Chess 2025- Page 7

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/15/25 at 5:42pm

JSquared2 said: "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."

ok sorry got my wording wrong (I'm just a Chess fan on the other side of the world) but doesn't the adding of another block of tickets rule it out for Chess? 

 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 4/15/25 at 6:07pm

GirlFromOz68 said: "ok sorry got my wording wrong (I'm just a Chess fan on the other side of the world) but doesn't the adding of another block of tickets rule it out for Chess? "

Not necessarily because shows have closed before the end of when they sell tickets to (and just refund people who had tickets to those dates).  It might show that they're confident enough they can sell those tickets, or it might just be testing the waters to see if people buy farther out.  And maybe they close anyway after the new block of tickets and Chess just pushes back its start date (if their plan is still the Al Hirschfeld) or choose a new theater, so it's hard to say for sure.

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/15/25 at 8:35pm

chrishuyen said: "GirlFromOz68 said: "ok sorry got my wording wrong (I'm just a Chess fan on the other side of the world) but doesn't the adding of another block of tickets rule it out for Chess?"

Not necessarily because shows have closed before the end of when they sell tickets to (and just refund people who had tickets to those dates). It might show that they're confident enough they can sell those tickets, or it might just be testing the waters to see if people buy farther out. And maybe they close anyway after the new block of tickets and Chess just pushes back its start date (if their plan is still the Al Hirschfeld) or choose a new theater, so it's hard to say for sure."

thanks for your response.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 4/15/25 at 10:03pm

Update: music star for Svetlana no longer the case. Am hearing Solea, but of course cannot confirm or deny the veracity of that.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/15/25 at 10:15pm

Is Darren Criss continuing too at this point?

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 2:40am

EDSOSLO858 said: "Is Darren Criss continuing too at this point?"

I hope not. his voice isn't up to Pity The Child 8 times a week. Darren has a decent voice within a certain range but Freddie doesn't suit him. 

I'd rather Adam Lambert for Freddie.

I won't be at all surprised at all if they go with Solea. It can't be easy to get a bigger name for a role that's only in Act 2.  Plus while Solea's star has risen since she did the concert in 2022 this is still the sort of role I can see her doing.

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 7:52am

Freddie is supposed to be in his late 20’s or early 30’s - Lambert is 43, so they may opt for someone closer in age to the character.

Too bad that pop star Benson Boone isn’t a bit older (and desired to do Broadway!) - at Coachella, he recently did a phenomenal rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, so I have no doubt he could handle Pity the Child.

 

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 8:04am

OuttaTowner said: "Freddie is supposed to be in his late 20’s or early 30’s - Lambert is 43, so they may opt for someone closer in age to the character.

Too bad that pop star Benson Boone isn’t a bit older (and desired to do Broadway!) - at Coachella, he recently did a phenomenal rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, so I have no doubt he could handle Pity the Child."

Given that Lea will be 39 and Ramin 47 (if he is indeed playing Anatoly as I hope and has been suggested) by the time this begins I don't think a 43 year old Adam Lambert would be problematic in this production.