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thesquirrelqueer · 7 months

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ALL BLACK SIX BROADWAY CAST TONIGHT!!!!

#six the musical #musicals #broadway #six broadway #hailee kaleem wright #leandra ellis gaston #kristina leopold #nasia thomas #holli conway fields #taylor iman jones #shut up dani #note: this is just the queens not the ladies in waiting too

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sixthemusicalextras · 6 months

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@/skylerthemorkie, @/sixbroadway, @/aubreymatalon, @/rescuerubyinpjs and @/tallulahbarkhead125 on Instagram, 2 October 2023

#six the musical #six broadway 2023 #hailee kaleem wright #cassie silva #aubrey matalon #nasia thomas #zoe jensen #kristina leopold

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janedances · 7 months

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It’s that time of year again… time to say goodbye to some of our Broadway queens!

Hailee, Leandra, Bella, Nasia, Zoe, Taylor and Holli’ will all be departing from the Broadway production December 3rd, after an incredible year long reign.

As of yet, Ayla/Aubrey/Kristina/Cassie are all due to stay post-change, though their roles are unconfirmed.

Wishing these queens all the best in their futures!

#six the musical #six #six musical #six alternates #jane takes #six broadway #hailee kaleem wright #leandra ellis gaston #bella coppola #nasia thomas #zoe jensen #taylor iman jones #holli’ conway

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sixcostumerefs · 10 months

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Happy (belated) Pride Month 2023!

Made this graphic back during pride month but since I was on hiatus I just never posted it. But better late than never, so here’s the belated 2023 pride post from me. As always, this list is certainly not comprehensive. There are likely other closeted actors and/or actors who are out but may not have explicitly stated their queerness. As identity is a sensitive topic I always err on the side of caution when creating these. And just like in past years, this only includes current actors.

Pictured:

Claudia Kariuki (West End)

Willow Dougherty (Bliss 6.0)

Leah Vassell (West End)

Aryn Bohannon (Boleyn Tour)

Caitlyn De Kuyper (Bliss 6.0)

Aubrey Matalon (Broadway)

Dionne Ward-Anderson (West End)

Haley Izurieta (Bliss 6.0)

Kelsee Kimmel (Aragon Tour)

Hailee Kaleem-Wright (Broadway)

Laura Dawn Pyatt (UK Tour)

Sunny Smith (Breakaway 5.0)

Baylie Carson (West End)

Taylor Pearlstein (Boleyn Tour)

Gabriela Francesca Carrillo (Aragon Tour)

Taylor Iman Jones (Broadway)

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Photos of Claudia, Dionne, Laura, and Baylie by Pamela Raith. Photos of Aryn, Aubrey, Hailee, Taylor P, Gabriela, and Taylor IJ by Joan Marcus. Others from personal accounts.

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six-costume-refs · 1 year

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2022-23 Broadway Wigs

Starting off by mentioning that all the Six wigs are individually designed for their actors, with exact colors/textures/styles decided by what’s most flattering on the individual queen. That means that any new cast (especially in the US) could have totally new designs, new elements or colors/shades, or pre-existing elements but in a new combination. There are also times when wigs are totally standardized with the only change being the colors to match the individual queens’ hair (this is most commonly the case for Howard). And when I refer to US wigs or what’s typical for each role, I’m exclusively referring to mainland US (Broadway + tours). NCL is a totally different team and set of wigs.

There have also been quite a few changes between opening and the present. Anything that changes the overall look or design I’ll note, but anything in the vein of minor thinning or a very minor trim that isn’t particularly influential I won’t. Just know those things always happen a fair bit with new wigs.

Hailee Kareem Wright

Hailee has a full ombré wig in shades of dark browns. Middle part with Dutch braids on either side. It’s longer and with a flatter back and sides than many Aragon wigs.

US Aragon wigs have some of the most variance depending on the queen. This wig is definitely noticeably individualized for her (and I have to give the design team props for this, it’s definitely one of my favorite Six wigs). The basic design is near-identical to Bre Jackson’s wig with the ombré and Dutch braids, but it pretty significantly differs from Adrianna Hicks’, who had primarily black wigs with very dark brown highlights and no braids.

Leandra Ellis Gaston

First of all, a moment for the braids!!!! Truly was not expecting this and it was SUCH a welcome surprise.

Leandra has a full wig with hip-length box braids that are narrower at the front of the scalp but chunkier in the center back. Color mix is primarily black but has some very dark brown in there. Other than the braids(!!!) the middle part and space-buns are standard for US wigs.

Bella Coppola

This wig is actually very interesting. At first glance it’s a very typical Seymour wig but it’s a pretty significant departure from US Seymour wigs and more in line with UK: the beehive has only really been seen in UK (which I talked about here), both the US and UK used to use center parts but this past year the US has been using side parts, and US has typically shifted towards a shorter wig than Bella’s. Color is more unique too; most of the US (+NCL wigs) have had a little bit more of a red/strawberry/warm brown tone, while this one is more in line with the blondes popular in the UK (lot of factors here at play that I’ll get into another time). There’s still more of a golden tone than the more platinum that UK usually goes for, but it is overall more in line with UK.

