#six breakaway 1.0

[six-costume-refs]

Hi! I have a question: where did Seymour put her microphone before the peplum? i don't see a mic holder anywhere in the reference pics

It was always on the skirt. Often blended in a little better than some of the others.

@/laurenbyrne95, @/annaclarephotography, @/bridges1993

[unwrittenemmy]

Day eighty-six of posting every six queen

DAY EIGHTY-SIX - GEORGIA CARR - KATHERINE HOWARD

[heartofsix]

cruise queens that i want to have a land contract

Lucy Aiston (Bliss 2.0 Boleyn)

Artemis Chrisoulakis (Breakaway 2.0/Bliss 5.0 Howard)

Alicia Corrales-Connor (Bliss 1.0 Howard)

Willow Dougherty (Bliss 4.0 Alt A/S/H)

Maddison Firth (Breakaway 1.0 Rehearsal S/H/P)

Adrianna Glover (Bliss 3.0 Rehearsal A/C/P)

Megan Leung (Bliss 2.0 Parr)

Gabbi Mack (Bliss 4.0 Aragon)

Jade Marvin (Bliss 2.0/Breakaway 2.0/4.0 Aragon)

L'Oréal Roache (Bliss 3.0 Boleyn)

Jarynn Whitney (Breakaway 3.0/Bliss 5.0 Parr)

[sixcostumerefs]

Happy Asian and Pacific Islander Month to our queens!

Here in the US, May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander month. So just like last year, I'll be highlighting the Asian and Pacific Islander queens of Six. This year is especially fun as there's currently an Asian or Pacific Islander queen in every currently-running replica production of Six!

Pictured: Aragon: Grace Mouat (Burmese, 1st UK Tour and West End), Nicole Kyoung-mi Lambert (Korean, pre-Broadway regional tour and Broadway); Jasmine Shen (Chinese/Hong Konger, Breakaway 1.0); Chloé Zuel (Mauritian, 2020 Sydney); Phoenix Jackson Mendoza (Filipino, 2021-23 Aus Tour); Kristina Leopold (Chinese/Thai/Indian, Broadway/Boleyn Tour); 이아름솔/Lee Arum-soul (Korean, South Korea); 손승연/Sonnet (Korean, South Korea) Boleyn: Andrea Macasaet (Filipino, pre-Broadway regional tour and Broadway); Cherelle Jay (West End and 2nd UK Tour); Amanda Lindgren (South Korean, West End); Sunayna Smith (Indian, Breakaway 3.0 and 5.0); 김지우/Kim Ji-woo (Korean, South Korea); 배수정/Pae Su-jeong (Korean, South Korea); Fiorella Bamba (Filipino, Bliss 6.0); Thảo Therése Nguyễn (Vietnamese, West End) Seymour: Jasmine Forsberg (Filipino, Aragon Tour/Broadway); 박혜나/Park Hye-na (Korean, South Korea); 박가람 /Park Ga-ram (Korean, South Korea); Singh Viki (Indian, Hungarian non-replica) Cleves: 김지선/Kim Ji-sun (Korean, South Korea); 최현선/Choi Hyun-sun (Korean, South Korea); Danielle Mendoza (Filipino, Breakaway 3.0/Boleyn Tour); Kardffy Aisha (Persian, Hungarian non-replica) Howard: Jaina Brock-Patel (Desi/Indian, 2nd UK Tour); Zoe Jensen (Filipino, Broadway); 김려원/Kim Ryeo-won (Korean, South Korea); 솔지/Solji (Korean, South Korea); Elysia Cruz (Filipino, Canadian); Hien (Vietnamese, Hungarian non-replica); Sierra Fermin (Filipino, Broadway); Alizé Ke'Aloha Cruz (Filipina, Bliss 3.0/Boleyn Tour) Parr: Shimali de Silva (Hong Konger/Sri Lankan, original student cast); Vidya Makan (Desi/Indian heritage, 2020 and 2021-23 Australian Tours); Shannen Alyce Quan (Eurasian, 2020 and 2021-23 Australian Tours); Karis Oka (2020 and 2021-23 Australian Tours); Megan Leung (Chinese/Hong Konger, Bliss 2.0 and Breakaway 5.0); Roxanne Couch (Maori, West End); Joy N Woods (Southeast Asian and/or Pacific Islander, Broadway); Elena Breschi (Filipino, Breakaway 4.0) 유주혜/Yoo Ju-hye (Korean, South Korea); 홍지희/Hong Ji-hee (Korean, South Korea); Aoife Haakenson (Taiwanese, UK Tour); Lauren Mariaoosay (Indian/Polynesian/Malaysian/Cambodian, Canada) Notes: - All information is from this post. There may be additional info or queens missing, as it's only information I specifically have been able to verify. This list also doesn't encompass the full breadth of many queens' identities; many of them are of mixed race and ethnicity, or of several nationalities. That post provides further information. - I usually don't include actors who haven't debuted. That means that Kimberley Hodgson and Deirdre Khoo (both of the recently-announced Australian Tour) and Fia Houston-Hamilton (cancelled Breakaway 2.0) are not included.

