Further details announced for Broadway’s first-ever revival of CHESS

Photo credit: Richard Phibbs

It has been announced that the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS will begin performances on 15 October at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street), starring the previously announced Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher.

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, and based on an idea by Tim Rice, this new production will be directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Lorin Latarro, with music supervision by Brian Usifer.

CHESS is the iconic musical where power and passion collide, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s America versus Russia at the World Chess Championship, where the espionage and romance are as complicated and exhilarating as the game itself. For the two players and the woman torn between them, everything—personal, professional, and political—is at risk… and nobody’s rules are the same.

Additional casting and creative team will be announced shortly.

Tickets for CHESS go on general sale tomorrow (26 June) at 11AM ET, with further info here.