![]() While many people may have heard the popular rhyme that details the fates of Henry VIII’s six wives (“divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived”), most don’t know too much more about these women. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Broadway also shut down on March 12 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which means that if you’ve seen the recent Tony nominations, you may have noticed that “Six” is missing. Originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017, the show came to Broadway and started previews on Feb. “Six” is a musical that was written by two Cambridge University students about the six wives of Henry VIII. I am grateful I got to see the show when I did, and it led me to listen to the soundtrack throughout my entire quarantine experience. The magnitude of having attended the last showing of “Six” during the last night of Broadway shows only hit me once I found out the next day that shows had shut down. “Six” is only 80 minutes long with no intermission. I did use hand sanitizer as soon as I got to my seat, but that is all I remember doing differently than I would have otherwise. The severity of the virus was just beginning to emerge, and mask-wearing was not yet the norm. The experience of being at a Broadway show in the midst of a pandemic did not feel as unusual as you might expect. The day before Broadway shut down in March, I had plans to see the musical “Six.” Upon arriving at the theatre, I waited in a long line and was surprised to see that it was full.
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