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Yeah, I am utterly disappointed it was cut.  Ugh.

Meh, I thought she was more than fine in the role and her performance certainly didn't bring the film down.

MerchMan said: ""Fumbles"? That's a nice way of saying bomb!!! Lopez is box office poison! Failed movies, failed albums, failed tour and a failed marriage!!! Her delusional arrogance is a turn off to audiences for a movie that really didn't have an audience to start off with!"

She's not to blame here though--well except for the fact that she didn't bring in audiences like they had hoped.  

Chiming in (not that anyone cares) but based on the last version of this book that was presented, I know two theatre friends, one who knows Chess extremely well, one who had never seen it before and only knew some of the songs, who felt it was one of the worst written books they had encountered (I think specifically they meant the dialogue, though.)  Of course this was before any changes made for the current Broadway.

SonofRobbieJ said: "Agreed on all counts. When I did this show in college (1994 so a million years ago), Endless Delights was already gone from the licensed version we had. Our director just put it back in because it really is an essential bridge from the last time we see Genevieve (Meadowlark) to Where is the Warmth. Her singing that glorious ballad has no impact if we don't get to see that the passion the feel is only physical, with no actual affection underneath."

So no connection to the Frank Wildhorn musical about them...  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_the_Moon_(musical)

Criticism over the quality of the show itself, and if this should have been adapted at all, aside, it is sobering to see just how much the changes to our world and the US over the past year and a half have changed the way the show is viewed.

" The constant commenting not on the actual story but on the nature of Chess The Musical and the songs that are performed kept taking me out of the story and halting the momentum of the show - what should be a rollercoaster was a series of fits and starts at times."

I have no idea why they decided the Arbiter should play a Man in Chair role.  Baffling.

Falsettolands said: "A cast recording has been confirmed internally."

Oh good, we really need one.  The only complete recording--the London--doesn't have the best cast.  I'll miss (as always) Endless Delights, but...

I wonder if the tempo being slower is just that we're used to the Godard Lieberso produced album (well, albums--London too) and he was known to always pick up the tempo for his recordings (with the thought that the music has to pick up in excitement without visuals.)

It's interesting that the Wilder estate has sanctioned this, after pulling the rights from the long in development Kander and Ebb version (which had some of their best late-era music, but to be fair was in development with various regional productions, maybe the estate just felt they had enough time to try to get it right.)

darquegk said: "There's an archival video (maybe even a proshot) from Los Angeles in 1991 that went viral on theatre YouTube last week... I haven't watched it but it appears to be the original full Cameron Mackintosh staging."

Thanks for the heads up on that!  Great to see, even though when filming just with the stage lighting you really can't make out much of the set.

 

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Does this show include the death of the daughter, Victoria? Or does that take place after the events in this musical?"

It's a key Act II plot point.

 

Auggie, now that cheap tickets are appearing, please tell me you're going.  After all your insightful takes on this show, and obvious interest, yours is the opinion on here I'd most like to read

MysteriousLady said: "
It is absolutely bizarre to say "I don't want to do their advertising for them" when asked for restaurant recommendations. What planet are you from?"

I understand it.  Similarly, I never ever mention a show I like by name on this forum because I don't want to do their advertising for them, either.