
- "Six" is playing in Fresno this week at the Saroyan Theatre.
- The former wives of King Henry VIII use pop-rock songs and humor to plead their cases for the saddest story.
- Three cast members are from California.
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What happens when the wives of King Henry VIII get together to form a rock band?
You get “Six,” the Tony Award-winning pop-rock musical playing at Saroyan Theatre in downtown Fresno through Sunday.
The premise of the one-act, one-scene production is the former wives — divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived reviewing their fate — try to convince the audience, in sort of fourth-wall breaking way, that they have the saddest sob story.
Using song, the all-female cast — the six wives, and a four-member live rock band on stage — plead their case.
The wives also undercut each other with humor, insults, and trying to outdo each other in the sob-off. No actor playing King Henry VIII is needed.
How popular are those songs? The Broadway album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and surpassed 100 million streams, the show said.
And the show? Opening night on Tuesday drew a nearly-full house.
The set is reminiscent of a rock show with LEDs that can transform into almost anything. The costumes are a testament to the shiny as well.
Three cast members are from California.
Danielle Mendoza plays Anna of Cleves, the fourth wife, divorced by King Henry VIII. She lives in Cupertino, and attended Cal Poly.
Alize Cruz — fifth wife Katherine Howard (beheaded) — is from Marina. Kelly Denice Taylor — third wife Jane Seymour, who died in childbirth after delivering an heir, the future King Edward VI — is from Los Angeles.
How to Get Tickets
The Fresno production is one of several “Six” shows on tour around the world. The show is playing among other places at the Lena Horne Theatre on Broadway, in London, and starting next month in China.
Seven shows remain for the rest of the week at the Saroyan: nightly at 7:30 p.m. through Sunday (the Sunday show starts at 6:30 p.m.), and Saturday and Sunday matinees. Plus, “Six” stages a special performance for school students later this week.
Tickets are available here.
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