PicksInSix Review: SIX Chicago Shakespeare Theater
“WITH HENRY IT ISN’T EASY!”
It’s safe to say the “royal life” isn’t at all what six women imagined it would be in “SIX,” the new Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss musical theater concert extravaganza directed by Moss and Jamie Armitage, and erupting nightly in The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s shimmering world-class venue on Navy Pier. Each of the women--former lovers and queens to Henry VIII–tells her personal story as a metaphor for our time in a sizzling, eye-popping, non-stop production that is equal parts smart, sassy and fun. Who knew that history could be so fascinating, right? Right.
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