How do you solve a problem like “Chess”? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice’s book by Danny Strong, “Chess” tells of ...

On the digital marquee of Broadway’s Imperial Theater, the stars of the new reimagining of the 1984 musical Chess — about rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them — ...

Over the years, “Chess” has acquired this reputation as a musical with a great score, by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that has been cursed by Rice’s problematic book. For the ...

Like many of us, Danny Strong watched a concert version of the musical Chess, and wasn't entirely sure what was happening. But rather than giving up on the complicated plot and letting the rock score ...

Two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St. By the time the curtain rises at the Imperial Theatre, the revival of “Chess” has already given up. The set, ...

NEW YORK – As it turns out, “Chess” is still unfixable. Ever since its London premiere in 1986, folks have tried and failed to crack this convoluted curio of a musical, which follows a Cold War-era ...

Get your first listen of Christopher as Anatoly, the Russian, in this clip of 'Where I Want to Be.' Chess, the 1980s cult favorite Broadway musical, is getting a long-awaited revival this fall, ...

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