UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — From the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to Broadway, the Tony Award-winning, electrifying new musical phenomenon “Six” will make its next stop in Happy Valley with three performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18–Thursday, Nov. 20, in Eisenhower Auditorium.
The power-pop concert-styled Broadway musical is a retelling of the lives of the six wives of Tudor England’s charismatic yet romantically ruthless ruler, Henry VII. The ex wives are inspired by the pop stars of today. Think Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, Avril Lavigne, Adele, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Carrie Underwood and others.
Call 814-863-0255 or visit “Six” online for advisories; information about American Sign Language interpretation and audio description services for the Nov. 20 performance; and to purchase tickets. Twenty tickets in the first two orchestra rows will be available at a discounted price for each performance of “Six.” Register to win the chance to purchase as many as two discounted tickets to see “Six.” Entries will be accepted until 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.
A full-on pop concert of historic magnitude
From Tudor queens to pop icons, the “Six” wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century girl power. This new original musical by Tony Award winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!
“They’re sick and tired of everyone arguing over who’s the most important wife,” Moss said in an April interview with Chicago Shakespeare Theater. “The Queens decide to hold a competition between them: Whoever had the worst time in her marriage to Henry VIII will be crowned the leading lady of the girl group.”
The 80-minute musical event features each queen vying for favoritism with an awe-inspiring solo. What could possibly go wrong?
The North American tour Boleyn company touring cast includes Emma Elizabeth Smith as Catherine of Aragon; Nella Cole as Anne Boleyn; Kelly Denice Taylor as Jane Seymour; Hailey Alexis Lewis as Anna of Cleves; Alizé Cruz as Katherine Howard; and Tasia Jungbauer as Catherine Parr; with alternates Anna Hertel, Carlina Parker, Abigail Sparrow and Reese Cameron.
“Six” won 23 awards in the 2021–2022 Broadway season, including the Tony for Best Original Score (music and lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. The “Six: Live on Opening Night” Broadway album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and has surpassed 100 million streams.