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‘Chess’ Review: Lea Michele Reigns as Queen of This Uneven Broadway Revival

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How do you solve a problem like “Chess”? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and ...
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'Chess' Broadway Review: It's the Other ABBA Musical, the One That Never Works

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 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Chess’ Theater Review: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher Headline Conflicted Broadway Revival of Cold War Concept Musical

With music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the 1988 show revolves around rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them. By Richard Lawson On the digital ...
The Washington Post

The wacky chess musical is back, and it’s packed with bangers

NEW YORK — If you step on glass in Midtown Manhattan, consider that the stars of “Chess” may have shattered any in earshot of the Imperial Theatre. As sung by Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas ...
The Sun Chronicle

Norton Singers to stage 'Chess: The Musical' June 14 and 15 at Wheaton

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 ...