Six to Close on Broadway in January 2027 After Nearly Six Years
The Broadway production of Six will play its final performance on 3 January 2027, bringing to a close a run of 2,178 performances at the Lena Horne Theatre. The announcement was first reported by Deadline and confirmed by WhatsOnStage on 27 August 2026.
By the time it closes, the musical will have run for nearly six years on Broadway. It holds the record as the longest-running show in the history of the Lena Horne Theatre, previously known as the Brooks Atkinson. Across all Broadway houses, Six ranks as the 40th-longest-running production in history and the seventh-longest-running show to have originated in the United Kingdom.
The musical, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, reimagines the six wives of Henry VIII as a pop concert in which each queen takes the microphone to tell her side of the story. It began Broadway performances in 2020, with its opening night set for 12 March — the same day Broadway shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. When theatres reopened, Six was the first new musical to resume performances, making it the first to officially open after the shutdown.
The show went on to win the 2022 Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical the same year.
The Broadway run has not been without controversy. In January 2026, producers condemned online bullying directed at cast member Dylan Mulvaney, a trans performer, following a new cast announcement. According to Deadline, the production also limited access to its official X account in connection with the harassment.
While the Broadway chapter is ending, Six remains open in London. The production at the Vaudeville Theatre is currently booking until January 2027, with sing-along performances scheduled for 13 September 2026, 10 January 2027, 9 May 2027 and 19 September 2027, according to the show's website. The Vaudeville Theatre box office is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm.
What stands out about Six is how much it achieved from a starting point that nearly derailed it entirely. An opening night that coincided with the single biggest shutdown in Broadway's history became, within eighteen months, a Tony-winning score and one of the longest runs the street has seen from a British-originated musical. The 3 January closing will end a chapter that began with the lights going out — and continued when they came back on.
