♪ Welcome to the show ♪
♪ To the histo-remix ♪
♪ Switching up the flow ♪
♪ As we add the prefix ♪
♪ Everybody knows that we used to be six wives ♪
♪ But now we're ex-wives ♪
- Oh my gosh, you guys,
we just had our first preview, and it was crazy!
- Oh my God, it was crazy.
(cheering)
It was really, really crazy.
- [Abby] Where's Drea?
(exclaiming)
- It was so crazy.
(laughing)
- [Abby] And what else was it tonight, for you three queens?
- It was our first performance on Broadway!
♪ Broadway debut, Broadway debut, ♪
♪ Broadway debut, Broadway ♪
I'm trying to do a--
- Wait, what, Broadway debut?
- [Abby] That was crazy.
- That was crazy, it was bizarre.
- [Abby] How was the audience, you guys?
- Lit!
- [Abby] Oh my goodness.
- The best, it was--
(speaking foreign language)
- [Abby] They came to play.
- They really came to play.
- No, they really did--
- I got teary-eyed tonight.
- Yeah, I'm glad I couldn't--
(mumbling)
- I just full-on cried.
- Yeah, I was like--
(scoffing)
I couldn't get it together.
(all talking over each other)
- We did it!
(cheering)
There was a puppy in the audience,
thank you, to whoever brought your puppy.
- I didn't know there was a puppy!
(gasping)
- The audience was so lit.
- [Abby] They were so lit, so hard, so bad.
- Don't talk about me like that.
- [Andrea] Should we get us all in the frame?
- Cause we have such a good time!
- [Andrea] Anna, come back here!
- I can't wait!
- I'm good at shots.
- Come back here.
(exclaiming)
♪ We're six ♪
I got my brush.
(all talking over each other)
- Anna!
- They're ready out there.
- Hurry up!
- Come on, let's go watch this.
- We're acting like this is a photo.
Here we are.
- Oh my gosh.
♪ We're six ♪
(being sung over)
- We started performances on Broadway!
(cheering)
- Yes, we did!
- We open March--
- March 12th.
- Twelve!
(laughing)
- Thanks everybody who came tonight, you were amazing.
(cheering)
- Thank you so much to the man with the dog.
- Thank you, I love you.
- That man with that dog.
- Bring your dogs, bring your babies, come on.
(all speaking over each other)
(applauding)
(whistling)
- A little toast.
(crowd talking)
- I love your camera.
(kissing)
- [Abby] Congratulations!
Hi, Tobes!
- Hi, Abby.
- [Abby] Happy Broadway debut!
- Happy Broadway debut!
Abby was unbelievable this evening, she was unbreakable.
- The check's in the mail.
(laughing)
- Check's in the mail, we're gonna pay you for this,
what you're doing, we're gonna pay you.
(cheering)
- [Abby] Where should I start?
- [Toby] Start with the front.
Work your way down the line.
(cooing)
- [Girl In Pink Coat] How are you, it's great to be back.
How's the knee?
(all talking over each other)
- Thanks so much, hey, how are you?
- Wonderful, I had never seen a Broadway show
and I'm so glad this is the one she brought me to.
(all talking over each other)
(laughing)
(speaking over each other)
(crowd drowning out speech)
(cheering)
(whooping)
- [Toby] This is Abby Mueller's video camera, James Seymour.
(cheering)
- Hey, we love Six!
(laughing)
(talking over each other)
(murmuring)
- Hey queendom, you asked for it,
we're finally here, with the ladies in waiting!
Hey, ladies, how's it going?
Would you please go around the room
and introduce yourselves to broadway.com?
Michelle, would you like to start?
- Yes, I'm Michelle, and I play Bessie on the Bass.
- Hey, my name is Elena Bonomo,
and I play drums, or Maria on the drums.
- I'm Julia Schade, and I'm Joan, the keyboard player.
- And I'm Kimi Hayes, and I'm Maggie on the guitar.
(imitating guitar riffing)
(laughing)
- [Abby] And they are lit,
how have previews been going so far, you guys?
- Great!
- So much fun.
- [Abby] How about those audiences?
(gasping)
- Wow.
- You guys are crazy!
(laughing)
- We've never had an audience like that
for our first previews.
- Oh my gosh.
(all talking over each other)
(laughing)
- [Abby] It was pretty nuts.
Will you guys tell me a little bit
what your journey with "Six" has been like?
Michelle, when did you join--
- So, I joined--
- [Abby] The queendom?
- So, I joined the "queendom" when we did the St. Paul, run.
Yeah, so it was great, I mean, that was also
the first time I've even been in the Midwest,
so it was a bit of a like, (groans)
freezing-cold culture shock.
But--
- [Julia] It was cold.
- Yes.
- [Abby] Oh my God, that was not a polite introduction
to the Midwest, sorry.
(laughing)
- It was good, but no, it's been a lot of hard work,
but equally, a lot of fun,
and I'm looking forward to the rest of the journey.
- [Abby] Yes, Elaine, how about you?
- I joined the queendom in Cambridge,
where we played at the American Repertory Theater,
for a couple of weeks, and then we had some time off
and I also played the run in St. Paul, Minnesota,
with the rest of these lovely ladies,
and it was very cold there.
But now we're psyched to be on Broadway!
