Chess Revival????????
Chess Revival????????
#0Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 11:39am
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84728.html
Sounds exciting!!
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
BroadwayKate
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#1re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 11:44am
I love Chess!!!! This is exciting!
Kate
#2re: re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 12:10pmI just hope it's not another "concert-staged" revival. What's wrong with having a few sets?
sweeedboy
Stand-by Joined: 10/31/03
#3re: re: re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 12:19pmI am sure it will be a full revival. As for the bigger news, KRISTINA!!! This show is truly incredible. For anyone who does not know it, its more of a modern opera then a musical and the music is truly incredible. I urge everyone to go out and buy the swedish cast recording(3 discs long) it is unbelievable.
#4re: re: re: re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 12:49pmoh my! I would die for a revival of Chess! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#5re: re: re: re: re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 2:43pmChess is one of my all time favorites. I can listen to the CD for hours.
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#6re: re: re: re: re: re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 4:15pmActually, I'd rather see a good Chess concert. Attempts at making it a book show have been rather unsuccessful. Just give the people the music and leave it at that.
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Posted: 3/4/04 at 4:22pmI'm with ya there JohnPopa
#8re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Chess Revival????????
Posted: 3/4/04 at 6:25pm
I love Chess, especially the song "Where I Want To Be". I would love to finally be able see it!!!
See Ya!
Phantom05
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Posted: 3/4/04 at 7:05pmI find the version that toured Europe and was recorded in English is the best version around.
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Posted: 3/6/04 at 5:52pm
I actually quite love the version that the Actors' Fund performed!
Would be impossible to get that cast for a revival though.
Michelleruth
Stand-by Joined: 7/4/03
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Posted: 3/7/04 at 4:43pmThis is exciting! If it happens, I'm there!!!
Nova
Swing Joined: 3/7/04
#12here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/7/04 at 4:54pm
here is the video of
One Night In Bankok
Updated On: 3/19/04 at 04:54 PM
Nova
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#13here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/7/04 at 4:55pm
hope you like it
Nobody's Side video
Updated On: 3/19/04 at 04:55 PM
Nova
Swing Joined: 3/7/04
#14re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/7/04 at 5:00pm
one more
The Arbiter video -
Updated On: 3/19/04 at 05:00 PM
Nova
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#15re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/11/04 at 6:56pm
what did you think of the old videos....
I would love to hear some thoughts
#16re: re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/11/04 at 9:38pmI LOVE THE MUSIC FROM THAT SHOW. I HOPE TO SEE IT ON BROADWAY.
Theatreboy33
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#17re: re: re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/11/04 at 10:14pmThe videos are so brilliantly 80s! of course i know they were made then, but i really like them. thanks!
Nova
Swing Joined: 3/7/04
#18re: re: re: re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/12/04 at 3:45am
I am glad that you liked them....
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#19re: re: re: re: re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/12/04 at 8:33pmWhile I can admire the music, I find Chess to be a pretty lifeless show and so so slow.Is the story not a little out of date now? All that cold war stuff.Unless there is some pretty remarkable casting this new production will lay an egg.
Nova
Swing Joined: 3/7/04
#20re: re: re: re: re: re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/17/04 at 9:36am
film version of Chess? could it work?
- see what some people think about it here
http://www.musicals.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=17
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Posted: 3/17/04 at 12:16pm
alterego - The Cold War was historical. How can it be out of date? Was Miss Saigon out of date because it involved Vietnam War? Was Aida out of date because it involves ancient Egypt? What about The Producers, Assassins, 42nd Street, Caroline or Change, Little Shop of Horrors, The Boy From Oz, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, Hairspray, Movin' Out, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Wonderful Town? All of those took place in past eras as well.
I do think Chess would be one of the best candidates for film. Considering it's intricate plot, it would probably work better on film than on stage, but I would love to see it on stage again.
Nova
Swing Joined: 3/7/04
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Posted: 3/18/04 at 2:16am
here is a good webbsite with the different productions
http://www.geocities.com/ky_guy_4/chess/chessthemusical.htm
one more
http://www.geocities.com/miss_florence_vassy/
I also found this
http://www.theatre-musical.com/chess.html
thi sis the last one
http://www.actor.force9.co.uk/chess.htm
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Posted: 3/18/04 at 9:37pmwow, i just heard the song "anthem" on broadwayworld radio, now i really want to see it. when is it scheduled for, or is it?
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#24re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: here are some music from chess
Posted: 3/19/04 at 1:41amI can't help but wonder if people who get excited at the prospect of seeing a revival of Chess have ever sat through a performance. I saw the original in London, I saw it in Sydney, I saw it in Melbourne and they have to be some of the dullest evenings I've ever spent in the theatre. It has a couple of good songs sure, but really there is no show.The main characters just aren't well enough drawn to make you remotely care about them. No, this is one to give a wide berth to.
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