The long-awaited Broadway revival of Chess opened on Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Imperial Theatre in New York City, marking the first full-scale return of the cult-favorite musical in nearly four decades.

Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher headline the Cold War musical about two warring chess champions. When chess master Johannes Zukertort described the game as "a struggle against error ...

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 ...

Broadway ticket sales held steady last week as the newish season eases into the post-Tony summer weeks, with Chess posting strong figures during its final week and Celebrity Autobiography doing 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 ...

The first Broadway revival of Chess will arrive this fall with Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher in the starring roles. The production will open fall 2025 at a Shubert theater to be ...

Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher, 'Chess' Richard Phibbs Square Chess, the first-ever Broadway revival of the Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice musical which will star Aaron ...

In those intervening decades, the score of “Chess,” written by the ABBA songwriting duo of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and featuring tunes “I Know Him So Well,” “Nobody’s Side,” “Anthem” and the ...

JoJo has been left devastated after Broadway musical Chess announced its closure just hours before she was due to begin rehearsals. The 35-year-old singer - whose real name is Joanna Levesque - was ...

The musical starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, brought in the total across just four preview performances. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Chess brought in a strong $1.2 ...

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 ...