The Broadway Production is a current production of Six the Musical. It opened in previews on 13 February 2020, with its official opening date scheduled for 12 March 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic its opening night was cancelled. The production resumed in previews on 17 September 2021, with an official opening night on 3 October 2021. It is an ongoing production at the Lena Horne Theatre in New York City, USA, with shows booked through 25 May 2025.
The Broadway Production was preceded by a Pre-Broadway Tour in 2019, featuring the original Broadway cast. A live album was released on 6 May 2022 with the original Broadway cast. Two national tours were launched in March and September 2022.
Dates[]
Venue | Production | Previews Begin | Opening Date | Closing Date |
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Lena Horne Theatre New York City, New York, USA |
2020 Previews | 13 February 2020 | 11 March 2020 | |
2021-22 Production | 17 September 2021 | 3 October 2021 | 4 December 2022 | |
2022-23 Production | 5 December 2022 | 3 December 2023 | ||
2023-25 Production | 5 December 2023 | 17 February 2025 | ||
2025-26 Production | 19 February 2025 | 2026 |
Casts[]
The Queens[]
2025-26 Broadway Production | |||||||||||
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From 19 February 2025 | |||||||||||
Timespan | Catherine of Aragon |
Anne Boleyn |
Jane Seymour |
Anna of Cleves |
Katherine Howard |
Catherine Parr |
Alternates | ||||
From 19 February 2025 | |||||||||||
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Short-Term Additions[]
Ladies in Waiting[]
Broadway Previews | ||||
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13 February – 11 March 2020 | ||||
Maggie Guitar |
Bessie Bass |
Joan Keys |
Maria Drums | |
13 February – 11 March 2020 |
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Kimi Hayes |
Michelle Osbourne |
Julia Schade |
Elena Bonomo |
2022-23 Broadway Production | ||||||||
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5 December 2022 - 3 December 2023 | ||||||||
Maggie Guitar |
Bessie Bass |
Joan Keys |
Maria Drums |
Subs | ||||
5 December 2022 – 11 June 2023 |
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Kimi Hayes |
Michelle Osbourne |
Julia Schade |
Elena Bonomo |
Mariana Ramírez |
Elizabeth Doran |
Alexandra Crosby |
Lexi Bodick | |
Maria | Joan | Joan | Bessie | |||||
14 June – 3 September 2023 | File:Jessie Rosso.png | |||||||
Kimi Hayes |
Michelle Osbourne |
Elizabeth Doran |
Elena Bonomo |
Mariana Ramírez |
Alexandra Crosby |
Jessie Rosso |
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Maria | Joan | Joan | ||||||
5 September – 3 December 2023 |
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Kimi Hayes |
Michelle Osbourne |
Julia Schade |
Elena Bonomo |
Mariana Ramírez |
Elizabeth Doran |
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Maria | Joan |
History[]
Pre-Broadway Tour (2019)[]
Six had its North American premiere at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois, on 14 May 2019. The cast consisted of Adrianna Hicks (Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Boleyn), Abby Mueller (Seymour), Brittney Mack (Cleves), Samantha Pauly (Howard), and Anna Uzele (Parr), with Mallory Maedke and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert as alternates. According to Chris Jones, the Chicago production was a likely Broadway tryout. The production broke box office records and its run at the theatre was eventually extended and a Broadway booking set for February 2020. The production additionally held engagements at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, and the Ordway Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, before closing on 22 December 2019.
2020 Previews (2020)[]
Six began Broadway previews on 13 February 2020 at the Lena Horne Theatre (then known as the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) in New York City, New York. All of the original members of the Pre-Broadway Tour reprised their roles, with the addition of Courtney Mack as an alternate. On the day of its scheduled Broadway opening, 12 March 2020, all Broadway theatres were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cancelling its opening night,
2021-22 Production (2021-22)[]
In May 2021, it was announced that Six would resume in previews beginning on 17 September 2021. All of the cast members returned, with the addition of Keirsten Hodgens as an alternate. It became the first new musical to open on Broadway since the beginning of the pandemic. According to Variety, its opening night was both a celebration for Broadway theatre and a testament to the show's novel use of social media to propel it to international sensation pre-Broadway, especially among young people. In promotion of the show, the cast performed on numerous television shows including the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and The View. The show had its official opening night on 3 October 2021.
Anna Uzele (Parr) departed the show on 13 March 2022, with Joy Woods serving as her replacement. Woods made her debut on 14 March 2022 alongside Keri René Fuller (who was serving as a temporary replacement for Abby Mueller (Seymour)). Mueller returned to the show on 8 May 2022. Adrianna Hicks (Aragon), Abby Mueller (Seymour) and Joy Woods (Parr) departed the show on 7 August 2022 (Woods departed a week earlier, on 31 July 2022), with Bre Jackson, Keri René Fuller, and Brennyn Lark serving as their replacements, respectively, with Ayla Ciccone-Burton and Holli' Conway joining as alternates.