They’ve also changed the wig slightly over time: the size of the beehive has been increased and it seems like there’s been a shift towards tighter curls rather than the usual looser curls it started with (which are more in line with we’ve been seeing from other US casts lately).

Nasia Thomas

Nasia’s wig has braids coming up from the sides and back to swoop into the top section that’s been left loose and to the right. Red highlights as (almost) always. It has been significantly thinned down with time (opening bottom right as opposed to top row from their performance a few weeks later).

The style is a significant change from Brittney Mack’s hair, who had her own braids with bleached highlights but no loose section and red added in only some of the time. The tour principals have had more of a mid range - braids up the sides/back and red highlights like Nasia, but the top section is still braids centered on the head rather a loose section to the side. The tour alts’ wigs all vary quite a bit with nothing identical but some similar elements.

Zoe Jensen

Very standard US Howard ponytail with nothing particularly new or notable. Pink dyes differ a bit from queen to queen but that’s really the only variance for her!

Taylor Iman Jones

Alright, here’s the one everyone’s been asking about. Taylor has a full black wig with some warm dark browns mixed in. She debuted a totally new hairstyle for Parr, completely different from anything we’ve seen before. At opening, the hair on the front right of her head was pulled over to the side and back, with all the hair on the left side of her face + the entire back bottom half down or to the side in loose curls. Since then they’ve thinned it out very substantially; the section on the left side of the face functions more like a ponytail (more like we’ve seen with Roxanne Couch’s old side ponytail wig or Sydney Parra’s wig) and the amount left loose at the bottom has been slimmed down.

A post on the alts (including Marilyn Caserta) will come a bit later - they haven’t all debuted and a few wig designs have been changing around.

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Top-bottom, L-R:

Hailee: 5 Dec 2022, Daniel Rader; 19 Dec 2022, Today Show; 5 Dec 2022, Jennifer Broski; posted 9 Dec 2022, @/sixthemusical

Leandra: 5 Dec 2022, either Michaelah Reynolds or Daniel Rader (credited as Reynolds by Leandra but Rader by Six); 19 Dec 2022, Today Show; 5 Dec 2022, Michaelah Reynolds; 5 Dec 2022, Daniel Rader

Bella: 5 Dec 2022, Jennifer Broski; posted 8 Dec 2022, @/bella_coppolala; posted 9 Dec 2022, @/sixthemusical; posted 22 Dec 2022, @/sixthemusical

Nasia: 19 Dec 2022, @/taylorimanjones; 19 Dec 2022, Today Show; 5 Dec 2022, Daniel Rader; posted 25 Dec 2022, @/nasiathomas

Zoe: @/lanazoejensen, @/carrington_spires

Taylor: 5 Dec 2022, @/peachez.nyc; 5 Dec 2022, Jennifer Broski; 5 Dec 2022, Michaelah Reynolds (Six credits as Daniel Rader but on Reynolds’ page); 5 Dec 2022, Jennifer Broski; @/hausofiman; 19 Dec 2022, Today Show; 19 Dec 2022, @/nasiathomas; posted 4 Dec 2022, @/sixthemusical

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dxntloseurhead · 1 year

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i thought bella was KIDDING

photo by tricia baron

#six the musical #six broadway #hailee kaleem wright #leandra ellis gaston #bella coppola #nasia thomas #aubrey matalon #taylor iman jones #and. I GUESS #robert de niro #BECAUSE WHY NOT IG

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ourownbelovedbohemians · 9 months

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does anybody have a slime tutorial for SIX at this exact date and time: May 21, 2023, 7:00pm.

I was at that show in the front row, and I was wearing a really sparkly dress (which was quite lucky considering I hadn't planned that out) I was invited by Anna of Cleves during the show to stand up for a minute and dance a little (which was crazy!!!!) I want to see how much of a doofus I looked like! So if anybody has one uhhh. Please lemme know.

#broadway #six the musical #may 21st 2023 #six #catherine of aragon #anne boleyn #jane seymour #anna of cleves #katherine howard #catherine parr #ayla ciccone-burton #zoe jensen #nasia thomas #bella coppola #leandra ellis-gaston #hailee kaleem wright

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unwrittenemmy · 1 year

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Day one hundred and fifty-six of posting every six queen

DAY ONE FIFTY-SIX - HAILEE KALEEM WRIGHT - CATHERINE OF ARAGON

#six the musical #six #six queens #divorced #six broadway #six on broadway #catherine of aragon #hailee kaleem wright

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redladydeath · 10 months

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"My name's Catherine of Aragon Was married twenty-four years I'm a paragon of royalty My loyalty is to the Vatican So if you try and dump me You won't try that again"

