Leading Actor Joined: 4/13/13
GirlFromOz68 said: "So Sweaty is reporting that Chess is taking the St James Theatre after Sunset Blvd and that both Lea & Ramin are doing it, as well as Bradley Dean, who was Molokov in both the DC & NYC concerts of this version of the show.
If he's right I'm a bit surprised they are going for as big a theatre as the St James, I mean I get it to some extent as they can sell it as Lea & Ramin reuniting after the success of Funny Girl but Chess is a very different type of show to Funny Girl."
Sweaty vs the rumor in the Evita thread that it’s Evita’s theater. Unless this is a limited fall run and that takes it spring 2026.
OuttaTowner said: "I’d like to see Jeremy Jordan or Colton Ryan have a whack at Freddy. Maybe Isaac Cole Powell?"
Jeremy Jordan is the only of these three that could have a rock voice necessary for “Pity The Child”, but even then, I feel like it would shred his voice 8x week.
If Chess did go into the St Jams, the Sunset leads wouldn't even need to move out of their dressing rooms
Florence - Nicole Schersinger
Freddie - Tom Francis
Anatoly - David Thaxton
Svetlana - Grace Hodgett Young
I'd pay to see it.
Leading Actor Joined: 4/13/13
Stand-by Joined: 10/29/22
theatergoer3 said: "Shouty man says this is on indefinite postponement."
I commented on the perspiring pundit's video that Lea Michele posted on her Instagram stories a few days ago that she had exciting news coming- so unless things went belly up shortly after her post, I'm going to hope he's wrong.
As recently as last week, Broadway marketing agencies were working on pitches for this, so if it is postponed it happened very recently.
Swing Joined: 10/1/22
Kad said: "As recently as last week, Broadway marketing agencies were working on pitches for this, so if it is postponed it happened very recently."
I wonder if - if it's true - and the sweaty one said economy related (and Next to Normal too) if its about what happened over the weekend with tariffs. I saw a video from a guy who has a construction business today who said the costs of lumber for his business would nearly double if the tariffs happened so maybe it's those sort of costs that could be driving this if it happens.
Also Lea's post was just on Friday. So maybe its just a rumour because of everything that was going on this weekend.
Damnit if this is true.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/24/18
GirlFromOz68 said: "Kad said: "As recently as last week, Broadway marketing agencies were working on pitches for this, so if it is postponed it happened very recently."
I wonder if - if it's true - and the sweaty one said economy related (and Next to Normal too) if its about what happened over the weekend with tariffs. I saw a video from a guy who has a construction business today who said the costs of lumber for his business would nearly double if the tariffs happened so maybe it's those sort of costs that could be driving this if it happens.
Also Lea's post was just on Friday. So maybe its just a rumour because of everything that was going on this weekend.
Damnit if this is true."
Tariffs on hold for 30 days. Trudeau decided to talk.
Penna2 said: "GirlFromOz68 said: "Tariffs on hold for 30 days. Trudeau decided to talk."
Tariffs on hold cuz Canada and Mexico are doing exactly they already planned to do. It was always a dangerous stunt, not based on anything measurable.
Real Q is maybe Lea's announcement is something else, which puts CHESS on ice as it searches for another name.
Swing Joined: 10/1/22
Lea said announcements. That did not suggest jumping out of Chess - it's also not sweaty's intel - his intel is economic reasons aka likely nervous investors in the current economy.
Her other announcements could be an album our a tour before Chess. People should stop jumping to conclusions about Lea leaving a show she's been committed to since pre FG (she was supposed to do the December 2022 concert BEFORE she got FG but had to pull out due to her FG schedule once she was doing the show and Lena Hall stepped in) with a director she's been working with since she was 14 years old through 2, now 3 shows.
We don't even know if Sweaty is right, but his intel had NOTHING to do with Lea herself. He's made it very clear he's not a Lea fan so if it was related to her you would bet your life he would say so.
If you have super secret intel on why Lea would drop out of a show she's committed to (and whatever her flaws she is loyal) and what show and when and how she is supposedly dropping out for please do share! Otherwise maybe we wait to see if the tiktok intel is true about economic reasons putting it on hold or if the show is going ahead as planned as someone else said they were just last week taking pitches for marketing.
Swing Joined: 5/7/03
It's not like they're going to fix the book, but I'd still love to see it.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/24/18
mitchern said: "It's not like they're going to fix the book, but I'd still love to see it.
For what it's worth...not that the show is confirmed as going forward or that Ramin Karimloo will be part of the cast...he did say on his YT channel while still doing FG that there was a project he was likely going to do because he liked the changes made to the book. Most of the comments and those of his guests (I believe they were Will Swenson and Andrew Kober), the show in question was Chess, although Ramin didn't confirm one way or the other. I think it's worth seeing to just hear the great singing. :)
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