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Chess 2025#125
Posted: 3/6/25 at 4:39am
OuttaTowner said: "Wondering if Skylar Astin could sing Freddie? He’s a tenor, and reads younger, though he and Lea are the same age (sort of a mini Spring Awakening reunion)."
Funny you should mention Skylar. A friend of mine floated him as a possibility as Freddie a while back and I think acting wise he could certainly do it but it's a matter of if he can manage Pity the Child eight times a week as it is with anybody playing Freddie.
Chess 2025#126
Posted: 3/10/25 at 9:23pm
Lea Michele just posted on IG - “tune in tomorrow morning, some fun news to share”
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Chess 2025#127
Posted: 3/10/25 at 10:15pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Lea Michele just posted on IG - “tune in tomorrow morning, some fun news to share”
…………."
Either this or Evita!
Chess 2025#128
Posted: 3/11/25 at 12:17am
She also pointed people to her web site, to subscribe to her news feed. Seems more like a few concerts coming up. Taking her earlier post very literally (not a always a good idea with Lea), she will have more news in the next few weeks.
So my best guess is: concert dates tomorrow, theater role announcement late March/early April.
Chess 2025#129
Posted: 3/11/25 at 1:46am
Mary_Poppins said: "She also pointed people to her web site, to subscribe to her news feed. Seems more like a few concerts coming up. Taking her earlier post very literally (not a always a good idea with Lea), she will have more news in the next few weeks.
So my best guess is: concert dates tomorrow, theater role announcement late March/early April."
I agree. It's going to be concerts first and then the Chess announcement will come later. If she isn't starting Chess till the fall she has plenty of time to do some concerts.
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Chess 2025#131
Posted: 3/11/25 at 12:16pm
OuttaTowner said: "Yup. It’s concerts."
Long break between late May and late June, probably so that CHESS can be announced, she can do a press tour, and present at the Tonys before the end of her mini concert tour.
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Chess 2025#132
Posted: 3/11/25 at 6:55pm
Yes, now that you mention it, that timing does make sense. Otherwise it seems rather unusual to have 6 weeks of breaks in an eight date tour.
Chess 2025#133
Posted: 3/11/25 at 10:02pm
EDSOSLO858 said:
Long break between late May and late June, probably so that CHESS can be announced, she can do a press tour, and present at the Tonys before the end of her mini concert tour."
Two things to know about Lea:
First (and foremost): she's currently all about her kids, perhaps even more so than other mothers with a six months old daughter are. She's not willing to do 8 dates in a row, being away from them for 11 days or so. And 3 dates then 3 days with the baby then another 3 dates and so on is not ok. It has to be many more days with the kids.
Second, after some bad experiences on Glee as well as having to cancel one of her own concerts because of voice problems she's very careful not to do too many dates with no rest in between. OTOH, the most efficient way to minimize time away from home is to do concerts closely spaced with perhaps a day of rest in between to allow for rest and longer travel between venues.
If you consider these two things, the tour schedule practically writes itself. She could have stretched out the schedule even longer, but there may be two problems with that. Her tour musicians may not be available or preparations for her new Broadway gig begin in summer..
Announcements and press tour wouldn't require 3 week tour pauses. That's maybe a press conference with cast and producers, maybe a photoshoot and some more interviews, all of which can be done quickly, with convenient scheduling and all of it in NYC.
Chess 2025#134
Posted: 3/12/25 at 3:24am
Mary_Poppins said: "EDSOSLO858 said:
Long break between late May and late June, probably so that CHESS can be announced, she can do a press tour, and present at the Tonys before the end of her mini concert tour."
Two things to know about Lea:
First (and foremost): she's currently all about her kids, perhaps even more so than other mothers with a six months old daughter are. She's not willing to do 8 dates in a row, being away from them for 11 days or so. And 3 dates then 3 days with the baby then another 3 dates and so on is not ok. It has to be many more days with the kids.
Second, after some bad experiences on Glee as well as having to cancel one of her own concerts because of voice problems she's very careful not to do too many dates with no rest in between. OTOH, the most efficient way to minimize time away from home is to do concerts closely spaced with perhaps a day of rest in between to allow for rest and longer travel between venues.
If you consider these two things, the tour schedule practically writes itself. She could have stretched out the schedule even longer, but there may be two problems with that. Her tour musicians may not be available or preparations for her new Broadway gig begin in summer..
Announcements and press tour wouldn't require 3 week tour pauses. That's maybe a press conference with cast and producers, maybe a photoshoot and some more interviews, all of which can be done quickly, with convenient scheduling and all of it in NYC."
spot on. I was just going to say something similar. I think Lea sees this tour as a chance to get back into a work mode after an 18 month break without having too much time away from the family but also, as you say, she's super conscious of not straining her voice, especially when she's about to start a show with a complicated score, so to me this tour set up makes sense to give her voice a run before Chess, without overtaxing it.
