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Jesse Green of The New York Times wrote that the musical is "pure entertainment", the writing is "wickedly smart", the "terrific singers" of the Chicago cast sell the show "unstintingly", and the production values "befit a splashy North American premiere with Broadway backing."
Six is a modern retelling of the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. They have come together as a band to stage a pop concert and invite the audience to hear their stories.
Sep 11, 2023 · Among them were producers Andy and Wendy Barnes – who had just set up their company Global Musicals to produce new Musical Theatre in the UK – and Kenny Wax, whose show The Play That Goes Wrong was running in London. For Andy it was a no-brainer.
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Jan 23, 2019 · Six–The Musical (Photo: Idil Sukan) Before they started writing they had a “pretentious” six-point plan for the show’s intentions. It included “Meaty roles for women–we have friends who are really funny performers who never had the parts.
Jun 8, 2022 · Lots of producer-types came to see the run of the show, but nothing came of it. Then, Toby and Lucy did a run of SIX at Cambridge and a producer who saw it at Edinburgh, Andy Barnes , came...
Six follows the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII – Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. Set in the style of a pop music concert, the queens compete to reveal the highs and lows of their royal journeys, all while embracing their unique identities and claiming their rightful ...
SIX is the winner of 23 awards, including the 2022 Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. The SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Broadway album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and surpassed 6 Million streams in its first month.
