Toby Marlow

Early life and education

Marlow was born on 12 October 1994 to parents Helma and Andrew Marlow and was raised in Henley-on-Thames, England. They have two siblings: an older brother named Jasper and a younger sister named Annabel, who later originated the role of Katherine Howard in Six at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Marlow's mother and maternal grandparents are Jewish. They were a child actor from the ages of 9 to 14, appearing in several films and on TV, including an appearance on ITV's Marple, in which they played a French boy with glasses. Marlow's father is a professional musician, their grandfather also trained as an actor and their great-grandmother taught speech and drama.

Marlow was educated at Abingdon School from 2008 to 2013, and was a member of the Acorn Music Theatre Company in Henley. They went on to study English at Robinson College at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, they were very active in the ADC Theatre scene, as both a performer and a composer. According to Lucy Moss, their friendship "solidified" during the 2015 amateur student production of Rent at the ADC Theatre, during which Marlow played the lead character Angel, and Moss was one of the dancers.

Career

''Six''

Main article: Six (musical)

In 2017, Marlow co-composed and co-wrote the musical Six, produced by Kenny Wax. The musical received positive reviews at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and went on to be performed in the West End in London. On 28 July 2019, Marlow stepped into the role of Catherine Parr for two sold-out performances at London's Arts Theatre when a cast member was on vacation, the two standbys for the role were out sick, and the other understudy was performing in a different role in the show. Marlow, along with their collaborator Lucy Moss, signed with Warner Chappell Music in August 2019. Six began previews on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 13 February 2020 and was scheduled to open on 12 March 2020. However, the show's opening night was delayed due to the closure of all Broadway theatres because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previews for the show resumed on 17 September 2021 and the official opening night occurred on 3 October 2021.

On 12 June 2022, Marlow became the first openly non-binary composer–lyricist to win a Tony Award, sharing the Tony Award for Best Original Score for Six with Moss.

Recognition

In 2022, Marlow and Moss were included in Time magazine's Time 100 Next list.

Personal life

Marlow is transfeminine and queer. Marlow uses they/them pronouns.

Filmography

References

References

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2. Putnam, Leah. (12 June 2022). "''Six''{{'}}s Toby Marlow Makes History With Tony Win". [[Playbill]].
3. Button, Simon. (14 December 2018). "Review – ''Hot Gay Time Machine'' at Trafalgar Studios 'leaves you wanting more'". [[Attitude (magazine).
4. (8 January 2018). "Divorce, beheaded, live: Henry VIII's six wives". [[Henley Standard]].
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6. David, Keren. (6 September 2018). "We wrote a musical during our finals...now it's on in the West End". [[The Jewish Chronicle]].
7. Crompton, Sarah. (16 January 2020). "With ''Six'', Playwrights Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow Dramatize the Tudor Dynasty—One Power Ballad at a Time".
8. (30 September 2013). "Dad and talented teenagers have great expectations of acting together". [[Henley Standard]].
9. "''Guys and Dolls''". [[Abingdon School]].
10. (21 June 2021). "Theatre group returns with six Grimm tales". [[Henley Standard]].
11. Petkovic, Timothy. (5 October 2017). "Review: ''Hot Gay Time Machine''". [[The Tab]].
12. Heppenstall-West, Luke. (27 November 2015). "Review: CUADC/Footlights Panto – Robin Hood". [[The Tab]].
13. (20 November 2020). "'I have really intense memories of the ADC and it being the beginning of a lifelong friendship'". CAM.
14. "''Rent'' (2015)". Camdram.
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16. (23 January 2019). "Lucy Worsley on the musical ''Six'': 'It's ''Hamilton'' for the 16th century". [[The Times]].
17. Nathan, John. (1 April 2019). "Hit Musical ''Six'' Creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss talk making Henry VIII's wives into pop stars". [[Evening Standard]].
18. (29 July 2019). "''Six'' Composer Toby Marlow Steps in at Sold-Out Shows After Cast Illnesses". [[Playbill]].
19. Wild, Stephi. (9 August 2019). "''Six'' Writers Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow Sign With Warner Music". [[BroadwayWorld]].
20. Petski, Denise. (1 August 2019). "Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss Hit Musical ''Six'' Heads To Broadway In 2020". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
21. Dex, Robert. (13 March 2020). "''Six'' the Musical: Broadway opening night for West End transfer cancelled as coronavirus causes theatres to go dark". [[Evening Standard]].
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24. (28 September 2022). "Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow are on TIME100 Next 2022".