Kathy decided for her birthday she’d like to do dinner and a Broadway show, and she chose SIX for the show. (Dinner was at Bond 45 around the corner from the show - it was a pretty great dinner. But I’m here to tell you about the show.)

I had no idea what to expect from SIX. I knew it was about the six wives of Henry VIII, who all had somewhat unfortunate lives, according to the history books.

And then once we bought the tickets I knew it was just a 90-minute show with no intermission - pretty short by Broadway standards.

We had great seats - you can see the view from our seats in the picture below.

The Lena Horne Theater a very small theater - so once we were in there I realized there aren’t many bad seats, and also, you can’t really have much of an intermission in a theater like that because it’s not like there’s a lobby to loiter in and have a drink or anything.

And then, once the show began and you saw the full stage you can see the stage isn’t all that big - and there’s a band playing up there the whole time.

And that’s the show - six singers, and a 4-piece band.

Way different than I expected - basically each of the six singers has “their song,” and then there are a couple of numbers that everyone does together.

It’s not a bad show.

It’s certainly unique as far as Broadway shows go.

But parts of it feel kind of half-done. Like, the songs are strong, but the dialogue in between is only OK.

I think part of the problem is we saw the matinee. (We decided to do the show and then dinner so we weren’t racing through dinner to make a show on time.)

So the show was at 3pm and you walk in out of the daylight and that’s kind of a weird vibe to begin with but the crowd was also just a bunch of tourists who seemed like they were on their way to somewhere else and maybe got discounted tickets just to fill some seats and some of the dialogue fell flat. You could tell there were certain points lines were expected to get a laugh or a reaction of some sort and the crowd just wasn’t buying in.

So that was unfortunate.

But still. It’s a Broadway show. And it’s cool to sit so close to the stage and appreciate everything going on. Watching the choreography. Seeing the lighting effects. Watching the band play, which is something you don’t often get. (It is also louder than your average Broadway show, which I wasn’t expecting, and as I get older, I notice more.)

I also like watching the actors’ (all actresses, in this case, which I don’t know if that’s a dated term or not these days) faces when I’m that close. I like seeing them acting even when they’re not the focal point. They’re still dancing, they’re still reacting - they’re really doing it.

This show also didn’t connect with me emotionally. There are times I’m watching a show and can barely keep myself from crying as I watch the singing and dancing. That wasn’t the case here, and I’m not sure why that was.

I did appreciate the talent on the stage. I just didn’t love the show as a whole.

I guess if I had to give it a rating I’d have to say it was a……6.