- [Abby] It's a little bit warmer here,
it's a little bit warmer here.
Julia, how about you?
- I came on board in Chicago.
(cheering)
At the North American premier, Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
and I did that run over the summer.
And then went to Boston, and St. Paul,
and now I'm here, so I've been on the road.
- [Abby] Yes, I know, right?
- And same with me, since Chicago,
since the beginning, did Chicago, Boston, St. Paul, and now
♪ Broadway ♪
It's been awesome.
- [Abby] Did you think, when we were in Chicago,
that we would be sitting here right now?
(laughing)
- I had no idea.
(laughing)
We knew that there was already a fandom
about this show and everything,
and people responded so great,
but it's always such a dream, you know, who thinks they're
ever really gonna get to play on Broadway,
you know, I always dreamed of playing on Broadway--
- I always knew you would be on Broadway.
- I never thought it would be--
- I always knew it, Julia.
(laughing)
- [Abby] I always knew you'd make it, kid.
(laughing)
- I thought I was going to get a nice six week gig
and then go somewhere else, I had no idea.
- [Abby] Me too, girl.
- Yeah.
[Abby] It's been wild.
- Yes.
- I didn't know what it was going to turn into
when I joined in Boston, either,
it was just like, "come play drums
"for this really fun show," and I was so excited.
And now we're all here, and it's just so amazing.
- And we love Elena Bonomo.
- [Abby] Elena Bonomo!
- Our little Italian cupcake.
- A little Italian cupcake?
(laughing)
- [Abby] She is.
Okay, you guys, do you have a favorite song to play?
- Yeah.
My favorite song to play is--
- [Abby] Do you want to tell us?
(laughing)
- "I Don't Need Your Love."
(exclaiming)
Yeah, it's got some jazzy chords, so I like that one.
- [Abby] It does, E flat major seven.
- E flat major seven.
- [Abby] As Cathy Parr says.
What about you, Kimi, you have a fave?
- Me, I love "All You Wanna Do," it has the most guitar.
- [Abby] Fierce, awesome, you guys are gonna give us
a little taste of your costumes.
- Yes.
- [Abby] In a bit, yes, they're in their pre-show look,
I'm going to let them keep getting ready
because I totally just interrupted their prep,
so keep building your circles,
and if you guys don't know already,
they are onstage the whole time.
So they are a huge element of the show,
they're the band, man, they're our band.
- Rock and roll.
- [Abby] We're all part of the girl group,
and they're just rocking it out so hard,
so make sure to get over here, ASAP,
to see the ladies-in-waiting.
(cheering)
- Hi, queendom, this is Julia, "Joan,"
and we're backstage with the ladies-in-waiting.
♪ Crying, crying, baby ♪
- Here's Kimi, "Maggie,"
and we're gonna show you around a little bit.
♪ I said shut up ♪
- Here's our dressing rooms.
- [Kimi] Lovely.
- [Julia] Important to have keyboards around at all times.
- Let's go see the other girls, come on!
- [Julia] Yeah, we'll go see the other ladies.
♪ You don't have a say ♪
(knocking)
- [Elena] Come on in.
- [Julia] Oh, ladies!
(exclaiming)
- Hey!
- Hi!
- So, this is us in costume.
(chuckling)
- [Julia] Let's see those beautiful costumes.
- I need to do my boots up.
- They're fun, we get in leather pants,
well, they're not real leather.
- Vinyl.
- Check out these sparkly, studded boots, yes.
- [Michelle] That'd be a great Boomerang.
(humming)
Yeah, let me get a Boomerang.
(laughing)
Yeah, so here we have all our stuff,
you gotta have snacks, gotta have flowers, makeup, yep.
My costume is still the tour costume right now.
There we go.
And yeah, we're the ladies-in-waiting!
- Ladies-in-waiting!
- [Julia] Let's see, wait, here was a good question
that they asked them the other day.
Maggie, do you play any other instruments
besides guitar, or have you ever?
- Just your string instruments,
like mandolin, ukulele, a little bass,
not like Michelle, and guitars.
- [Julia] Nice, what about you, Michelle,
did you ever play any other instruments?
- Not really, I play synth-bass, and (being spoken over)
but mainly bass, bass, bass, bass, just bass.
- [Julia] That's five minutes, fans, we gotta go soon.
- Five minutes (exclaims), I play a little bass,
little guitar, but not nearly as good as these ladies.
- And I played tenor saxophone for ten years, yeah.
(cheering)
- [Kimi] And you play the pipe organ.
And I do play the pipe organ,
I actually have a bachelor's degree in pipe organ.
So, I'm using that a lot.
Great, so, it's our five-minute-call,
so we have to get to stage, and thank you so much, queendom!
(happy groaning)
- Hi guys, it's been such an awesome week,
thank you to everyone who came out for our first previews,
and to everyone who came to the stage door and said hello,
and brought us gifts and smiles,
and just for all your support and love,
we appreciate it so, so much,
for those of you we haven't seen yet,
come on down to the Brooks Atkinson for
♪ "Six" ♪
and we'll see you soon, next week, on the vlog.
Until then, take care of yourself.
You're a queen, bye.
♪ Welcome to the show ♪
♪ To the histo-remix ♪
♪ Switching up the flow ♪
♪ As we add the prefix ♪
♪ Everybody knows that we used to be six wives ♪