A new royal-themed musical is heading to the U.S. – and it’s going to have you dancing in the aisles.
The British musicalSix(tag line: “Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE!”) re-imagines the six ill-fated wives of Henry VIII as a pop group. Rewriting history with a strong dose of female empowerment, each of Henry’s wives compete in a musical battle with hilarious and touching results.
“Despite these terrible things happening to these women 500 years ago, we have been able to bring a very positive message to our modern-day audiences because a lot of those themes are still around,” the musical’s producer, Kenny Wax, tells PEOPLE. “It’s a new way of bringing this bit of history to a younger audience as well as retelling it to the older ones.”
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Nominated for five Olivier Awards, the show has been compared to the hit musicalHamilton.
He adds, “These are heavy themes but the entertainment is hopefully fun, witty and clever.”
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“Within the next year, we will have opened in six countries, the U.S., Toronto, Japan, Korea and Germany and we get about 750,000 stream of the songs every day, not to mention film and album offers, the success has been extraordinary!” says Wax.
For now, the team are focusing on bringing the critically acclaimed production to Chicago. Opening at theChicago Shakespeare Theatreon May 14, it will run for approximately 14 weeks.
“Next spring, we hope to be in New York, we might start off on Broadway, let’s see!” Wax says.
Back on home territory, the producer is keeping his fingers crossed thatPrince WilliamandPrince Harrycome along to see the show.
source: people.com
