Divorced, beheaded and dead.
So begins “Six”: a blockbuster musical that reimagines English King Henry VIII’s six wives as members of a girl band.
The show is a girl-power romp told through pop songs, and it marked its 1,000th Broadway performance on Saturday – making it one of the newest hits to open since theaters shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s one of just 10 shows currently running to have reached that milestone. Its staying power has been helped along by its massive fanbase of kids, tweens and teenagers.
Giovanna Hayes, 11, said she has been wanting to the show “forever” and knows all of the songs.
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Not even the rain could stop fans from waiting in a long line that wrapped from the Lena Horne Theatre and around the block on Saturday.
“I’ve been wanting to see this forever,” said 14-year-old Francesca Hayes, who came from Philadelphia with her aunt, grandmother and sister. All of them wore coordinating “Six” T-shirts.
“I love the wives. I love all the songs,” she said.
Emmy Christiansen, 16, who describes herself as interested in history and musicals, dressed up for the show by wearing all black.
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First-year high school student Lauren Zoland, who was in line with her friends Laila Elmoselhy and Alice Nicassio, was seeing the show for the second time.
“I just really loved the music and I wanted to come again when I knew the music so I could sing along,” Zoland said.
Freshman Lauren Zoland, Laila Elmoselhy, and Alice Nicassio wait in line to see “Six.”
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Elmoselhy agreed and said she liked the show’s focuses on telling women’s stories.
“It teaches you about history and it just teaches you about, like, owning your part of your story,” she said.
Mia, 6, waits in line to see “Six.”
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Sisters Lindsay Lorraine and Kirsten Withers, from Westchester County, were there with their daughters, Grace Lorraine, 8, and…
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