At a brisk 80 minutes running time, Six: The Musical may not feel like a full evening’s meal, but it packs more entertainment value than any show in less than an hour and a half. Perhaps you might think of it as the appetizer before next month’s main course, Hamilton, for they have much in common. Both, of course, relate history lessons – English for Six and American for … [Read more...]
In New York: Exhilarating ‘Six’ gives Henry’s wives unstoppable grrrl power
Within seconds, the audience for the high-energy faux-history lesson, Six, is whipped into a rock concert frenzy. Except for a couple of ballads, that frenzy does not let up for the show’s brief, but exhausting 80-minute running time. And you wouldn’t want it any other way. The title, of course, refers to the half-dozen wives of the English King Henry VIII. By a quirk of … [Read more...]