One rarely expects there to be a story about Kate Jackson.  Yet, here we are.  Kate was scheduled to appear at the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh.  And then a curious thing happened.  I’ll let her tell you in her own, rambling way (curious capitalization is hers): “TO EVERYONE I EXPECTED TO SEE IN PITTSBURG…I DID NOT CANCEL MY SCHEDULED APPEARANCE IN PITTSBURG DEC 5^th – 7^TH!!  I HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED BY THE SHOW THAT I SUPPOSEDLY ‘Canceled’.  I didn’t.  I didn’t learn about the announcement to the effect until just a few minutes ago (9:30pm PST).  Once again, I DID NOT CANCEL MY APPEARANCE IN PITTSBURG!  I WOULDN’T DO THAT!!  I have no idea what’s going on!  Hopefully someone will tell me.  In the meantime…I’m upset that you were told that I had ‘Canceled’.  It is simply not true.  I did no such thing, in fact, I have no communications with Mr. Stein and I do not know why he made the untrue announcement that I had ‘Canceled’ without even telling me that I had.  Love to all, Kate.”  So there.

If one looks at the career of Stephen Schwartz, one is amazed at the diversity.  For every Pippin, there’s a Magic Show.  For every Prince of Egypt, there’s a Geppetto.  For every Baker’s Wife, there’s a Working.  Well, in that case, neither actually worked – although the current off-Broadway production of The Baker’s Wife hopes to turn that around.  And now, for every Wicked, there’s a Queen of Versailles.  If only the latter were about Marie Antoinette, it may have had a shot.  Alas, this is a Queen without a kingdom, and Kristin Chenoweth will find herself unemployed as of January 4^th.  Many are blaming Kris’ reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk, while those few others who actually saw the show blame it on the quality of the material itself.  So while Schwartz can celebrate the success of Wicked on the big screen, Broadway has once again said thanks, but no thanks.