{"id":183528,"date":"2026-04-02T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183528\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:35:08","slug":"six-the-musical-live-film-featuring-original-west-end-queens-will-arrive-in-u-s-cinemas-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183528\/","title":{"rendered":"Six the Musical Live! Film, Featuring Original West End Queens, Will Arrive in U.S. Cinemas This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Pictures Content Group has secured domestic theatrical film rights for\u00a0SIX the Musical Live!, which will arrive in cinemas around the country August 14.\u00a0Focus Features will handle domestic distribution for the studio.<\/p>\n<p>The film was previously released in U.K. cinemas via Universal &#13;<br \/>\nPictures April 6, 2025, and in Australia, grossing over $8.5 million &#13;<br \/>\ncombined. Watch the trailer for the original U.K. release above.<\/p>\n<p>London&#8217;s original Queens returned to reprise their roles for the cinematic release, including Jarn\u00e9ia Richard-Noel as Catherine &#13;<br \/>\nof Aragon, Millie&#13;<br \/>\n O&#8217;Connell as Anne Boleyn, Natalie Paris as Jane Seymour, Alexia &#13;<br \/>\nMcIntosh as Anna of Cleves, Aimie Atkinson as Katherine Howard, and &#13;<br \/>\nMaiya&#13;<br \/>\n Quansah-Breed as Catherine Parr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playbillstore.com\/collections\/six?srsltid=AfmBOorcN0ZDf-Q58-lXD7h7PRdFnSN8kvH1rJlzIOfyvc1Ynbo0Ucml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Purchase SIX memorabilia in the Playbill Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/toby-marlow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toby Marlow<\/a> and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/lucy-moss-writer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Moss<\/a>&#8216; international hit musical\u2014about the six &#13;<br \/>\nwives of Henry VIII\u2014was directed for the stage by Moss and Jamie &#13;<br \/>\nArmitage, directed for film by Liz Clare, and produced by Kenny Wax, &#13;<br \/>\nWendy and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/andy-barnes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Barnes<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/george-stiles-vault-0000002933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Stiles<\/a>, and Dione Orrom.<\/p>\n<p>UPCG Executive Vice President Helen Parker said in an earlier statement, &#8220;As&#13;<br \/>\n pioneers of the theatrical event cinema model, Universal Pictures &#13;<br \/>\nContent Group enjoyed the privilege of working with outstanding leading &#13;<br \/>\nproducers from the world of musical theatre on their globally successful&#13;<br \/>\n highly acclaimed live shows, from Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Lord Andrew &#13;<br \/>\nLloyd Webber, and Stephen Schwartz, and many more. We can\u2019t wait to bring &#13;<br \/>\nU.K. cinema goers across the country a chance to sing their hearts out to &#13;<br \/>\nthe exceptional SIX the Musical Live! this April.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/see-sixs-limited-edition-anniversary-playbill-cover-for-april\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See SIX&#8217;s Limited Edition Anniversary Playbill Cover for April<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Creators Marlow and Moss added, \u201cWe&#13;<br \/>\n had so much fun making this film with the most incredible team of &#13;<br \/>\nfilmmakers and creatives, and it was so special to be reunited with the &#13;<br \/>\nexceptionally talented and iconic original West End queens. We\u2019re so &#13;<br \/>\ngrateful that we had opportunity to film the show, and that we get to &#13;<br \/>\nshare SIX with a wider audience in this new and exciting way. We hope &#13;<br \/>\nyou enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!!!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>SIX debuted in 2017 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Winner&#13;<br \/>\n of over 35 international awards, including two 2022 Tony Awards, the musical can be &#13;<br \/>\nseen on Broadway at the Lena Horne Theatre and in London at the Vaudeville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Pictures Content Group has secured domestic theatrical film rights for\u00a0SIX the Musical Live!, which will arrive in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-183528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}