A cast album of the original Broadway production was announced for 2022. The live recording from the opening night was released 6 May 2022.
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss won a Tony Award for Best Original Score for SIX, while Gabriella Slade won the Tony Award for Best Costumes in a Musical. The cast also performed at the 2022 Tony Awards, with Mallory Maedke filling in for Abby Mueller, who tested positive for COVID-19 at the last minute.
The remaining original cast members and replacements; Bre Jackson (Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Boleyn), Keri René Fuller (Seymour), Brittney Mack (Cleves), Samantha Pauly (Howard), Brennyn Lark (Parr), Mallory Maedke (Alternate/Dance Captain), Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert (Alternate), Courtney Mack (Alternate), and Keirsten Hodgens (Alternate), departed the show on 4 December 2022.
2022-23 Production (2022-23)[]
A cast change was released on 5 November 2022, and featured Hailee Kaleem Wright (Aragon), Leandra Ellis-Gaston (Boleyn), Bella Coppola (Seymour), Nasia Thomas (Cleves), Zoe Jensen (Howard), and Taylor Iman Jones (Parr), with Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Holli' Conway, Kristina Leopold, and Aubrey Matalon as alternates, and Bliss Cruise 3.0 swing Marilyn Caserta as a universal alternate for the Broadway production and both North American Tours. The cast began performances on 5 December 2022.
Hailee Kaleem Wright (Aragon) temporarily left the show from 18 August to 11 September 2023, with North American "Aragon" Tour Catherine of Aragon Khaila Wilcoxon serving as her replacement. Marilyn Caserta (Universal Alternate) left the show on 3 September 2023, with North American "Aragon" Tour alternate Cassie Silva serving as her replacement. Ayla Ciccone-Burton (Alternate/Dance Captain) temporarily left the show from October to November 2023, with former universal alternate Marilyn Caserta serving as her replacement.
After a year of performances, Hailee Kaleem Wright (Aragon), Leandra Ellis-Gaston (Boleyn), Bella Coppola (Seymour), Nasia Thomas (Cleves), Zoe Jensen (Howard), Taylor Iman Jones (Parr), and Holli' Conway (Alternate), departed the show on 3 December 2023.
2023-25 Production (2023-present)[]
On 23 October 2023, it was announced that the original principal cast of the North American "Aragon" Tour; Khaila Wilcoxon (Aragon), Storm Lever (Boleyn), Jasmine Forsberg (Seymour), Olivia Donalson (Cleves), Didi Romero (Howard), and Gabriela Carrillo (Parr), would serve as the new Broadway cast. Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Kristina Leopold, Aubrey Matalon, and Sierra Fermin would serve as alternates, with Cassie Silva and Bliss Cruise 3.0 alum Wesley Carpenter as universal alternates. The cast began performances on 5 December 2023.
Ayla Ciccone-Burton (Alternate), Kristina Leopold (Alternate), and Aubrey Matalon (Alternate) departed the show on 3 March 2024, with Jenny Mollet and Jessie Davidson joining as alternates on 10 March 2024. Cassie Silva (Universal Alternate/Dance Captain) departed the show on 17 March 2024. Former North American "Boleyn" Tour alternate Jana Larell Glover joined the production as an alternate on 6 May 2024. Wesley Carpenter (Universal Alternate) departed the show on 22 September 2024, and former North American "Boleyn" Tour alternate Aryn Bohannon joined the production as an alternate on 7 October 2024. Khaila Wilcoxon (Aragon) departed the show on 24 November 2024, with original Broadway cast member Adrianna Hicks serving as her replacement.
Trivia[]
- The Broadway Production was nominated for a total of eight Tony Awards; these awards included Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Costume Design in a Musical, Best Lighting Design in a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestrations. Out of the eight, they won two: Best Original Score (awarded to Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss) and Best Costume Design in a Musical (awarded to Gabriella Slade).
- The cast recording, Six: Live on Opening Night, received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
- The Broadway production has had three instances of having more alternates than principal performers, and is the first Six production to achieve this feat.
- This first occurred with Marilyn Caserta temporarily joining the cast as an alternate from 11 - 22 August 2022, and occurred again when Kelsee Kimmel temporarily joined the cast on standby from 6 - 13 September 2022. The third occurred in August 2024 when both Taylor Pearlstein and Aubrey Matalon temporarily returned for extra coverage.
- The version of Get Down in the Broadway version is performed +1 semitone higher than the original version.
- The Broadway production had its first sing-along performance on 6 March 2024 and had another sing-along date on 6 October 2024.
Gallery[]
"But I didn't look as good as I did in my pic..." To view the Broadway Production gallery, click here. |
References[]
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