Six

The best time you'll have on Broadway this season is probably Six. When it comes to Henry VIII's six wives, there are beheadings, divorces, and deaths, but that's just par for the course (if not Parr, as in Catherine). However, this production envisions the women as sassy pop stars, a girl group in the vein of Fifth Harmony or the Spice Girls.

Every night, the members of Six put on a competition for the audience: They'll each give a solo performance outlining their tragic story, and whoever had the worst experience being married to the English monarch wins. The proceedings begin with a Beyoncé-inspired jam about annulment from Catherine of Aragon. Anne of Cleves brings down the house with her killer bop about living large after Henry thinks she doesn't match her Hans Holbein portrait (a.k.a. her profile picture).

Jane Seymour performs a somber ballad. Every performer puts on a fantastic vocal performance, hitting high notes and running as if their lives depended on it. The feel-good feminist message of the show is not particularly challenging, but who cares when you're engrossed in the upbeat music?

• Ratings: 4.0/5
• Website: https://sixonbroadway.com/
• Theater: Brooks Atkinson Theatre
• Ticket Price: Starting at $79