Broadway tour of "SIX" at the Ordway Center

Last week the Ordway hosted the Broadway tour of the recent revival of the 2005 Tony-winner Spamalot, and a good time was had by all. This week they welcomed back the queens of SIX, the smash hit musical that began at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then went to the West End, then toured the US (including at the Ordway in 2019) before making its pandemic-delayed Broadway premiere in 2021. The next spring it won Tonys for best score and costume design, and is still playing on Broadway touring around the country. This two-week run is the 4th time that the queens have visited the Ordway, for a total of 60-some performances in St. Paul. At this point, SIX is a well-oiled machine, a finely honed music-theater gem that is exactly what it wants and needs to be, and nothing more. Not veering far from its Fringe origins, it has a runtime of 75-ish minutes, and is practically perfect in its construction, telling the story of Henry VIII's six wives from their perspective as modern-day pop stars.…