I wondered while watching this quite expensive extravaganza if those ten year old boys sitting on their make-me-higher cushions in the audience were wondering “what do I make of all this female anger being celebrated on stage?”
A mix-up of Tudor history as heard through the over-amplified voices of the six dearly departed wives of Henry VIII channeling pop icons Beyoncé, Shakira, Adele, Nicki Minaj, and Rihanna to name but a few – all sounding alike in this rock style concert.
Each Queen works very hard at trying to convince us who was the worst treated by his Royal Highness Henry VIII. And if you care for this type of singing (carping) this could be for you. I am in the minority. SIX is a worldwide phenomenon no question about that.
The writers have come up with a clever conceit that the audience eats up. Force fed as it were. Women should rule the roost. Women should not have to put up with male barbaric behavior. Even if it means rewriting or ignoring how some of these Queens deserved what they got.
Oh well, congratulations to creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. I am not jealous of their success. Merely sad at what musical theater used to be like. Congrats to choreographer Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for her ingenious robotic military type precision staging.
SIX goes by in a flash of lights and sound. One hour twenty minutes of kvetching so loud as to be undisguisable to my ears. I do wonder what message those ten year old boys received from SIX and how it will affect their future relationships with whomever.
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Photos: Joan Marcus
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