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Chess 2025#135
Posted: 3/15/25 at 12:30pm
I’ll throw another hat in the Freddie ring - Isaac Cole Powell. I believe he’s a tenor.
Updated On: 3/15/25 at 12:30 PMChess 2025#136
Posted: 3/18/25 at 8:08am
starlightlocamotion said: "Could be Jojo? She has expressed interest in more broadway endeavors in her future."
I'm starting to think this is indeed possible. She fits the music business hint, popular and I saw a quote from an interview in August where she was asked if she had her sights set on any other Broadway shows and she said yes but indicated she couldn't talk about it.
At 34 she's also in the right age range.
Chess 2025#137
Posted: 3/18/25 at 8:33am
JoJo is doing WORKING GIRL, if I’m not mistaken.
Chess 2025#138
Posted: 3/18/25 at 8:45am
EDSOSLO858 said: "JoJois doing WORKING GIRL, if I’m not mistaken."
well if that's true there goes another idea lol.
Chess 2025#139
Posted: 3/19/25 at 8:17am
in a new interview about his own tour in the Guildford and Surrey Downs Magazine ( on his instagram account) , Tim Rice says Chess will be coming to Broadway in November.
Updated On: 3/19/25 at 08:17 AM
Chess 2025#140
Posted: 3/19/25 at 1:55pm
An autumn 2025 curtain date for Chess is also mentioned in his program bio in a local opera company's staging of JCS in Manhattan. I know that's not exactly the most reliable source, but if he's talking about it publicly and it's in his handouts...
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Chess 2025#141
Posted: 3/19/25 at 2:49pm
Let’s play everyone’s favorite game. Which theatre is this long awaited production going in?
My guesses: Barrymore, Belasco, Booth, Jones,
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Chess 2025#142
Posted: 3/19/25 at 2:49pm
Let’s play everyone’s favorite game. Which theatre is this long awaited production going in?
My guesses: Barrymore, Belasco, Booth, Jones,
Chess 2025#143
Posted: 3/19/25 at 2:57pm
GirlFromOz68 said: "in a new interview about his own tour in the Guildford and Surrey Downs Magazine ( on his instagram account) , Tim Rice says Chess will be coming to Broadway in November."
Tim has been saying this for 20+ years.
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Chess 2025#144
Posted: 3/19/25 at 3:05pm
Has anything else booked the Barrymore after Othello?
Voter said: "Let’s play everyone’s favorite game. Which theatre is this long awaited production going in?
My guesses: Barrymore, Belasco, Booth, Jones,"
Chess 2025#146
Posted: 3/19/25 at 3:23pm
Voter said: "Let’s play everyone’s favorite game. Which theatre is this long awaited production going in?
My guesses: Barrymore, Belasco, Booth, Jones,"
Doesn’t Real Women Have Curves have the Jones?
Chess 2025#147
Posted: 3/19/25 at 4:31pm
mshalo18 said: "Voter said: "Let’s play everyone’s favorite game. Which theatre is this long awaited production going in?
My guesses: Barrymore, Belasco, Booth, Jones,"
Doesn’t Real Women Have Curves have the Jones?"
it's already been hinted at here that it's taking the Al Hirschfeld after Moulin Rouge announces a closing date. Given Moulin Rouge's box office lately that doesn't sound far fetched.
Tim also said he'll be working with Benny and Bjorn again and they might adjust a few things but not too much as he knows the songs work well.
The songs have never been the problem lol. They need this version of the book by Danny Strong to work.
Chess 2025#148
Posted: 4/15/25 at 4:24pm
I just noticed that Moulin Rouge has now extended to November 2025, which i assume now rules it out for Chess for the Al Hirschfeld which was one rumour going around, given all the rumours say November iswhen Chess opens and I assume an earlier closing is needed than that for load out/load in.
Does this mean they are waiting for one of the newer shows to fold to take another theatre?
Chess 2025#149
Posted: 4/15/25 at 5:14pm
GirlFromOz68 said: "I just noticed that Moulin Rouge has now extended to November 2025, which i assume now rules it out for Chess for the Al Hirschfeld which was one rumour going around, given all the rumours say November iswhen Chess opens and I assume an earlier closing is needed than that for load out/load in.
Does this mean they are waiting for one of the newer shows to fold to take another theatre?"
Moulin Rouge was never a limited run -- so there's no "extension". Just like every other long-running show, they just keep adding new blocks of tickets.
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