![]() After the initial news of their deaths, aged 23 and 25 in a police shoot-out, we spool back to the start, with Bonnie (a highly appealing Frances Mayli McCann) dreaming of being an “it girl” in the manner of actress Clara Bow. The proscenium arch here is symbolically pocked with bullet holes. Their end is pre-ordained – living fast and dying young was always going to be their lot – but it should be much more of a buzz for us to get there. ![]() Quite how the creative trio of Ivan Menchell (book), Don Black (lyrics) and Frank Wildhorn (music) managed to take the sizzling story of those two infamous Texan lover/criminals and render it simultaneously devoid of romance and thrill is bewildering. The show famously lasted for just one month on Broadway in 2011 and, as it grinds on, one understands why. Some might think it a good omen that Bonnie and Clyde is making the same journey after a run at the Arts last year, but there is little chance of this unexciting musical achieving a Six-style level of longevity. ![]() ![]() Six, that glorious feminist spin on the many wives of Henry VIII, famously started its London life in the tiny Arts Theatre before progressing regally onto bigger venues.
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