THE combination of ABBA songs, chess, and the Cold War in a musical feels like it shouldn't work. But the cast of Chess The Musical at Norbury Theatre in Droitwich proves that wrong. Set during the ...

Over the years, “Chess” has acquired this reputation as a musical with a great score, by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that has been cursed by Rice’s problematic book. For the ...

Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher are extraordinary in "Chess," an ABBA Cold War musical that's as messy and ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. "Chess” was first produced in the 1980s, when the Cold War was still raging, the threat of nuclear war loomed in the ...

The City of Aventura proudly presents Slow Burn Theatre Company's production of the multiple Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominated Broadway Musical CHESS. With music by Benny Andersson and Björn ...

Like many of us, Danny Strong watched a concert version of the musical Chess, and wasn’t entirely sure what was happening. But rather than giving up on the complicated plot and letting the rock score ...

Three standouts that also contribute to the show’s excellence and the power of the ensemble are Damien Henri as Molokov, Christina Ciofani as Walter and Kyla Burks as The Arbiter. Henri’s voice and ...

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Two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St. By the time the curtain rises at the Imperial Theatre, the revival of “Chess” has already given up. The set, ...

Brand new production photos have been released of Chess - The Musical In Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Samantha Barks, Joel Harper-Jackson, Hadley Fraser and Frances Mayli McCann.