Chix 6

[snowskittle]

Posted: 10/4/11 at 10:37am

Chix 6 Has anyone seen it?

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 10/4/11 at 10:40am

I'm going on Saturday. Bringing the family and friends. Word is this is the developmental stage of a Broadway bound show.

[stevenycguy]

Posted: 10/4/11 at 1:17pm

I've heard the running time is almost THREE HOURS?? Can anyone confirm who has seen it? This is the perfect candidate for a 7pm curtain (out-of-the way location, lengthy show).

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/4/11 at 3:04pm

i thought :"fat pig" by the same producers was "broadway bound" as well...what happend to that?

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 10/4/11 at 4:15pm

I love this venue. Free parking and the theater itself is lovely.(I live in Queens...hehe).

Three hours.....wowza.....why is curtain at 8 pm then?

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 10/4/11 at 7:16pm

wow 3 hours... in that time I could probably be standing in line for Book of Mormon SRO. I love the concept of this show, yet 3 hours seems like a long time.

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 7:01pm

what is the concept of the show?

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 7:43pm

A female rock group whose members possess superpowers (done in comic book style)

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 9:20pm

....ok then

[winston89]

Posted: 10/5/11 at 9:32pm

massofmen,

Fat Pig was all set to go for Broadway. However, one of the backers pulled out at the last possible moment without enough time for the producers to find someone else. Therefor, they were forced to cancel the Broadway run.

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/6/11 at 9:04am

winston,
cancel completely? Wow. So like, they arne't coming in AT ALL anymore? didn't they already do marketing and have the theater and rehearsal space and all that? So all that money was lost from their investors? If thats true thats amazingly sad

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 10/9/11 at 12:05am

So I saw this tonight and I was wowed. Great score, book and cast of characters. It would be a terrible shame if it doesn't make it to the big stage. I was with 5 and 4 of us loved it on one said it was okay. The audience seemed completely entranced also. Yhe first act needs some work but wow wow wow.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 10/9/11 at 8:08am

Thanks Pammy. It looks great in the trailer.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=282441

Posted: 10/16/11 at 1:41am

Saw it Saturday night. Loved it. The Queens Theater is very hard to find, even for us locals. But basically, it's tucked under the spaceships from the Men in Black, right near the Unisphere. And they have a free shuttle bus from the Mets subway stop.

Here's the plot: The six chix are comic book heroes, drawn by a twenty-something woman with an indie rock star boyfriend. Excellent fight scenes, aerial work, jazz dancing, and the kind of kick-ass girl-power rock anthems one would expect at a Joan Jett, Pat Benetar or Cyndi Lauper show.

We kept looking up at the band to remind ourselves this was live music, played by a foursome atop the scaffolding-type set. All the comic book images were projected below them on a 10-foot-high screen, augmented with shots from two live cameras.

Minimal scenery, and be sure to look for the guy under the bed who pushes it on and offstage. But costumes are outstanding, especially Lightning Girl, Mama-Mazing, and Blaze. Ironic that we saw it on the next-to-last day of New York Comic Con, which they mention frequently.

Special shout-out to Lourds Lane, who wrote the score and book and is also one of the six comic book heroes plus a part-time member of the band. Her electric violin on "Misfit," and Molly Tynes' acrobatics in "Amor," have to be seen to be believed.

My only complaint is the length. Act 1 was about two songs too long and the show ended too late for us to stop at the Lemon Ice King of Corona on the way home. Maybe Pammy has some tips for who's open late near the park?
In Queens, getting there is half the fun!

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 11:59am

Bumping...last full week before the show moves on....they are claiming on Facebook page they will be on Broadway in 2012. Very believable.

Lots of authentic Chinese restaurants, one subway stop away in Flushing, sure a few of them are open late.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 9:47pm

I heard the time is now only two and a half hours including intermission so they must have made some cuts

Also, would love to know how Carrie Manolakos was as Katie from anyone who's seen the show

[trentsketch]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 10:11pm

The cast performed at New York Comic Con. The show was being hyped as aiming for Broadway in 2012. The selections they performed sounded amazing.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 10:12pm

I saw this last Saturday. I went to NYC JUST to see Carrie in this, so sure I might be biased, but she was FANTASTIC. It would be a shame if she didn't continue with this to Broadway.

I went in knowing nothing but I really REALLY loved it. Sure, it has some work to be done but with the right work, it will be amazing. Very original and nothing like I've seen before. It really would be a shame if it doesn't move to Broadway! If you can see it, GO GO GO!

*spoiler alert*
each chix doesn't need their own whole intro song
*end spoiler alert*

[jansalrose2]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 1:35am

Any news? Is this really heading for Broadway? I haven't heard anything official but all of the social media type stuff seems to be pretty confident about it. I hope it's true. It looks/sounds like a blast!

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:31pm

Yes it is headed for Broadway some time this spring or summer. When I talked to Brian Gallagher about it in Dec he said that he will still be in it.