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All the Right Moves: Danny Strong and Michael Mayer Talk Chess

For the first time in 37 years the musical Chess is returning to Broadway. The revival features a new book by Emmy winner ...

How Four of Broadway’s Biggest Shows, ‘Chess,’ ‘Ragtime,’ ‘The Queen of Versailles’ and ‘Waiting for Godot,’ All Came Together

A Broadway opening often marks the culmination of a years-long journey for the collaborators who have created a show, whether ...
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How Danny Strong Became the Guy to Fix the Musical ‘Chess'

Like many of us, Danny Strong watched a concert version of the musical Chess, and wasn't entirely sure what was happening. But rather than giving up on the complicated plot and letting the rock score ...
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‘Chess’ Flopped in the ’80s: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit & Nicholas Christopher Talk Trying the Cult Classic Musical Again for a New Generation

When it comes to complex legacies, there are few musicals with a more confounding history than Chess. With its expansive pop-rock score created by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of pop supergroup ...
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'Chess,' musical about love triangle set in Cold War, makes a move at the Muny

*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 ...
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‘We plan on delivering': Lea Michele and ‘Chess' cast, creatives preview musical's long-awaited Broadway revival

The last time the Cold War-themed musical Chess played Broadway back in 1988, Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, Mikhail Gorbachev still ran the USSR, and the Berlin Wall still stood between ...

Broadway Box Office: ‘Chess’ Gets Strong $1.2 Million Start

The musical starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, brought in the total across just four preview ...