Anders Eljas

The complete cast and creative team have been announced for the one-night-only benefit concert of the legendary musical Chess on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm ET at the Broadhurst Theatre. Joining the cast are Bradley Dean as “Ivan Molokov,” Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill as “Walter de Courcey,” and Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham as “The Arbiter.'

This summer, National Youth Music Theatre will present two major musicals, ‘Chess’ at the Curve, Leicester and ‘Ragtime’ together with the world premiere’ of  ‘A Kiss for Cinderella’ at The MCT at Alleyn’s, Dulwich, and for one night only, NYMT in Concert at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.

Viktora Tocca and John Martin Bengtsson in Kristina the concert

After two years in Stockholm where almost every show been sold it it has now been announced that the musical will run in Malmö in 2021. The last shows in Stockholm was cancelled due to the restrictions of Covid19 as well as the May/June shows in Gothenburg. The show been running in Oslo, Norway as well. There will be a total new cast in Malmö.

Just like in the game of Chess it is a big move to give this musical another try due to its uneven track record on stage. In this brand new production of CHESS many of the chess pieces finally falls into place, A lot of it due to of a simplified plot which is character driven and where the music is in the center of attention.

A sold-out seven performance production of CHESS in Concert blew the rafters of the roof of the Eisenhower Theater.

„One Night in Bangkok" gehort zu den großten Hits der Achtziger, aber wahrscheinlich wissen nur wenige, dass er aus dem Musical „Chess" stammt und dass dieser Rap wie auch alle weiteren Songs von den beiden Mannern der Popgruppe ABBA geschrieben wurde. „Chess" („Schach") erzahlt vom Schachspiel der Supermachte: 1972 trafen im islandischen Reykjavik der amerikanische Schachweltmeister Bobby Fischer und der sowjetrussische Herausforderer Boris Spassky aufeinander. Bis dahin ein Nischensport, stand Schach plotzlich im Rampenlicht der Weltoffentlichkeit - dank des vorherrschenden Kalten Krieges, der dieses Ereignis zum Stellvertreter-Krieg zwischen der USA und der UdSSR machte. Knapp neun Jahre spater setzte der Songwriter und Textdichter Tim Rice seinen Plan in die Tat um, anhand dieses Schachwettkampfes ein Musical zu kreieren, das nach einem uralten Theatertrick die politische mit der sportlichen sowie einer sehr privaten Ebene verband. Herausgekommen ist 1984 das Konzeptalbum „Chess" und 1986 die erste Buhnenfassung am Londoner Westend, inszeniert von Trevor Nunn.

The Goteborgsoperan presents CHESS, September 8, 2012 through March 22, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below. For tickets and more information, visit: http://en.opera.se/forestallningar/chess-pa-svenska-2012-2013/.

Last Sunday, stars including Elaine Page, Chaka Khan, Lulu, Jodie Prenger, Kylie Minogue, Tim Rice and Jason Donovan came out to play in tribute to the iconic 1970s musical group, ABBA, in London's Hyde Park. This 'Thank You For The Music Event' is now available for viewing via the BBC radio online.