"Booster" has taken on a new meaning in the age of COVID, which Broadway has embraced in its own way. Some 250 people have been hired (so far) to serve as safety team members in Broadway the…
More concert than musical, the 80-minute show's libretto adds little to its cast album, with the lyrics of each queen's autobiographical song also pruning their individual histories to a poi…
Here we have it, an early offering after the Pandemic drought, a new musical playing eight performances a week in a Broadway theatre. That in itself is big news since the theatre distric…
To many,"Six the Musical" was the show that was mere hours away from opening night when Broadway shut down in March 2020. A smash hit in London's West End, the show had already created buzz …
Henry VIII wasted no time embarking on his multiple-marriage mission. Just weeks after assuming the English throne at age 19 in 1509, he wed number one of six, Catherine of Aragon, his older…
What began as a student show in a 100-seat venue during the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival has become an international sensation, first on London's West End, then in regional and touring pro…
Gabriella Slade fuses pop and Tudor influences in crafting the costumes of "Six," which recently opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. A modern twist on the lives of the six wiv…
"Six is a Seven"
By: Samuel L. Leiter
October 7, 2021: The number of shows, films, and TV series inspired by the marital maelstroms of British monarchs is legion. For sheer numbers, none…
"Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived." The first six words of "Six" sum up the fate of each of King Henry VIII's six wives. The first six minutes of "Six" (the length of t…
by Carol Rocamora . . . "Divorced, beheaded, died (ba-dum-dum) Divorced, beheaded, survived (bah-dum-dum)" You recognize that couplet " of course you do. You learned it long ago in your …
The stars of Six have been making the rounds performing all over New York City. After officially opening at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on October 3, Adrianna Hicks, Samantha Pauly, Anna …
On Sunday in New York City, "Six," the pop-musical phenomenon about the not-so merry wives of Henry VIII, became the first new musical to open on Broadway, 17 months after the show's origina…
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Broadway gave Six a royal welcome on Sunday, October 3, as the new musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss finally op…
Brittney Mack was mere hours away from her official Broadway debut in Six, the new musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss about the six ex-wives of Henry VIII, when it was announced that Br…
The Queens of Six"Abby Mueller, Andrea Macasaet, Adrianna Hicks, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly and Anna Uzele"hit the red royal purple carpet on October 3 in celebration of the show's Bro…
In March of last year, the new musical "Six" was literally minutes away from opening on Broadway when the coronavirus pandemic halted its performance. Eighteen months later, the musical by L…
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