Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! — Page 10

JSquared2 said: "RumTumJM said: "I was going to get a ticket for January 24th. (Gives me something to look forward to during the dead months after Christmas & New Year's.) However, I see that Lea has a planned night off, the night before, on Friday, January 25th.

How does it usually go when performers have planned days off? Can it turn into other, surrounding days off, too? Am I best to stay away then and look for another date?"

Valid point.

I just assumed that there are known trends surrounding performers and their planned days off.

But, I get your point.





No offense meant -- but how can you expect anyone (including Lea herself) to know the answer to what might happen more than 6 months from now? Might she wake up that morning and have a scratchy throat? Maybe?? Buy a ticket for when you want to go -- and if she's out and she knows (and the show announces) in advance, you can switch dates -- and if you show up at the theatre and see signs up that she's out that day, you can get a refund.



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RumTumJM said: "I was going to get a ticket for January 24th. (Gives me something to look forward to during the dead months after Christmas & New Year's.) However, I see that Lea has a planned night off, the night before, on Friday, January 25th.

How does it usually go when performers have planned days off? Can it turn into other, surrounding days off, too? Am I best to stay away then and look for another date?"

Someone just told me a little while ago that the day off in January is her husband's birthday so I think it will be just that day and you could safely book either side of that day.

The days off she has in December (Sunday 14th and Tuesday 16th) are early in Hannukah so that's likely related to that given both she and her husband are Jewish (yes I know she was raised Catholic as her mum is Catholic but her Dad is Jewish).

Jersey City is extremely accessible to midtown- it's faster to get to than some parts of Manhattan.

inception said: "You might be running into the problem that some hotels will have a 2 or 3 night minimum stay. I just looked at rates at the place I stayed last Fallon the Upper West Side (Riverside Towers Hotel). That weekend they have a minimum 3 night stay, I guess because Halloween is the Friday? It has some very small inexpensive rooms okfor a single person on a budget,was completely renovated in w023/24, two blocks from Zabar's overlooking the river.

That weekend is not only Halloween but the NYC Marathon. Tons of people in the city for this event - at least there was when I was there on that weekend in 2024. I am avoiding it this year and coming the following weekend in November.

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Ke3 said: "I knows it's nothing in the long run but god does "The Musical" annoy me when there is no source material you're looking to differentiate from. "Chess: the Musical" We can infer that. What the hell else would it be? Chess: The Radio Play."

If I was a random tourist who only wants to see a show because that's what you do when you come to NYC, my guess would be "Chess: The Play". Maybe the producers don't want to loose that potential audience to "a(ny ) Broadway musical" by default.

I’m not sure if the pink works.

Never thought Chess could have worse art than the original Broadway production (and I know it’s likely not permanent) but here we are. Sorry, summer intern.

The pink squares might look better in black with pink text, if they’re insisting on using pink at all.
CHESS title could look great in red. The Musical should be in white.
I think they can afford to lose the 3 top faces. Who needs to see the actors twice?
The hands with the chess pieces make it look like Lea Michele is the monster from Stranger Things, looming behind the squares.

Updated On: 6/26/25 at 10:28 PM

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So I'm the only one who likes the promo material so far?

I think the red+pink purple combination is perfect to contrast the black and white main esthetic. Just one color would be too simple and most other color combinations would be too all over the map colorful.

Sacrilegious take: Can I have the whole show as a movie in the style of the promo, with just seven actors and everything that requires an ensemble radically removed? Maybe that would also help to clean up the script.

So, we know Danny Strong is reworking the book. He was responsible for the Kennedy Center version in February of 2018 and the Entertainment Community Fund "concert" staging in December 2022. Do we know if there was another workshop or two between 2022 and now? And do we know if there was work done between The Kennedy Center and The Entertainment Community Fund versions? Michael Mayer directed both. There was some self-deprecating comedy directed at the plot in 2022 that sadly may be the only way in, which only added another layer of Oy! to the piece.

Is there any indication when the actual physical box office will open for sales?

Were all premium seats actually released when the sales went live? I know for the later dates, after opening, that I was looking at there were premium seats as well as possible obstructed view side seats held back from sale.

I think adding "the musical" is fine for general public clarity. At least we're no longer seeing variations of "a new musical" tacked on to titles and left for years.