6 Dope Queens

LISTEN UP—LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. A STORY you’ve heard before. Have you heard about the history-themed musical with a pop score and a diverse cast that’s one of the buzziest new Broadway musicals in years? No, not the one with Aaron Burr. The newest contender in town reimagines the six wives of Henry VIII as pop princesses ready to “pick up a pen and a microphone” and rewrite their stories and reclaim their significance. Spice Girls meets Hamilton? That’s not far off for the royalty remix that is Six.

It began as a student project at Cambridge University and premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, and since then it has exploded into a cultural and global phenomenon, with a sold-out West End production, a U.K. tour, an Australian engagement, and a Broadway bow that began performances in February, with opening set