Credits: Aragon: anniekwithacamera; Lloyd Bishop; _jasmine_shen_; jamesmorganphoto; sixthemusicalau, unsure of origin; ymduck_pic; _young_img Boleyn: Sara Crulwich; jonalderson_; Pamela Raith; sunaynasmith; _young_img; _shannon1025_, unsure of origin; fiorellabamba; Pamela Raith Seymour: Joan Marcus; hbiiii._.iin; jjang_beautiful; Szabina Jardek Cleves: hbiiii._.iin; gren_pic; Joan Marcus; Szabina Jardek Howard: Pamela Raith, Joan Marcus, day_star_._, 890110kr; Joan Marcus; Szabina Jardek; sierrafermin; Joan Marcus Parr: sixthemusical, unsure of origin; sixthemusicalau, unsure of origin; daynaransleyphoto; daynaransleyphoto; meganswleung; Pamela Raith; michaelah.jpg; elenabreschi; yoozuyoozu, unsure of origin; jjang_beautiful; Pamela Raith; Joan Marcus

[carbonbeef]

Six Fun Fact

Because I'm obsessed with spreadsheets, I've been slowly adding more and more data to my little (ok it's big and slows my computer down hardcore) spreadsheet of Six information. After adding initial debut dates for every role each performer had, I came across a little fun fact: of the 73 unique debut orders performers in Six who performed 2 to 6 roles have had, there have, to this date, been 3 groups of people who debuted all the roles they have performed (again, to this date) in the exact same order; 2 groups of 3 who debuted 3 roles, and 1 group of 2 who debuted 2 roles:

Seymour/Howard/Parr

Elizabeth Walker (Breakaway 1.0)

Seymour Debut: 16 January 2020

Howard Debut: 18 February 2020

Parr Debut: 26 February 2020

Ellie Sharpe (Breakaway 2.0)

Seymour Debut: 11 October 2021

Howard Debut: 10 November 2021

Parr Debut: 14 February 2022

Jessie Davidson (Broadway 3.0)

Seymour Debut: 23 March 2024

Howard Debut: 7 April 2024

Parr Debut: 6 May 2024

Boleyn/Howard/Seymour

Bryony Duncan (Bliss 1.0)

Boleyn Debut: 8 September 2019

Howard Debut: 23 September 2019

Seymour Debut: 18 December 2019

Ashlee Waldbauer (Bliss 3.0)

Boleyn Debut: 22 November 2021 (First Show)

Howard Debut: 22 November 2021 (Second Show)

Seymour Debut: 3 January 2022

Izzy Formby-Jackson (Bliss 7.0)

Boleyn Debut: 30 November 2023

Howard Debut: 2 February 2023

Seymour Debut: 13 January 2024

Aragon/Cleves:

Shekinah McFarlane (West End 1.0)

Aragon Debut: 4 September 2019

Cleves Debut: 5 September 2019

Ella Burns (Australia 1.0)

Aragon Debut: 25 January 2020

Cleves Debut: 28 February 2020

*All photos taken from performers' and/or production members' social medias except the following:

Bryony Seymour (@tudorvonsnaps on Instagram)

Shekinah Aragon (@shonalosuise_photography on Instagram)

**Bryony's photo as Seymour was from her as a Swing in the West End 2.0 production and Shekinah's Cleves photo as Cleves was from her as Principal in the UK Tour 2.0 production, despite them debuting these roles in the Bliss 1.0 and West End 1.0 productions, respectively.

