked.

00:28You're not going to get wicked, so don't get disappointed.

00:30It's very different.

00:32But I think what it has to say is why I was interested.

00:35When Stephen called me and said, it's Queen of Versailles, the documentary about the Siegel family,

00:39I said, I don't know.

00:40But then we started talking and discussing and developing, and I'm excited.

00:44I was just speaking with Michael Arden earlier.

00:47My director.

00:47Yes, and he's thrilled as well.

00:49Who may win tonight.

00:51Fingers crossed, right?

00:53I mean, you know, I've known him as an actor.

00:56He was on a TV show I did called GCB, Good Christian Bitches, and he was fabulous.

01:02And we met then, and he said to me, I want to grow up and be a director.

01:05And I thought, oh, that's sweet.

01:06And look at him now.

01:07And look at him now.

01:08You've got a lot of people to support up there tonight.

01:11You've been in this industry for decades.

01:13What is it like to sit there and just know that you can root for pretty much anyone in any category?

01:17Because everybody is so good.

01:20I just want to be a sense of support and encouragement, especially in that leading lady category.

01:27That is a race.

01:29I mean, I saw Gypsy last night, Otter's Magnificent.

01:32I took Reba to see Sunset Boulevard.

01:37We died.

01:37We loved it.

01:38Loved it.

01:38Nicole is otherworldly.

01:41And I saw Boop two nights ago, and I fell in love with Jasmine.

01:45And then there's Death Becomes Her Girls, who are, you know, I helped develop that show early on.

01:50I was involved.

01:51And I just was so proud of what they did and how wonderful they are.

01:56Any one of those women could win, and it would be right.

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