Gallows humor – and after the last 18 months, can there be any other kind? – is in exuberant form at Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where the terrific new musical Six just had its long-in-coming opening night.
Originally set to open on March 12, 2020 – Covid had other plans – Six and its sextet of singing, dancing queens has lost none of its vitality and charm over the ensuing months of darkness. If anything, the musical seems even more joyous for the time away. Take that, virus.
As unlikely a musical as the one with dancing cats, and, if Broadway stays healthy fiscally and otherwise, potentially as durable, Six mashes together history’s most compelling marriage stories with the brightest musical styles streaming today.
Placing Henry VIII’s six wives in a singing competition that owes a tad to American Idol, a little to RuPaul’s Drag Race and a lot to the smashing talents of...
Originally set to open on March 12, 2020 – Covid had other plans – Six and its sextet of singing, dancing queens has lost none of its vitality and charm over the ensuing months of darkness. If anything, the musical seems even more joyous for the time away. Take that, virus.
As unlikely a musical as the one with dancing cats, and, if Broadway stays healthy fiscally and otherwise, potentially as durable, Six mashes together history’s most compelling marriage stories with the brightest musical styles streaming today.
Placing Henry VIII’s six wives in a singing competition that owes a tad to American Idol, a little to RuPaul’s Drag Race and a lot to the smashing talents of...
- 10/4/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ Olivier-nominated musical phenom Six will open on Broadway March 12 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, producers Kenny Wax, Wendy and Andy Barnes, George Stiles and Kevin McCollum said today. Performances begin on February 13.
The synopsis: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, Six, the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their identities out of the shadow of their infamous spouse—remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st century girl power.
The soon-to-be announced female cast is backed by all-female band, the Ladies in Waiting. Songs from the studio album are streamed on average 300,000 per day making it the second highest streaming cast recording in the world, according to the producers.
“We are Unbelievably excited about Six coming to Broadway, like actually what is going on!,” said writers Marlow and Moss said in a statement.
The synopsis: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, Six, the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their identities out of the shadow of their infamous spouse—remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st century girl power.
The soon-to-be announced female cast is backed by all-female band, the Ladies in Waiting. Songs from the studio album are streamed on average 300,000 per day making it the second highest streaming cast recording in the world, according to the producers.
“We are Unbelievably excited about Six coming to Broadway, like actually what is going on!,” said writers Marlow and Moss said in a statement.
- 8/1/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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