CHESS 2025 Broadway Cast Recording Thread

Boo hiss. I need an actual g’damn date.

Nobody’s Side is out on Apple Music already.

suzcap said: "quizking101 said: "Boo hiss. I need an actual g’damn date."

The date is most likely being announced some time today."

Let’s hope. This is the worst case of cast recording edgelording I’ve felt since WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Love the single, but does anybody think it's a bit too loud at 2:01 (the synthesizer sound)?

C4b2a3b said: "Love the single, but does anybody think it's a bit too loud at 2:01 (the synthesizer sound)?"

Technically, it's not too loud but it sticks out because it's unabashedly a synthesizer sound, unlike all the other synths which have some resemblance to more traditional instruments. So maybe, yes they could have pulled it down a little.

Full album release is April 10 on digital platforms!

Now streaming, Nicholas Christopher (Anatoly) and the company performing “Anthem”:

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Overture
• 2. Difficult and Dangerous Times
• 3. Where I Want to Be
• 4. Pity the Child #1
• 5. Merano
• 6. What a Scene / What a Joy
• 7. Press Conference
• 8. The Arbiter
• 9. Chess Match #1
• 10. Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility)
• 11. 1956, Budapest is Rising
• 12. Nobody's Side
• 13. Mountain Duet
• 14. Florence Quits
• 15. Pity the Child #2
• 16. Heaven Help My Heart
• 17. Anatoly and the Press
• 18. Anthem

• ACT II
• 19. Golden Bangkok
• 20. One Night In Bangkok
• 21. He is a Man, He is a Child
• 22. The Soviet Machine
• 23. The Interview
• 24. You and I
• 25. The Deal (Pt. 1)
• 26. The Deal (Pt. 2)
• 27. Pity the Child
• 28. I Know Him So Well
• 29. Endgame (Pt. 1)
• 30. Endgame (Pt. 2)
• 31. Someone Else's Story
• 32. You and I (Reprise)
• 33. Epilogue

Ball of Buttah said: "Soooo weird Anthem dropped without any fanfare and/or announcement. Maybe because Nick has been sick since Saturday? Although, you'd think they'd have something prepared ready to go... at least on their IG account."

it hasn't dropped on their official YT account. I suspect the plan was to announce next Tuesday but this has leaked.

Updated On: 4/3/26 at 04:21 AM

I’m so glad they did this right and gave us a complete recording of the score as presented in this production instead of highlights to fit on one CD.

In a show full of brilliant standout moments, "Anthem" is probably the best one of them all. I have a feeling I'm going to be listening to this recording quite often.

When I saw the show for a second time with my best friend since second grade, during the final moments of "Anthem," she grabbed my arm and we both had this emotional wave come over us. It was one of those moments that really hits hard and perfectly encapsulates the incredible power of live theater. It's fascinating that people seem to be going to Chess to see Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit, but are leaving Chess talking about how wonderful Nicholas Christopher is.

WithoutATrace said: "When I saw the show for a second time with my best friend since second grade, during the final moments of "Anthem," she grabbed my arm and we both had this emotional wave come over us. It was one of those moments that really hits hard and perfectly encapsulates the incredible power of live theater. It's fascinatingthat people seem to be going to Chess to seeLea Michele and Aaron Tveit, but are leaving Chess talking about how wonderful Nicholas Christopher is."

Anthem was probably a top 2 theater moment for me this past season