***Images were cropped so each one was cropped to equally fill a 10x5.63 inch full photo.

[lightleckrereins]

The Six the musical 2023 covers - alternates, swings, rehearsal swings and emergency covers

Happy new year everyone. And welcome back to one of my favorite traditions. Complaining about unreleased alt promo photos. Putting together the six alts from the past year. And this time we get into non replica.

West End

Rachel Rawlinson: Swing, West End, joined November 2021 covering all six queens.

Esme Rothero: Swing, West End, joined November 2021 covering all six queens, left October 2023.

Danielle Rose: Alternate, West End; Joined November 2021 as alternate Boleyn/Howard, left October 2023.

Harriet Watson: Alternate, UK tour; alternate Seymour/Parr, left March 2022. Standby, UK productions; came back as standby alternate for both WE and UKT throughout 2022, left January 2023 only to return for a few shows throughout the year.

Monique Ashe-Palmer: Alternate, West End; Joined October 2022 as alternate Aragon/Cleves, left October 2023.

Leah Vassell: Alternate, West End; Joined October 2022 as alternate Seymour/Parr, left October 2023.

Chlöe Hart: Principal Aragon, UK tour; joined March 2022, left April 2023. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast for two shows in September 2023.

Meg Dixon-Brasil: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard. Swing, West End; Joined October 2023 covering all six queens.

Gabriella Stylianou: Principal Seymour, Bliss 2.0. Alternate, West End; Joined October 2023 as alternate Aragon/Seymour; acted as temporary replacement Seymour from cast change until November 2023.

Naomi Alade: Alternate, West End; Joined October 2023 as alternate Boleyn/Cleves.

Hannah Lowter: Alternate, West End; Joined October 2023 as alternate Howard/Parr.

UK tour

Natalie Pilkington: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 1.0; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr, covered Seymour. Swing, alternate, UK tour, joined June 2021 as swing, became alternate Seymour/Parr March 2022, left April 2023; returned as emergency cover for a few shows in May 2023. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast as alternate for a few shows in June 2022. Universal swing UK productions; came back in October 2023 as universal swing for West End and the UK tour covering all six queens.

Harriet Caplan-Dean: Swing, UK tour; joined March 2022, left April 2023. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast as swing in April 2023 and September 2023.

Grace Melville: Alternate, UK tour; joined March 2022 as alternate Aragon/Cleves; acted as temporary replacement Cleves between March and May 2022, left April 2023. Emergency cover, West End; covered Cleves for one show in July 2022.

Leesa Tulley: Alternate, UK tour; joined March 2022 as alternate Boleyn/Howard; acted as temporary replacement Howard between August and October 2022, left April 2023.Emergency cover, West End; came back on standby between August and September 2023.

Shakira Simpson: Swing, UK tour; joined April 2023.

Ellie Jane Grant: Alternate, UK tour; joined April 2023 as alternate Aragon/Cleves.

Izi Maxwell: Alternate, UK tour; joined April 2023 as alternate Boleyn/Howard. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast as alternate for a few shows in April 2023. Emergency cover, West End; joined the cast as alternate for a few shows in May 2023.

Tamara Morgan: Alternate, UK tour; joined April 2023 as alternate Seymour/Parr.

Broadway

Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert: Alternate, Chicago and North American tour; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr, was temporary principal Cleves during the St. Paul run. Alternate, Broadway; covering Aragon/Boleyn/Seymour/Cleves/Parr in 2020, switched to Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves in 2021, left December 2022; came back on standby late December 2022.

Marilyn Caserta: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 3.0; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr. Alternate, Broadway; joined the Broadway cast for two weeks in August 2022 as emergency alternate Aragon; took over as alternate Boleyn/Cleves/Parr between September and November 2023, left then. Universal alternate, US companies; Joined December 2022 as alternate for Broadway and both US tours, covering Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves/Parr, became Broadway alternate in September 2023.

Ayla Ciccone-Burton: Alternate, Broadway; Joined August 2022, covering Boleyn/Cleves/Parr, temporarily left between September and November 2023.

