Lea Michele sets CHESS departure date on Broadway
Photo credit: Matthew Murphy
It has been announced that Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele will depart the twice-extended, record-breaking new production of CHESS on 21 June at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, with the new Florence Vassy to be announced at a later date.
CHESS marks Lea Michele’s “rapturous return to Broadway” (USA Today) and to the Imperial Theatre, where she made her Broadway debut 30 years ago in LES MISÉRABLES.
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 that includes Kyla Bartholomeusz, Daniel Beeman, Shavey Brown, Emma Degerstedt, Casey Garvin, Adam Halpin, David Paul Kidder, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Michael Milkanin, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec, Aliah James, Sydney Jones, Sean MacLaughlin, Sarah Meahl, Ramone Nelson, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard, Michael Olaribigbe, Katerina Papacostas, Samantha Pollino, Adam Roberts, Regine Sophia 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 (Swept Away), 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, musical direction by Ian Weinberger, casting by Jim Carnahan C.S.A. and Jason Thinger C.S.A, and hair, wig and make-up design by Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young Associates.