Broadway's CHESS announces full cast and design team
Full casting has been announced for the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS, which begins performances at the Imperial Theatre on 15 October.
Joining the previously announced Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher are Hannah Cruz (Suffs), Bradley Dean (The Phantom of the Opera), Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill (Jagged Little Pill) and Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), with Kyla Louise Bartholomeusz (Hamilton), Daniel Beeman (Once Upon a Mattress), Shavey Brown (Sunset Blvd), Emma Degerstedt (Broadway debut), Casey Garvin (Smash), Adam Halpin (Glory Days), Sarah Michele Lindsey (Once Upon a Mattress), Michael Milkanin (Shucked), Aleksandr Ivan Pevec (Something Rotten!), Aliah James (Gypsy), Sydney Jones (Sunset Blvd), Sean MacLaughlin (Lestat), Sarah Meahl (Death Becomes Her), Ramone Nelson (MJ), Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard (Moulin Rouge), Michael Olaribigbe (Once Upon a Mattress), Katerina Papacostas (Tootsie), Samantha Pollino (The Great Gatsby), Regine Sophia (Broadway debut), and Katie Webber (Smash).
Featuring a new book by Emmy Award winner Danny Strong, with music and lyrics by Emmy and Tony Award nominees ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner Tim Rice, based on an idea by Tim Rice, and original orchestrations by Anders Eljas, this new production is directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Lorin Latarro, with orchestrations by Anders Eljas and Brian Usifer, and music supervision by Brian Usifer.
CHESS will feature set design by Tony Award winner David Rockwell, costumes by Tom Broecker, lighting by four-time Tony Award winner Kevin Adams, sound by John Shivers, and video design by Tony Award nominee Peter Nigrini.