The first West End production of Chess since 1986 stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Murray Head as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and…
The full cast has been announced for the first West End production of Chess since 1986 which stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Murray Head as The Arbiter, Tim Howar…
Casting is complete for the highly anticipated new West End production of Chess. The tuner featuring music by ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, lyrics by Tim Rice and …
There were also lovely photos of the cast of Harry Potter and Hamilton
Ramin Karimloo and more also starred in the semistaged production of Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice's rock opera at the Kennedy Center.
The recent concert staging starred Ramin Karimloo, Raúl Esparza, Karen Olivo, and Ruthie Ann Miles.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presented the semi-staged Broadway Center Stage concert production of CHESS on February 14-18. Check out all new clips from the production,…
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Broadway and major theatrical reviews, news, and interviews. Debbie Shrager joins us to review the Kennedy Center’s …
Even the most devoted fans of Chess, the Cold War rock musical by Tim Rice, and Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, know that the book has more issues than a king trapped in a corn…
According to Michael Riedel's latest column, a handful of Broadway producers venturedto Washington, D.C. recently to catch the latest mounting of the popular musical CHESS.
Review of the Sunday, February 18 matinee performance at the Eisenhower Theatre at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Starring Raul Esparza, Ramin Karimlo…
The Kennedy Center wraps up its production of Chess tonight at 8pm. Chess is an epic rock opera about love and political intrigue set against the backdrop of the Cold War as two superpowers …
Chess at the Kennedy Center is a checkmate. In other words, this formerly troubled musical with a beloved score, is taking the Eisenhower Theatre stage by storm in a staged, semi-concert for…
Michael Mayer directs the semi-staged concert presentation of the operatic pop-rock musical.
It's been 30 years since the musical "Chess," noted for its engaging score and inscrutable book, survived on Broadway for a scant two months. Could a high-profile revival finally be in the o…
As tension erupts between the United States and the Soviet Union in the days of the Cold War, a world of cunning deception is quietly unfolding in another arena"this time with a different se…
Kennedy Center launches "Broadway Center Stage" concert series by enlisting Raul Esparza, Karen Olivo and other theater stars.
Who knew a game of chess could be so rock 'n roll? Or so sexy? Or set off rumblings of nuclear war? The semi-staged concert version of Chess, the 1984 rock opera playing a short run at the K…
This week’s production news includes new stage adaptations of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. Elsewhere, casting
Two-time Olivier Award winner Michael Ball will appear as Anatoly alongside Alexandra Burke as Svetlana and Cassidy Janson as Florence in the upcoming five-week West End return of Chess. Ori…
The Company and Law & Order: SVU star returns to the musical stage for the first time in six years for the new adaptation of the cult favorite, running through February 18.
The show opens at the Coliseum this summer
Head, who scored a hit with “One Night in Bangkok” from the show’s 1984 concept album, went on to star in the original West End run.
By Douglas Mayo Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Murray Head, Tim Howar and Cassidy Janson are to star in Chess at the London Coliseum. This post Principal casting announced for Chess the musi…