Holli’ Conway: Alternate, Broadway; Joined August 2022, originally said to be covering Aragon/Howard/Parr, switched to Aragon/Cleves/Howard shortly after, left December 2023.

Aubrey Matalon: Alternate, Broadway; Joined December 2022, covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.

Kristina Leopold: Alternate, Broadway; Joined December 2022, covering Aragon/Seymour/Parr.

Sierra Fermin: Alternate, Broadway; Joined December 2023, covering Aragon/Cleves/Howard.

Wesley Carpenter: Principal Seymour, Bliss 3.0. Universal alternate, US companies; Returned September 2023 as alternate for Broadway and the Boleyn tour, covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard/Parr.

Aragon tour

Kelly Denice Taylor: Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Cleves. Standby, Broadway; became standby for broadway starting June 2022 with the same covers while still being alternate in the tour company. Standby, Boleyn North American Tour; joined the Boleyn tour for a few weeks in July and August 2023 but didn’t play any performances. Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; rejoined the company full time with her Aragon tour covers.

Cassie Silva: Alternate Broadway, joined January 2022 as alternate Howard, left March 2022. Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Boleyn/Cleves/Howard. Standby, Broadway; returned as a standby in July 2022 with her tour covers while still part of the tour company. Universal alternate, US companies; Returned September 2023 as alternate for Broadway and the Boleyn tour, covering Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves/Howard.

Kelsee Kimmel: Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Parr. Standby, Broadway; became standby for broadway starting September 2022 covering Seymour/Parr while still being alternate in the tour company. Alternate, Boleyn North American Tour; joined the Boleyn tour for a few weeks in September 2023. Temporary replacement, Canada; joined October 2023 as temporary principal Seymour.

Erin Palmer Ramirez: Alternate, Aragon North American Tour; alternate Boleyn/Howard/Parr.

Boleyn tour

Cecilia Snow: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Cleves, left October 2023.

Aryn Bohannon: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate Boleyn/Seymour/Howard. Standby, Aragon tour, temporarily joined the Aragon tour with her three covers in January 2023.

Jana Larell Glover: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr.

Taylor Pearlstein: Alternate, Boleyn north American tour; alternate Boleyn/Howard/Parr.

Canada

Hailey Lewis: Alternate, Canada; alternate Aragon/Cleves/Parr.

Julia McLellan: Alternate, Canada; alternate Boleyn/Seymour/Howard

Abigail Sparrow: Principal Howard, Breakaway 3.0. Alternate, Canada; alternate Seymour/Howard/Parr.

Darcy Stewart: Alternate, Canada; alternate Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves

Australia

Karis Oka: Swing, Australia tour.

Shannen Alyce Quan: Swing, Australia tour.

Chiara Assetta: Swing, Australia tour; joined when the show reopened in December 2021

Cristina D’Agostino: Alternate swing, Australia tour; joined the company in June 2021 as resident choreographer, became alternate (emergency) swing in April 2022.

Madeline Fansler: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 3.0; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Parr. Temporary swing, Australia tour; joined the Australian cast for September 2022 as a temporary swing and later as full-time swing starting December 2022.

Norwegian Bliss

5.0

Bethany McDonald: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 5.0; alternate Seymour/Cleves/Parr.

Jillian Worthing: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 5.0; alternate Aragon/Boleyn/Howard.

Haley Izurieta: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Boleyn/Cleves. Returned as principal Cleves for Bliss 6.0.

Lois Ellise: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Aragon/Seymour/Parr.

Jasmine Smith: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Seymour/Parr.

Alyssa Giannetti: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 5.0; covering Aragon/Seymour/Howard.

6.0

Willow Dougherty: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 4.0; alternate Aragon/Seymour/Howard. Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 6.0; returned this time as alternate Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.

Gabriella Boumford: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 6.0; covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr

Audrey Fisher: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 6.0; covering Aragon/Boleyn/Howard. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 6.0; came back changing her covers to Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.

Brooke Aneece: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 6.0; covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr.

7.0

Izzy Formby-Jackson: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 7.0: covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.

Hannah Lawton: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Bliss 7.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard, her covers changed to Seymour/Howard/Parr during rehearsals.

