Listen up! Lemme tell you a story! A story that I know you’ve heard before— I know you know their names and their fame and their faces…you might have even seen them here three years when they toured Baltimore’s Hippodrome theatre in May of ’23…that’s right— the infamous…the wives of that one guy— SIX! Back in Baltimore, baby, and they are here to rewrite HISstory and make it flourish as HERstory.
I was asked at the intermission of opening night of A Christmas Carol at Silver Spring Stage, by a fellow who was either meant to be a Dickensian business fellow of sorts, or was perhaps trying to be Mr. Dickens himself (unclear as to which), what my favorite Charles Dickens story was. I’m certain he was expecting me to say Oliver Twist or Great Expectations maybe even a cheeky response of A Christmas Carol.
Get your hands up, DC! Get this party buzzin’! You wanna Queen Bee? Well, here’s half a dozen! Everybody knows that they used to be six wives… and just for you tonight (and every night through December 1st 2024) they’re live at Washington DC’s National Theater— count them— one…two…three…four…five…SIX. The high-octane, super-sassy musical sensation (by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss) has landed— once again in the nation’s capital and is here to wake you up,