Updated Six the Musical Costumes for Broadway!

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UPDATED 03/17/2020 WITH OFFICIAL BROADWAY PHOTOS.
Also, now with original costumes in a before and after format to make the changes extra apparent!

It looks like the changes I already chronicled in the Cleves costume and Howard costume for the Australia cast were also made for the Broadway cast, but there are lots of other changes as well.

Here’s the Broadway stage door for reference of what the costumes looked like before the show opened. Cleves’s and Howard’s costumes in the stage show definitely do not look the same as they do here. The others look very similar, but there are some … — Here’s the Broadway stage door for reference of what the costumes looked like before the show opened. Cleves’s and Howard’s costumes in the stage show definitely do not look the same as they do here. The others look very similar, but there are some details changed in each look.

The Broadway costumes! Photo thanks to @Tschusko on Instagram.

Jarnéia Richard-Noel in the West End, Unknown photographer — Jarnéia Richard-Noel in the West End, By Eleanor Howarth

Adrianna Hicks on Broadway, By Joan Marcus/Kelly Taub

Aragon: The inverted chevrons on Aragon’s top have been changed to black and gold checks. These checks also show up in her skirt, where it replaces the gold stripe section, which also sports a new peplum layer The sleeves are different, with bigger puffs at top and black fishnet over gold bottoms that look an awful lot like Seymour’s sleeves.

peplum- a short flared, gathered, or pleated strip of fabric attached at the waist of a woman's jacket, dress, or blouse to create a hanging frill or flounce

Millie O’Connell, who originated the Boleyn role on the West End, Unknown photographer

Andrea Macasaet on Broadway, by Joan Marcus/Kelly Taub

Boleyn: Boleyn’s costume looks almost the same, but she’s got more silver studs at the bottom and top of her skirt and defining each black grid and epaulette on her top

Natalie Paris in the West End (Photographer Unknown)

Abby Muller on Broadway, by Joan Marcus/Kelly Taub

Seymour: Hey, Seymour got a peplum too! Everyone gets peplums now! Her peplum is white with black lines, visually extending her top rather than sitting on her skirt like Aragon’s or on Parr’s pants. Her top also has more diagonal black stripes on the side now, instead of the just plain vertical ones she had before.

The original-ish West End costume. There actually was a black version that was phased out a long time ago. Alexia McIntosh in the West End, Unknown Photographer

Brittney Mack on Broadway, by Joan Marcus/Kelly Taub

New Cleves Earrings for Broadway! by Joan Marcus/Kelly Taub

Cleves:
Cleves’ jacket is pretty much the same it’s been in other casts except for some added epaulettes and perhaps some added sleeve length and overall length, but UNDERNEATH the jacket. Damn girl.

The black crop top with red trimming has been replaced with a MAGNIFENT red top (longer than her previous crop top with lots of silver studding, a mini faux black corset, lots of silver chains draping everywhere, and magnificent sleeves made up of gridded silver studded red leather strips. I wish I had a picture of this so badly, as it doesn’t show up as much under her jacket, but when she strips in her song, it’s super visible and AMAZING.

She also gets to wear some friggin amazing thigh high black boots covered in gorgeous silver studs.

Katherine Howard (Aimie Atkinson), Photo by Idil Sukan.

Howard: Howard’s Broadway costume looks identical to the updated Australia costume but with only one X across the neckline rather than two. From my post on that: “It looks like the same black striped mesh fabric is in use all over both the West End and the Australia outfits, but the pink fabric has changed up a bit. In addition to the original sheer pink fabric used on the skirt, there's now a slightly less sheer pink fabric with black hatching on it; the skirt's panels alter between sheer and sheer with hatching and there's now a bottom border of the sheer with hatching fabric. There's also more silver beading throughout the skirt. This fabric with hatching is also incorporated into the alternating style panels on the bodice and on the bodice's top sleeves. It also looks like the hatching fabric may be used on the back of the bodice as well.”

Danielle Steer in the West End. (Production photo)

Parr: Her sleeves look fuller and rounder, and now she has a blue and black peplum with silver studs. Her belt is more heavily studded. It also looks like her pants are made with a totally different black fabric, with a cool print visible on it.

Both pants actually have the same lacing and silver studs on the side, but I couldn’t find a good photo from the west end that shows the entire current costume AND the lacings visible.

Accessory Changes:

It looks like all the Queens are now wearing SPARKLY fish nets (except Parr, who wears pants). Previously, it looked like they just wore sheer black hose. The sparkles are hard to see in photographs, but they’re super visible in person! You can probably see them best in the Cleves broadway photo above.

All of the Queens now have large earrings with the Roman numeral version of their “order” in the wives!

All Broadway Cast Accessories:

Aragon:

Sparkly spiked gold hoops with a roman numeral “I” in the center

Large gold spikes on a leather headband
Lots of piled up gold chain necklaces.

Boleyn:

Silver spiked hooks with “II” in the center
Leather cuffs with spikes around her “space buns”
Green sparkly “B” necklace
Seymour:
Silver hoops with “III” in the center, no spikes (I can’t tell if the earrings are sparkly or just made of tiny silver circles like Cleves)
White headband with small silver spikes
It looks like she’s wearing a silver chain necklace, but that appears to be part of her costume
Cleves:
Large silver “IV”s made of tiny little silver circles
Silver spikes arranged lengthwise on her head on either side of her hairdo (which is this gorgeous braid twist bun thing I can’t properly describe)
Howard:
Silver hoops with a big sparkly pink “V”
Leather cuff with spikes around ponytail with pink ends; “K” necklace
Parr:
Big silver hoops with sparkly black “VI”
Silver spikes along her part line in a vaguely mohawk style

I saw the show on February 22 and it was BRILLIANT. I got some photos but honestly, they weren’t very good quality. You’re welcome to go see them at www.instagram.com/rachaeldickzen.