Norwegian Breakaway

4.0

Ellie Sharpe: Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 2.0; alternate Seymour/Howard/Parr. Was previously cast in one of the unnanounced 2020 cruise casts. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; returned with the same covers.

Princess Victomé: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 3.0; covering Seymour/Cleves/Parr. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; came back changing her covers to Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves.

Sarah McFarlane: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; covering Seymour/Howard/Parr. Returned as principal Howard for Breakaway 5.0 and Bliss 7.0.

Reca Oakley: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 4.0; covering Aragon/Seymour/Cleves. Returned as principal Cleves for Bliss 5.0. Principal Cleves, West End starting October 2023.

5.0

Abbi Hodgson: Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 2.0; alternate Aragon/Boleyn/Cleves; did not debut before the production was cancelled because of lockdown. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 2.0, came back with the same covers as before. Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 5.0; came back, this time covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr.

Eden Holmes: Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 5.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard.

Jaelle Laguerre: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 5.0; announced to be covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr but only did Aragon in rehearsals.

Kate Zulauf: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 5.0; covering Boleyn/Seymour/Howard

6.0

Deirdre Dunkin: Alternate, Norwegian Breakaway 6.0; covering Aragon/Cleves/Parr.

Giulia Marolda: Rehearsal swing Norwegian Breakaway 6.0; covering Boleyn/Cleves/Parr. Alternate, Norwegian Bliss 7.0; came back changing her covers to Aragon/Cleves/Parr.

Poland

Agnieszka Rose: Alternate, Polish non-replica production; alternate Aragon/Seymour.

Aleksandra Gotowicka: Alternate, Polish non-replica production; alternate Boleyn/Howard.

Marta Skrzypczyńska: Alternate, Polish non-replica production; alternate Cleves/Parr.

Hungary

Mónika Horváth: Alternate, Hungarian non-replica production; alternate Aragon/Cleves.

Krisztina Magyar: Alternate, Hungarian non-replica production; alternate Boleyn/Howard.

Dóra Csonka: Alternate, Hungarian non-replica production; alternate S/P .

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Six posters and This Pose™

Productions and photographers under the cut

1, 2: Edinburgh Student Cast (Photographer: Unknown, Johannes Hjorth) 3: Cambridge Student Cast (Photographer: Unknown) 4, 5: 2018 UK Tour (Photographer: Idil Sukan) 6: Pre-Broadway Tour (Photographer: Liz Lauren) 7: Bliss 1.0 (Photographer: Unknown) 8, 9: 2019-20 West End Production (Photographer: Eleanor Howarth) 10: 2019-20 UK Tour (Photographer: Johan Persson) 11: Breakaway 1.0 (Photographer: Unknown) 12: 2020 Australian Tour (Photographer: James D. Morgan) 13: 2020 Broadway Previews (Photographer: Joan Marcus) 14: 2020-21 West End Production (Photographer: Pamela Raith) 15: 2021-22 UK Tour (Photographer: Johan Persson) 16: 2021-22 Broadway Production (Photographer: Sara Krulwich) 17: 2021-22 West End Production (Photographer: Pamela Raith) 18: 2021-23 Australian Tour (Photographer: James D. Morgan) 19: 2022-23 UK Tour (Photographer: Manuel Harlan) 20: 2022-23 Aragon Tour (Photographer: Joan Marcus) 21: Boleyn Tour (Photographer: Joan Marcus) 22: 2022-23 West End Production (Photographer: Pamela Raith) 23: 2022-23 Broadway Production (Photographer: Joan Marcus) 24: 2023-24 UK Tour (Photographer: Pamela Raith) 25: 2023 Aragon Tour (Photographer: Patrick Gray)

[sixaltfan]

Slelext your answers( I couldn’t add Breakaway 6.0)

[janedances]

SIX BREAKAWAY 5.0 CAST!

Retun central, literally.

Gabbi Mack returning as ARAGON (previously played the role in Bliss 4.0)

Sunayna Smith returning as BOLEYN (previously was a rehearsal swing for A/B/H in Breakaway 3.0)

Hannah Taylor returning as SEYMOUR (previously was a rehearsal swing for B/S/C in Bliss 4.0)

Sasha Renae Brown returning as CLEVES (previously played the role in Bliss 4.0)

Sarah McFarlane returning as HOWARD (previously was a rehearsal swing for S/H/P in Breakaway 4.0)

Megan Leung returning as PARR (previously played the role in Bliss 2.0)

Completing the cast are our 4 swings!

