Broadway Production

The **Broadway Production** is a current North American production of *Six the Musical*. It opened in previews on 12 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.

## Dates

 **2022-23 Production** |  | December 5, 2022
 **2023-24 Production** |  | December 5, 2023

## Ladies in Waiting

* 2020-22

Kimi Hayes Broadway.jpg**Maggie**  Kimi Hayes

Michelle Osbourne.png**Bessie**  Michelle Osbourne

Julia Schade Broadway.jpg**Joan, Music Director**  Julia Schade

Elena Bonomo.png**Maria**  Elena Bonomo

Mariana Ramirez.png**Percussionist, Standby Maria**  Mariana Ramírez

Elizabeth Doran.jpg**Standby Joan**  Elizabeth Doran

## History

### 2019 Tour (2019)

*Six* had its North American premiere at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) in May 2019. Among the cast were Adrianna Hicks (Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Boleyn), Abby Mueller (Seymour), Brittney Mack (Cleves), Samantha Pauly (Howard), and Anna Uzele (Parr); Mallory Maedke and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert served as alternates. Directed by Jamie Armitage and Lucy Moss, the Chicago premiere was produced by *Six*'s London producers with the addition of Broadway producer Kevin McCollum. According to Chris Jones, the Chicago production was a likely Broadway tryout. The production broke box office records for CST and its run at the theatre was eventually extended and a Broadway booking set for 2020. The musical moved to the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts in late August and made its Canadian premiere at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre in November before finishing its tour at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota on 22 December 2019, prior to its Broadway debut.

### Broadway (2020/2021–present)

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*Six* began Broadway previews on 13 February 2020 at the Lena Horne Theatre (then known as the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) with the same cast as its North American Tour, 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. In May 2021, it was announced that *Six* would resume Broadway preview performances starting on 17 September 2021, and it officially opened on 3 October 2021. All of the cast members returned alongside Keirsten Hodgens as a new alternate. 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. Moss and Armitage directed the production, with choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, set design by Emma Bailey, costumes by Gabriella Slade, sound by Paul Gatehouse, lighting by Tim Deiling, and orchestrations by Tom Curran. 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.

Anna Uzele (Parr) left 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) later departed the show on 6 August 2022 (Woods departed a week early, on 31 July 2022), with Bre Jackson, Keri René Fuller, and Brennyn Lark serving as their replacements, respectively, alongside 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.

On 4 November 2022 it was announced that the current cast (Bre Jackson, Andrea Macasaet, Keri René Fuller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly, Joy Woods, Mallory Maedke, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Courtney Mack, and Keirsten Hodgens) would be leaving the show on 4 December 2022. The new cast debuted on 5 December 2022 and consisted of: Hailee Kaleem Wright (Aragon), Leandra Ellis-Gaston (Boleyn), Bella Coppola (Seymour), Nasia Thomas (Cleves), Zoe Jensen (Howard), Taylor Iman Jones (Parr), with Aubrey Matalon and Kristina Leopold joining as alternates. Marilyn Caserta was additionally announced as a universal alternate for the Broadway production and both North American Tours. Ciccone-Burton and Conway remained as alternates.

## Replacements

* **Catherine of Aragon:** Bre Jackson, Hailee Kaleem Wright
* **Anne Boleyn:** Leandra Ellis-Gaston
* **Jane Seymour:** Keri René Fuller, Bella Coppola
* **Anna of Cleves:** Nasia Thomas
* **Katherine Howard:** Zoe Jensen
* **Catherine Parr:** Joy Woods, Brennyn Lark, Taylor Iman Jones

## 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 Theater Album.
* The Broadway production has had two instances of having more alternates (seven) than principal performers, and is the first and only *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.