Update: Six Alternates Won't Have Their Own Costumes on Broadway

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Six the Musical Wives 1-3: Historical and Modern Costume Inspirations; Six the Musical Wives 4-6: Historical and Modern Costume Inspirations
The Ladies in Waiting of Six: Historical Inspirations and Costumes; Details from Six Costumer Gabriella Slade’s Instagram Takeover
The Early Costumes of Six the Musical: From Edinburgh to Cambridge to London
Updated Six the Musical Costumes for Broadway!; The Shoes of Six the Musical
The Alternate Costumes of Six the Musical; How the Six Alternates Change Their Styling for Each Queen
Virtual Dance Workshops and Q&As with Different Six Cast Members!

UPDATED MARCH 12, 2020 WITH MORE INFO AND PICTURES

The Six fandom has been buzzing over the last week about the Broadway alternates’ costumes, as both Mallory Maedke and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert took the stage in old versions of the regular costumes rather than the previous alternate costumes they wore in Chicago. There was speculation that the alternates were getting new costumes that just weren’t ready yet (as the show is technically still in previews; opening isn’t officially until March 12, 2020).

Mallory Maedke going on as Jane Seymour and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert going on as Catherine of Aragon. Both of these costumes are older ones that don’t feature the peplums that were added for Broadway.

Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert going on as Catherine of Aragon

However, Lambert has now officially confirmed in the comments on Instagram that there won’t be any more alternate costumes on Broadway, for unspecified reasons. (MANY THANKS to Katie Proctor of the Six: The Musical (Fan Group) on Facebook for capturing and sharing this interaction).

This is really sad to hear, the Queendom really loved the alternate costumes. It really seemed to be one of the big aspects setting the Six musical franchise apart from other shows; traditionally, alternates wear the same costumes as the main characters in the musical, but the special costumes really made them stand out in an exciting and unique way. I really don’t know anything about Broadway equity and/or union rules, but I’ll be looking into this a bit more this week to try to find the exact reason why this isn’t allowed. This seems to be just another thing on Broadway that’s different from the other shows (as I previously mentioned, filming and photography technically isn’t allowed during the Broadway Megasix, although it doesn’t look like the ushers or show have been enforcing that too hard).

It does seem like all the other shows will be continuing to use the special alternate costumes though, so those can still be seen in the 5 OTHER SHOWS running right now: in the West End in London, on the UK/Ireland Tour, on the Australia/New Zealand tour, and on two cruise ships: Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Breakaway. Additional Performances will go up on the Norwegian Getaway in April and in Chicago and Wellington, Australia in July.

UPDATED MARCH 12

We actually saw an alternate costume on Broadway, as Nicole wore her old one when went on as Catherine Parr, as her new costume presumably isn’t ready yet and the older ones don’t fit her. It is Very similar to the usual Parr though, just with a different color blue and different sleeves.

Courtney Mack going on as Anne Boleyn (in an older costume, as the updated for broadway version features silver beading around each black epaulet) and Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert going on as Catherine Parr, wearing her old alternate costume (presumably because her new Catherine parr costume isn’t ready yet).

Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert going on as Anna of Cleves in an old costume (the old version has a crop top, while the new version doesn’t) and Courtney Mack going on as Katherine Howard in an updated for Australia/Broadway costume (visible in the check pattern fabric outline on the skirt)