Interview: Bryce Pinkham on Commanding CHESS as Broadway’s Magnetic Arbiter
Some performances feel polished. Others feel possessed. Bryce Pinkham’s Tony-nominated turn as the Arbiter in Broadway’s CHESS revival somehow manages to be both. Part ringmaster, part historian, part provocateur, Pinkham’s Arbiter doesn’t merely guide audiences through the sleekly reimagined revival currently electrifying the Imperial Theatre. He seems to conjure it into existence in real time, snapping char…