July 29, 2024 - Kristin Chenoweth, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Future Fest

The documentary film, “The Queen of Versailles,”  is a rags to riches to rags story  about one of America’s most opulent couples – David Siegel and his wife Jacqueline – and their  quest to build the largest private home in America,  Named Versailles, it’s modeled after the French palace.  Now it is musical, making its pre-Broadway world premiere at Emerson Colonial Theatre. Starring Kristin Chenoweth, she joins The Culture Show to talk about bringing humanity to  Jacqueline Siegel, a woman hell bent on living the high life.From there we head to the Berkshires by way of the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Raphael Picciarelli, their Managing director of Strategy and Transformation, joins The Culture Show to preview their mini-festival within a festival, WTF IS NEXT.Finally  Billy Dean Thomas, Engagement Director  of City Hall Plaza, and new media artist, composer and percussionist  Maria Finkelmeier join the Culture Show to preview this Saturday’s future fest, which will transform Boston City Hall Plaza into a futuristic playground.