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 ...

With music by ABBA legends Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics by the incomparable Sir Tim Rice, the iconic musical Chess returns to the West End for the first time since a limited run at ...

Talk about playing the long game! The cult musical “Chess” — which had only 68 regular performances on Broadway before closing in 1988 but spawned a hit soundtrack by two members of ABBA — is making a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve heard anything about the ’80s musical “Chess,” it’s probably this: catchy songs, nonsensical story. When I posit as much ...

Though their names might not be household-status, most people know Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus... or at least they know their work. The musicians gained global recognition not as a pair, but as ...

This marks the first revival of the 1988 Broadway musical with music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer The production marks the first Broadway revival of ...

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 ...

"Chess” was first produced in the 1980s, when the Cold War was still raging, the threat of nuclear war loomed in the international consciousness, and the United States was presided over by the proudly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to complex legacies, there are few musicals with a more confounding history than Chess. With its expansive pop-rock ...

If you've heard anything about the '80s musical "Chess," it's probably this: catchy songs, nonsensical story. When I posit as much to Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, the stars of ...