Producers Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Stiles, and Kevin McCollum are proud to announce that three-time Grammy® Award-winning singer-songwriter Kirstin Maldonado, a member of the Grammy® Award-winning vocal sensation Pentatonix, will join the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning hit musical, SIX beginning June 1. Maldonado will play Anne Boleyn.
Dylan Mulvaney (The Least Problematic Woman in the World, TikTok series Days of Girlhood) will play her final performance as Anne Boleyn on May 31.
SIX, by Tony® Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, celebrated its official Broadway opening night on Sunday, October 3, 2021, at the Lena Horne Theatre (256 W 47th St, NYC) where the show is currently playing an open-ended run.
Kirstin Maldonado joins continuing Queens: Grammy® and Emmy® Award-winner Adrianna Hicks (original Broadway cast of SIX, Some Like It Hot) who plays Catherine of Aragon, Jasmine Forsberg (Broadway and National Tour of SIX, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends) who plays Jane Seymour, Olivia Donalson (Broadway and National Tour of SIX, the Dolly Parton musical) who plays Anna of Cleves, Grammy® Award-winner Abigail Barlow (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album, Disney’s Moana 2) who plays Katherine Howard, and Anna Uzele (Original Broadway cast of SIX; New York, New York) who plays Catherine Parr. The cast also includes Lauryn Adams, Aryn Bohannon, Maggie Likcani, and Aiyana Smash as alternates.
Kirstin Maldonado is a singer, songwriter, actress, and founding member of Pentatonix, one of the most successful and groundbreaking vocal groups of all time. As Pentatonix’s resident mezzo-soprano, she has helped shape the group’s signature sound since its formation. Raised in Arlington, Texas, Kirstin developed her love of performance at an early age through musical theater, choir, and live performance. As part of the three-time Grammy® Award-winning and Daytime Emmy® Award-nominated Pentatonix, Kirstin has contributed to the group’s continued success as a global touring powerhouse, helping to drive billions of streams, millions of albums sold worldwide, and performances on some of the world’s most iconic stages. Outside of her work with Pentatonix, Kirstin has expanded her career as a solo artist, launching her 2017 debut EP, L O V E., which reached #1 on the iTunes Top Pop Albums chart, and collaborating with artists including Play-N-Skillz and Syn Cole and writing for artists like Mickey Guyton. In 2018, she made her Broadway debut as Lauren in Kinky Boots, fulfilling a lifelong dream and marking a major milestone in her career.
Now in its fifth historic year on Broadway, SIX is the longest running of over 200 shows to have played in the Lena Horne Theatre since it first opened a century ago as the Mansfield Theatre in 1926. SIX is now the 43rd longest running show in Broadway history.
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!
SIX is the winner of 23 awards including the 2022 Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and is the longest-running show in the Lena Horne Theatre.
The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic's Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for!"
SIX is co-directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage and features choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The design team includes Emma Bailey (Scenic Design), Tony® Award-winner Gabriella Slade (Costume Design), Tim Deiling (Lighting Design), and Paul Gatehouse (Sound Design). The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision by Joe Beighton and U.S. Music Supervision by Roberta Duchak. Casting is by The TRC Company / Peter Van Dam, CSA. Theater Matters is General Manager, Sam Levy is Associate Producer and Lucas McMahon is U.S. Executive Producer.
SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT is the first Original Broadway Cast Recording ever recorded live on opening night. The album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and has over 183 million streams to date. The album received a 2023 Grammy Award® nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album. SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT was released May 6, 2022, and is available on all streaming and digital formats, including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and more. The Original Broadway Cast Recording can be streamed and downloaded here. The physical CD is available here. SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT is produced by Paul Gatehouse, Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss, Sam Featherstone, and Tom Curran. Broadway’s SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT and SIX the Musical (UK Studio Cast Recording) collectively have over 1 billion streams.
Universal Pictures Content Group will release SIX The Musical Live!, a live capture film recorded at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, with the original West End Queens reprising their roles, in US and Canadian movie theatres on August 14th.
The National Tour of SIX is currently playing in cities throughout the US.
SIX is also currently playing at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End, on tour in the UK and Ireland, and in cities throughout Europe.
Tickets to SIX are available at www.SixOnBroadway.com