NEW YORK — A grand opening will be abruptly followed by a grand closing for “The Queen of Versailles” — Kristin Chenoweth‘s glitzy return to Broadway as outlandish reality TV star Jackie Siegel.

Just over two weeks after officially opening at the St. James Theatre on Nov. 9, producers have announced that they’re pulling the plug on the lavish musical, featuring a score by “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz.

The production is set to shutter on Jan. 4.

Co-produced by the Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning Chenoweth, “The Queen of Versailles” is adapted from Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary of the same name. It follows a wealthy Orlando, Florida, couple and their outlandish plan to build the largest home in the country — a replica of the Paris-area palace where King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette lived during the French Revolution — all while their dreams begin to crumble amid the Great Recession.

The production, also starring Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham as Siegel’s husband, David, marked the first time Chenoweth and Schwartz worked together on Broadway since “Wicked” premiered in 2003.

“The Queen of Versailles” was performing well at the box office, grossing more $5.5 million from nine performances and 32 previews. But it wasn’t enough for producers to find a path forward. According to The New York Times, the show cost an estimated $22.5 million to capitalize.

Although New York Daily News critic Chris Jones raved that Chenowith drove the musical “with a singular combo of raw determination and a beguilingly empathetic commitment to veracity,” other reviews were less kind.

Entertainment Weekly said the musical “toggles between different modus operandi — in this case, campy comedic sendup, surface level social commentary on income inequality, dark family drama, and French historical farce — and does none of them particularly well.”

Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy wrote the “story waffles between ridicule and championing Siegel’s pie-in-the-sky vision, failing at biting satire and ultimately losing a chance to say something about wealth inequality as America flirts with economic disaster again.”

Also, Chenoweth herself has been the subject of widespread backlash after expressing sadness over the death of polarizing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, known for espousing what many viewed as racist or homophobic viewpoints.

The actress — a prominent advocate of LGBTQ rights — has been largely silent on the controversy, but said in an interview earlier this month that the blowback “nearly broke” her.

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