[Megan Gilbert; Renée Lamb; Jarnéia Richard-Noel; Adrianna Hicks; Candace Furbert; Lauren Drew; Jasmine Shen; Chloé Zuel; Jade Marvin; Melinda Porto; Amy Di Bartolomeo; Phoenix Jackson Mendoza; Chlöe Hart; Lauren Irving; Khaila Wilcoxon; Gabbi Mack; Bre Jackson; Gerianne Pérez; Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky; Rae Davenport; Hailee Kaleem Wright; Lee Arum-soul; Son Seung-yeon; Nicole Louise Lewis; Jaz Robinson; Meghan Corbett; Olga Szomańska; Juli Horányi; Annamária Baranyai; Nikki Bentley]

#redlady speaks #six the musical

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thesquirrelqueer · 1 year

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saw the new six broadway cast so here’s what I noticed

- aragon’s vocal style leans more towards shakira than beyoncé

- boleyn was very on the avril lavigne sk8r boi side and was very high energy and adorable

- seymour did a lot of beautiful riffing and it was so incredible she got like a full minute of applause after heart of stone

- cleves was also leaning more towards nicki minaj than rihanna with her vocal style which was really fun

- howard felt really young and naive and bubbly and was the first howard to actually make me cry during aywd

- parr just felt like really sincere in her acting like I know acting is supposed to be sincere but like there was something else to it

- they all had really tight harmonies and really precise dancing

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sixthemusicalextras · 10 months

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@/haileekaleemwright, @/bella_coppolala and @/nasiathomas on Instagram, 25 June 2023

#six the musical #six broadway 2023 #hailee kaleem wright #leandra ellis-gaston #bella coppola #zoe jensen #taylor iman jones #nasia thomas

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janedances · 1 year

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new broadway queens 💚

📷: captured by broadwayworldofficial!

#six the musical #six #six musical #six broadway #hailee kaleem wright #leandra ellis gaston #bella coppola #nasia thomas #zoe jensen #taylor iman jones

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sixcostumerefs · 1 year

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12 Jan 2022, @/haileekaleemwright

#six the musical #hailee kaleem wright #catherine of aragon six #six broadway #six musical

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six-costume-refs · 6 months

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Why do North American actors have to have the costume but not the same hairstyle?

Well, the same costume design can be fit to different actors’ bodies without any design change. Actors’ natural hair will always have a lot more variance. The same hairstyles can’t be altered to different hair as easily, the hair colors that are flattering or look natural on one person won’t look the same way on another, etc etc. It just introduces far more questions about what should/shouldn’t be standardized than costumes do. And actors have broad diversity in hair color/texture/type, which stands to be erased by standardizing hairstyles/wig design in a way that body diversity can’t be erased by costumes.

Differences in costumes are also going to be more noticeable than differences in wigs/hair design, on average. Think about Laura Dawn Pyatt vs Ellie Jane Grant’s Boleyn costume - that difference is noticeable even to someone who has only ever seen marketing for the show. Meanwhile on Broadway Hailee Kaleem Wright and Kristina Leopold have very different wig designs for Aragon, but that’s not going to be noticeable to the average audience member (+ each design feels natural and flattering on them)

Ultimately it just comes to the core intent of that costume rule: not wanting understudies to be treated as “lesser than” any of the principals. Historically, shows haven't always treated their understudies equally, sometimes giving them noticeably significantly lower quality costumes or not even giving them costumes of their own (instead having them share with principals or other understudies). The whole intent of that rule is to require that shows can’t take those shortcuts and instead treat their understudies fairly. In Six’s alt costume system, the alts do get very cool costumes so fair treatment isn’t really the concern, but it’s still a general rule that has to be fairly applied equally across all Broadway shows.

But ultimately that concept of fair treatment doesn’t really apply to wig design. Historically (and even now) many shows have standardized wigs, in style/color/texture. But most of the time that intent hasn’t been about fairness; it’s been about making the differences in appearance between principal and understudy as subtle as possible so that the audience won’t realize an understudy is performing. As Broadway is learning to embrace both their understudies + more diversity in race/ethnicity/appearance more broadly, there’s less focus on making understudies conform to a standardized look (and wigs as a big part of this). Hamilton is really a gold standard example of this: they’ve embraced giving all their principals and understudies wigs that generally match their natural color/texture and even some individualized styles and design. North American Six is also slowly learning to do this, with the newer Cleves and Parr looks and Leandra Ellis-Gaston’s Boleyn braids. Ultimately most of these shows are still following some general guidelines on shape/style for different roles, but ultimately there’s still focus being put on giving each actor a wig that’s individually suited to them even within those guidelines.

Note: all of this is AEA rules (US) and rule specifics only apply to certain tiers of productions.

#six the musical #six costumes #six wigs #alt costumes #standardization #unions

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sixthemusicalextras · 5 months

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@/haileekaleemwright on Instagram, 25 November 2023

#six the musical #six broadway 2023 #hailee kaleem wright

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sixthemusicalextras · 7 months

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@/haileekaleemwright on Instagram, 14 October 2023

#six the musical #six broadway 2023 #hailee kaleem wright

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