Six on Broadway- release its reviews now!

I recall hearing that the producers asked them NOT to release reviews so that the buzz would not be wasted on the period of uncertainty that they were facing.

Before the shutdown, The Guardian (U.K.) gave "Six" on Broadway 3/5. (the same newspaper gave it 4/5 in London)

Highlights:

"Imagine 'Queen for a Day' meets 'The X Factor' meets Antonia Fraser and you're pretty much there."

"If the pastiche music shows its student show roots, the sugar-spiked performances are entirely professional, often virtuosic."

"Having the women compete for most miserable reinscribes a Broadway trope in which women’s stories don’t count unless they are stories of suffering. Even as the women serve as each other’s back-up singers, the show’s structure positions them as rivals, rather than nudging them toward solidarity and shared experience."

"It's girls-to-the-front ethos feels unexamined and vacant."

"Long live these queens. Now give them the anthems they deserve."



https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/mar/12/six-review-henry-viii-wives-bring-empty-pop-spectacle-to-broadway

Reviewing the Chicago production of "Six" a year ago in the New York Times, Jesse Green called the show "great." It seems likely that Green will be reviewing the Broadway "Six" (same cast as in Chicago) for the Times, so we can be reasonably confident about the verdict.

No need for an exclamation point. Let's de-escalate.

Right now with the closures, and after the hard look at its own issues with race this week, the last thing anyone on Broadway needs are reviews that won't do anything for anyone.

carnzee said: "


"Having the women compete for most miserable reinscribes a Broadway trope in which women’s stories don’t count unless they are stories of suffering."

This...just seems so wrong. Off the top of my head I can think of several female characters in musicals who don't "suffer" and no one ever said there stories didn't count. Sure there are the Fantines, Kims, and Grizzabellas but then there are so many others: Joanne, Anna, Desiree, Beverly Bass, Mrs. Lovett, Ado Annie etc. Sure these characters face obstacles but none are suffering tragedy queens."



Mrs. Lovett doesn't suffer? Umm...did you stay for Act II? Also, Anna doesn't exactly leave Siam "whistling a happy tune".

But yes, I do agree with your premise that there are many female characters who do not suffer.