CHESS to record Broadway Cast Recording
Photo credit: Matthew Murphy
The record-breaking production of CHESS, currently playing at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, will record a Broadway cast album on 26 January, with a release date to be announced shortly.
Starring Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher, CHESS also features Hannah Cruz, Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham, Bradley Dean, Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill and an ensemble including Kyla Bartholomeusz, Daniel Beeman, Shavey Brown, Emma Degerstedt, Casey Garvin, Adam Halpin, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Michael Milkanin, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec, Aliah James, Sydney Jones, Sean MacLaughlin, Sarah Meahl, Chloé Nadon, Ramone Nelson, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard, Michael Olaribigbe, Katerina Papacostas, Samantha Pollino, Adam Roberts, Regine Sophia, Travis Ward-Osborne, and Katie Webber.
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, this new production is directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Lorin Latarro, with original orchestrations by Anders Eljas, orchestrations by Anders Eljas and Brian Usifer, and music supervision by Brian Usifer.
CHESS features 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, video design by Tony Award nominee Peter Nigrini, casting by Jim Carnahan C.S.A. and Jason Thinger C.S.A, and hair, wig and makeup design by Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young Associates.