Eighties musical remains a melodically rich muddle Its origins as a concept album cling stubbornly to Chess, the Tim Rice collaboration with the male members of ABBA first seen on the West E…
It's taken over 30 years for Chess to return to the West End (though it was seen at the Union in 2013) and though it has a huge amount of resource thrown at it in Laurence Connor's productio…
Chess, by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, hasn't had a major West End revival since its Eighties heyday, but it's back with a bang in a semi-staged production that fea…
The first West End production of Chess since 1986 stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and…
I have identified the problem with the musical Chess. It's bad.You've got Florence, who loves bad boy chess player Freddie and has probably been his lover in the past. Does the show do …
London is going a little 'nuts in May' for musicals. "Strictly Ballroom" has opened. "Chess" is about to be revived. "Bat Out of Hell," "Tina" and "Chicago" are also rocking the city."Seriou…
The epic musical love story CHESS starring Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Phillip Brow…
It begins again tonight! The epic musical love story Chess opens for previews at the London Coliseum tonight, with Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke and more.
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Wed, February 14 thru Sun, February 18 @ The Kennedy Center, presented by The Kennedy Center -- Follow the machinations and manipulations from Bangkok to Budapest in a semi-staged concert pe…
Veteran Chess actor Murray Head, who starred in the original 1986 production in London's West End alongside Elaine Paige and Tommy Körberg and provided the vocal…
Chess is coming back to the West End for the first time since 1986, opening at the London Coliseum on Thursday 26 April 2018 Press night on Tuesday 1 May 2018 for a strictly limited 5 week s…
​The chessboard has now been fully set up. Find out who all have been cast as the pawns in this politically charged musical, which is set in the Cold War era.
By Douglas Mayo
Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Murray Head, Tim Howar and Cassidy Janson are to star in Chess at the London Coliseum.
This post Casting announced for Chess the musical at Lon…
