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 ...

Whitney Houston and Burt Bacharach. Composers from ABBA putting their spin on a politically charged chess match. Jerry Lee Lewis and the music that inspired him. These and other shows will entertain ...

*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 ...

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, ...

Strong, behind shows such as 'Empire' and 'Dopesick,' speaks about taking on the famously complicated musical, and hopefully bringing clarity to the Cold War story as it comes to Broadway again. By ...

How do you solve a problem like “Chess”? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice’s book by Danny Strong, “Chess” tells of ...

NORTON — The Norton Singers will return to Wheaton College next month with an encore performance of “Chess: The Musical” on Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15. The show will be staged in the Watson ...

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 ...

Chess matches can be agonizingly long, lasting for numerous hours at the professional level. So maybe it’s perversely apt that the Broadway revival of the musical “Chess” should feel eye-glazingly ...

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