Abbi Hodgson returning as ONBOARD SWING A/C/P (previously played A/B/C in Bliss 2.0 and Breakaway 2.0)

Eden Holmes as ONBOARD SWING B/S/H

Kate Zulauf as a rehearsal swing for B/S/H

Jaelle Laguerre as a rehearsal swing for A/C/P

FUN FACTS:

Principals are made up entirely of returning queens

Gabbi and Sasha actually got the offer 3 days before Bliss 4.0 closing due to their social media presence.

The only casts that aren’t included are Bliss 1.0, Breakaway 1.0, Bliss 3.0 and Bliss 5.0!

[but-im-unbreakable]

fun fact!!! there is at least one cast member from every bliss production who is currently involved with six!

bliss 1.0: natalie pilkington (uk tour alt seymour/parr)

bliss 2.0: rebecca wickes (uk tour howard), megan leung (breakaway 5.0 parr), abbi hodgson (breakaway 5.0 alt aragon/cleves/parr)

bliss 3.0: marilyn caserta (us productions universal alternate)

bliss 4.0: gabbi mack (breakaway 5.0 aragon), sasha renae brown (breakaway 5.0 cleves)

bliss 5.0: the whole cast obviously

the same is actually also true for the breakaway productions if you count rehearsal swings!

breakaway 1.0 and 2.0: jessica niles (uk tour cleves)

breakaway 2.0: artemis chrisoulakis (bliss 5.0 howard)

breakaway 3.0: jarynn whitney (bliss 5.0 parr)

breakaway 4.0: sarah mcfarlane (breakaway 5.0 seymour), reca oakley (bliss 5.0 cleves)

breakaway 5.0: whole cast obviously

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ALL I WANNA DO IS

see the full original color image because we deserve Elizabeth Walker in the original Teal Howard Ponytail

@/sladegabriella on ig, 11/12/19 and 11/16/19

my edit because I don’t think I’ve seen someone edit it before haha

[six-costume-refs]

Why do you think the new Breakaway cast hasn’t been allowed to post their costumes yet? I also saw a mic post on someone’s story that showed a teal one in the style of the main six? What do you think this is for?

It takes a day or two for just about every NCL cast to be allowed to post. Some of that is going to be due to them just not having wi-fi every day, but there have been plenty of times where they’ve had access to wi-fi and been posting about opening night/debut both the night of and the day after (sometimes posting/re-posting blurred or onstage photos) and still no photos. Then a few days later half of them will suddenly all post the photos at once. There seems to still be some form of approval process that photos and/or costumes still have to go through before they can be posted, even though these casts don’t have a photo ban since we’ve sometimes seen before.

The alts are the same: they basically always wait a day or two to share any photos. The other queens will wait as well. Sometimes they’ll all be posting “congratulations on your xyz debut” but again, oftentimes with no photos or only very blurred audience ones. Sometimes the alts will also post some sort of “sneak peak” of their costume, often with a comment about how they’ll “post more when they can.” And the second the alts post the photo, the rest of the principals will often post theirs as well.

It’s all just way too coordinated for there to not be some level of approval that most, if not all, alts/costumes/casts have to go through. It is worth noting that all costumes always do have to get approved at some point, for any cast/production. But with US Tours/Broadway that always happens significantly earlier, during tech or previews if not earlier. With NCL it seems to be that they don’t get a final sign off until later, maybe until tech or opening night for some shows (they also have a much shorter tech period than mainland shows). That might have to do with accessibility for fittings during rehearsals: the mainland actors rehearse in New York, where the costume team is located as well. But NCL holds rehearsals in Florida and they don’t usually go back to NYC for fittings during that, even thought the costumes are still in progress. Some actors do initial fittings in New York prior to the rehearsals starting and some do some of their fittings in Florida, but the specifics of all that isn’t particularly clear. And even once they board the ship, they may still not be able to get final approval during tech for any number of reasons (again it’s very short which may factor in). My guess would be that NCL casts just don’t get to do their final approval stages until they’re actually on the ship and at least teching/maybe initial debut, and that’s why we often have some level of delay.

