Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! — Page 11

“A New Musical” came from Annie, right? It was playing with the “a new blank, a new blank, a new… deal” scene. But it stuck and became the expected nomenclature. At least Chess the Musical is possibly differentiating itself from Chess the album and Chess the concert.

This whole ad campaign seems designed to evoke “Challengers,” but with chess instead of tennis. Unfortunately for the audience craving threesome action, the two men of the triangle meet only once or twice, and only one of them is queer (and only in some versions of the libretto).

Pernigraniline said: "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."

Chess the actual game. US citizens/tourists could well get confused thinking its an actual game of chess (ew don't like chess), not a musical (yeh man I like musicals)"

I think it’s mostly so people know it’s a musical and not a play, which is what I think most people would assume if they weren’t familiar with Chess already. Notice that play titles rarely include “the play.”

shomeika said: "Does anyone know much about the people involved in this production? I am wondering how *different* it will be from prior productions. My fave version was the "In Concert" one a few years back."

It's the same team as the 2018 Kennedy Center and 2022 concert.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I'm wondering how it sells this time around.

Was the financial success Lea brought to FUNNY GIRL a fluke because of GLEE and the title, or will she sell equally well here? (Tveit adds a little something but not a substantial amount.) And, if it gets a worse critical response than things like SUNSET BLVD and GYPSY, is there still a pathway to success?"

Lea was also playing Fanny Brice and carried the entire show on her shoulders. It was a great performance with a sort of Cinderella story PLUS she got to ride in on a white horse and save the day with enormous press coverage to boot.

Florence IMO does not give Lea the opportunity that Fanny Brice did, both in the role itself and in the backstory preceding her arrival. In addition, I have always felt that Anatoly was the lead role. Even if she is great -- and I am expecting her to be so -- there are two other very talented performers with roles that are at least as good as hers, and arguably better. I don't think it would be reasonable to either particularly credit her if it is a success or blame her if it is not, unless she is terrible in the role...which is not going to happen.

As much as I want this show to be a big hit and make everyone a lot of money -- and I have already splurged to purchase my tickets for mid-October -- I will be surprised if it does. The last time I saw this was at the Signature in Shirlington, VA, over a decade ago. I loved the performance and thought it was the most successful of any I had seen, yet I still did not feel that they solved the problem that has plagued it from the beginning. Despite all the sturm und drung, it has always felt very cold to me, and I think that has always been its biggest problem...getting the audience to genuinely care about the characters.

Will Lea fans show up again like they did for Funny Girl? She saved that show. It would be wonderful if she could do it again.......

KrupYou said: "Will Lea fans show up again like they did for Funny Girl?She saved that show. It would be wonderful if she could do it again......."

That production had been kneecapped, waterboarded, and thrown off a cliff by a certain Bean. Chess won’t ever be in such a state and won’t need saving.

Got this in an email from Telecharge today. I guess this font is a little better...?

They really need to get their ducks in a row here. Chess deserves better.

shomeika said: "This isn't getting much buzz, is it? I've got my tickets ready, but am surprised there aren't more social media posts, or other "buzz" regarding this. With the lack of updates, and the bad photoshop/color choices on websites, I'm a pinch worried about this.

They HAVE to get it right this time, or the press will have a field day!"

It doesn’t begin performances for 3 months. With people buying closer to the performance date now, it would be a waste of money to put major resources into advertising before Labor Day. “Buzz” is a relative thing usually related to your own eco-chamber. Give it time.

Yes, the advertising creative is bad, but that doesn’t mean this cannot succeed.

shomeika said: "This isn't getting much buzz, is it? I've got my tickets ready, but am surprised there aren't more social media posts, or other "buzz" regarding this. With the lack of updates, and the bad photoshop/color choices on websites, I'm a pinch worried about this.

You're worried that during the peak of Summer (a completely dead time in the industry) that millions of people aren't talking about this? People are on vacations and busy, no one is thinking about a show that starts a full three months from now. Around early/middle of September is when they will ramp up marketing for this. Chillllll.

Sutton Ross said: "shomeika said: "This isn't getting much buzz, is it? I've got my tickets ready, but am surprised there aren't more social media posts, or other "buzz" regarding this. With the lack of updates, and the bad photoshop/color choices on websites, I'm a pinch worried about this.

You're worried that during the peak of Summer (a completely dead time in the industry) that millions of people aren't talking about this? People are on vacations and busy, no one is thinking about a show that starts a full three months ----from now. Around early/middle of September is when they will ramp up marketing for this. Chillllll."

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Trust me, I am not "worried" per se. I am not an investor. Pardon any offense with my post, hopefully you can chill yourself or back off the caffeine.

shomeika said: "Sutton Ross said: "shomeika said: "This isn't getting much buzz, is it? I've got my tickets ready, but am surprised there aren't more social media posts, or other "buzz" regarding this. With the lack of updates, and the bad photoshop/color choices on websites, I'm a pinch worried about this.


Trust me, I am not "worried" per se. I am not an investor. Pardon any offense with my post, hopefully you can chill yourself or back off the caffeine."

Cool story bro. Lolz.

Sutton Ross said:

Cool story bro. Lolz

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Thanks, dude.