Savvy, feisty and tuneful in bestowing belated power and voice to the six wives of Henry VIII, “Six” bedazzles., which opened Jan. 24 to a sold-out crowd at the Ohio Theatre, recasts one of the bloodier royal eras into a modern feminist ode to six much-abused women.
British co-creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss cleverly lace their revisionist reinterpretations throughout the fast-paced show, but they don’t let polemics get in the way of entertainment. Commanding and in control from the get-go, Khaila Wilcoxon struts her considerable stuff as Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s first wife. Wilcoxon takes the lead in introducing the show and its girl-power concept while belting out “No Way” with Shakira-level conviction.
Channeling Nicki Minaj and Rihanna as childless Anna of Cleves, Olivia Donalson joyously sustains the peppy rhythms of “Get Down.”As “unchaste” but childless Katherine Howard, Henry’s executed fifth wife, Didi Romero revels in the naughty humor and seductive exhibitionism of the Britney-Spears-style “All You Wanna Do.”
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