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Six, and the art of staying in the game

The economy is moving to blockbuster or bust. All we can do is keep going.

By Aled Maclean-JonesFebruary 14, 2025In the summer of 2017, I squeezed into a packed hotel conference room at the Edinburgh Fringe to watch the opening of a new musical (on my now wife's brother's recommendation). Six, the musical I’d barely heard over that saxophone, is now one of the most successful of the 21st century: nominated for five Olivier Awards, winner of the 2022 Tony for Best Original Score, and still running on Broadway and the West End. In those ten days, they didn’t just change their own lives, they created the kind of blockbuster success that countless artists, writers, and musicians spend lifetimes chasing.

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