This fall, see powerhouse trio Tony Award® winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!), acclaimed stage and screen star Lea Michele (Funny Girl, Glee), and breakout talent Nicholas Christopher (Swee…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:58PMParts of the show are absolutely thrilling and parts are flat at best, aggressively dumb at worst. At least Mayer’s production, starring Nicholas Christopher, Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit, …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMIn its sweeping musical moments, it’s easy to see why “Chess” has diehard fans. However, there’s so much else that brings everything down: clunky plotting, nonsensical character moti…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMChess has always been a great score in search of a good book, and writer Danny Strong believes he’s cracked the code by reframing it as a self-referential examination of Cold War-era Ameri…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PM“One Night In Bangkok” walked so Sam Rockwell’s White Lotus monologue could run. The song is such a ridiculous rush that it pretty much justifies the whole project. I think some plot s…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMThe script has been reworked and the characters retooled, only for Chess to end up back where it started: impeccable music, a flat story and a baffling execution. But the eternal contradicti…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMWhile I found myself longing for a wholly heartfelt Chess — whatever that might be — I also enjoyed the peppery, style-forward way that this production almost makes the amoebic musical i…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMThe production at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, directed by Michael Mayer, has plenty of good moves. Memorable and tuneful songs, including some bona fide bangers? Check! Slickly staged mus…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMBig numbers and baffling story almost spent, Chess leans into the possibility that nuclear war is extremely nigh, and the outcome of a final chess match could kill us all. There is even more…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMAfter the revelatory 2023 revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” which finally clarified another difficult 80s musical, there was hope that “Chess” might enjoy a similar breakthrough. T…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:57PMIt’s early on Election Day, and Oedipus, populist candidate confident that he’ll be swept into office, makes two off-the-cuff public promises that will blow up in his face: He will relea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PMLea Michele, Nicholas Christopher, and Aaron Tveit lead the new Michael Mayer-directed production at the Imperial Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42PMTheatrely Broadway's review of Chess starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.
SOURCE: Theatrely at 11:40PMStep inside the wild, razor-sharp world of VAPE! The Grease Parody, where creators Billy Recce and Danny Salles reveal how parody becomes true theatre — from the chaotic genius of “Green…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:39PMThis new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding show has endured all these years.
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SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 11:05PM★★★★☆ The cult musical’s Broadway revival highlights its addictive ABBA melodies and lively Tim Rice lyrics
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PMHow do you solve a problem like “Chess”? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice’s book by Danny Strong, …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PMWith music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the 1988 show revolves around rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them.
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★★☆☆☆ Two musical theater kings and a queen strive mightily with a famously elusive concept album, but play to a draw
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:59PMThe Broadway revival of Chess, starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher, is now officially open at the Imperial Theatre. Chess made its highly anticipated return to Broadw…
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SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 10:29PMCheck out photos of the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on the opening night red carpet for the Off-Broadway production running now at New World Stages.
The show stars Phi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17PMCheck out photos from opening night of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Off-Broadway at New World Stages.
The show opened November 16, 2025 for a 15-week limited engagement.
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In “Working Girl,” an upwardly mobile Melanie Griffith embodied Tess McGill, a secretary from Staten Island with big hair and even bigger dreams. She thought her new boss (played by Sigo…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:52PMSeventy-five years ago, C.S. Lewis began his renowned “The Chronicles of Narnia” series with the beloved classic, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This children’s literature phen…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:50PMBy Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography David Sabella, best-known for originating the role of Mary Sunshine in the 1996 revival of Kander and Ebb’s Chicago the Musical…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:45PMCHESS opens on Broadway Sunday night, and ahead of its first official performance, the production released official photos and video to give audiences a sneak peek at the star-studded reviva…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMLorde brought out recent John Proctor Is the Villain star Sadie Sink during her "Ultrasound" concert in London. They danced to "Green Light," which was heavily featured in the Tony-nominated…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMThe Sandbox Collective announced the cast for its production of Spring Awakening in the Philippines, including Lea Salonga's son Nic Chien as Moritz.
The production opens on February 13, 202…
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The farcical premise of Rajiv Joseph’s play Archduke—just opened at the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre—is that the young men who sparked World War I by assassinating the Archduke Fr…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:55PMBy Walter Murphy … Celtic Christmas – A Taste of Ireland, which ran earlier this month at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, offers a smorgasbord of Irish artistry, step dancing…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:30PM MOCA is staging a symposium with esteemed musicologists, historians, composers and musicians in November. Organized by artist Hague Yang and MOCA, Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musical Le…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:18PMIn a Montana farmhouse worn thin by grief and memory, The Harvest exposes the fractures beneath a family’s final crop. What begins as a quiet drama of duty erupts into a raw reckoning—wh…
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On November 16th at 5 PM, the Jewish Museum of São Paulo presents the event "Night Stories: Tales by Avrom Sutzkever," with Miryem-Khaye Seigel and Shane Baker. In the performance, the writ…
SOURCE: cej.fflch.usp.br at 10:45AMOlivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, she's celebrating the upcoming release of Wic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMDouglas Adams’s trippy, plotless voyage into the cosmic and absurd is this week becoming an immersive theatre production and, according to its producer Arvind Ethan David, it makes perfect…
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 10:36AMThe Baker’s Wife – 15 November 2025 Classic Stage Company is bringing to life one of Stephen Schwartz’s lesser-performed musicals, The Baker’s Wife. Set in a small town some time ago…
SOURCE: Pages on Stages at 10:22AMThe "Death of a Salesman" actress lost her battle to cancer.
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