And yeah, Sasha Renae Brown posted this photo of mics:

Yes, there’s a teal. No, we’re not going to see alt costumes. All the mics are labeled with the names of who is supposed to use them: Aragon, Boleyn, etc. If that was dependent on just principal or just alt, we’d see the names of specific actors like you can see on the line above! They’ve done the same thing for past Breakaway (and Bliss) casts in the principal costumes. This is most likely a backup mic. If an actor’s handheld fails during the show, they have one on easy backup that can be grabbed sidestage. It’s likely Elizabeth Walker’s old one from 1.0 that they kept for that purpose; Liv Alexander’s was used as a backup before but has since been repurposed.

[unwrittenemmy]

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

DAY ONE FORTY-TWO - KELLY SWEENEY - ANNE BOLEYN

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pride six icons - jasmine shen as catherine of aragon with the lesbian flag, requested by @its-totes-gods-will

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I don't understand what a rehearsal swing is or why they're needed. Can you explain that to me?

The very, very short explanation is that they’re actors who join rehearsals to learn the show and don’t immediately go onboard with the cast, but are prepared to do so later if they’re needed due to injury/illness/etc. Ships typically try to minimize the number of people who need to be onboard to try and limit the number of resources required - housing, food, dressing room space, etc all has to be provided by cruise ships for their employees. Since space and resources is limited, the number of actors they bring onboard also had to be. But only being able to have one onboard cover for each role also puts them at risk of not having enough coverage. If there's just a temporary issue that will be resolved with a week or two, they usually just cancel shows until they have enough actors. Of course you know from personal experience that that happened quite a bit with the first casts coming back from Covid lockdowns - they had some Covid outbreaks and between that illness and the initial longer quarantine periods, there were quite a few shows that got cancelled. Six usually only performs 3-4 shows per week and cruise attendees pay for the cruise rather than the specific show, so it is disappointing but won't be a major issue for them. If there's a significant longer-term issue, like an actor getting a major injury that requires them to leave the ship, they're in a tough spot. That's where the rehearsal swings come in - if any are available, one of them can jump on board to replace that actor (although it's not always as straightforward as a 1-1 substitution). That rehearsal alt allows them to have someone on hand who already knows the show and can quickly join and get into the swing of things with minimal rehearsal. All around it's much easier (and much more cost-effective) than having to re-cast the role, sign the contracts, fly someone in for fittings, teach them the whole show, and have them tech it.

With Six, a rehearsal alt has only gone onboard in that capacity once. In Bliss 1.0, Alicia (Howard) had to leave the ship about halfway through the run. Bryony Duncan (B/S/H alt) took over as principal Howard. They brought in Lori McLare (rehearsal alt A/C/H) as an understudy Howard, but since she didn't know B/S they actually had Bryony continue to understudy B/S while acting as principal Howard, and Lori just understudied Howard. And to make alllll of that more complicated...Caitlin Tipping (Seymour) had to temporarily leave the show for a few weeks, but Bryony was now Howard and Amy Bridges (rehearsal B/S/P) had already joined Breakaway 1.0 as Seymour, so neither of them could replace/join. They actually wound up having Natalie Pilkington add Seymour as her fourth cover, to act as a temporary replacement. At that point they still had alt costumes so she was just able to wear her black Parr variation with no issue. (Noting here that all of this was more complicated than that, but for the sake of keeping things as condensed as possible this is the simpler version)

It does seem like it would have made the most sense for Lori to take over as principal Howard and Bryony to just continue as B/S/H (and maybe take over as S instead). Not sure why that didn't happen. Might have been a costume thing.

Anyway. That's the very shortened version of what their basic, as-advertised role is and the one time we've seen that happen! There is more complexity to it than that, and I did just write up a longer post on some of that here if you're curious! But I hope that's helpful as a Rehearsal Swings 101!

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So, through Cameo DMs, Amelia confirmed that the harmony order for Breakaway 1.0 was B/H/C/S/A/P. And the harmony order for Breakaway 2.0 was B/C/H/S/A/P. Does anyone have any guesses as to why Jessica’s harmony changed but Amelia’s stayed the same?