Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival!- Page 16

[BJR]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:03pm

“Almost a concert” could also refer to a modern rock/pop concert. Shows that come to MSG are not theatrical concert versions a la Philharmonic or even the Chess concert that was done in 2021, but elaborate productions with giant LED screens and sets. Knowing this director, he’ll be leaning into its rock/pop music aesthetic. 

[nealb1]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:12pm

Really looking forward to seeing the show.  Have tickets for Saturday night, 11/22.  

"Almost a concert" means just that.  I'm sure we can all agree that it's rather pointless to make judgements on something that nobody has seen or experienced yet.  

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:17pm

nealb1 said: "Really looking forward to seeing the show. Have tickets for Saturday night, 11/22.

"Almost a concert" means just that. I'm sure we can all agree that it's rather pointless to make judgements on something that nobody has seen or experienced yet."

Exactly.  way too early to be passing judgement. 

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:18pm

BorisTomashevsky said: ""It's being presented as almost a concert evening," he says. "There's real book scenes and everything, but it's in the sense that we are all players putting forward this piece and everyone can come and go out of scenes. A lot of people are going to be on stage at the same time“

Lame. Chess has waited this long to be done right, only to be done dirty.

The half-baked branding was our first clue."

I understand being apprehensive, but wait until we've seen something from it before declaring it to be done dirty. This is still a very vague description of the concept.

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 2:44pm

I was just re reading the article and it says Entertainment Weekly will have first Listen to three songs from Chess.

I'm guessing Nobody's Side for Lea and Anthem for Nik.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 3:58pm

Lord, the color scheme just keeps getting worse. Even the reds now aren’t the same red.

This feels like one long April 1st…

https://imgur.com/a/xvqPXli

[Huss417]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 4:39pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Lord, the color scheme just keeps getting worse. Even the reds now aren’t the same red.

This feels like one long April 1st…

https://imgur.com/a/xvqPXli"

Have you had anything nice to say about this show or is this the new show for you to constantly have negative things to say about?

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 4:46pm

Huss417 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Lord, the color scheme just keeps getting worse. Even the reds now aren’t the same red.

This feels like one long April 1st…

https://imgur.com/a/xvqPXli"

Have you had anything nice to say about this show or is this the new show for you to constantly have negative things to say about?"

About this show? Plenty. About this production? I’ve yet to have reason to. I challenge anyone looking at that artwork to say anything positive about it.

This is why stuff stays mediocre. Because no one says “that’s fuc(king ****e!” and holds things to a standard. The number of times I’ve sat in a theatre and thought “Who approved this?”…

Boris Spassky has spoken. Bow down accordingly. 

Updated On: 8/28/25 at 04:46 PM

[kdogg36]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 5:03pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "Great notes but he misses the internal rhyme of “in a” and “Brynner”"

To be honest, I blame that on flawed writing. "In a" and "Brynner" rhyme in standard varieties of British English (which Tim Rice speaks), but not in American English (which the character speaks). If I were singing it I wouldn't try to pretend it rhymed, either.

[Kad]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 5:42pm

I never even thought of that as being a rhyme. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 5:52pm

Kad said: "I never even thought of that as being a rhyme."

If one pronounces "Brynner" as "Bryn-nah," it most certainly rhymes, and I believe that was the original intent. 

[Hey, Zelda!]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 6:14pm

CarlosAlberto said: "Kad said: "I never even thought of that as being a rhyme."

If one pronounces "Brynner" as "Bryn-nah," it most certainly rhymes, and I believe that was the original intent."

Tim Rice is the sort of lyricist in which you can hear the faint "Damn, that's too clever to pass up" in the background.

Updated On: 8/28/25 at 06:14 PM

[SisterGeorge]

Posted: 8/28/25 at 7:55pm

Kad said: "SisterGeorge said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Seems like either a music video or demo recording of“One Night in Bangkok” will droptomorrow."

Speaking of, anyone know of a delicious, nice-looking Thai restaurant in walking distance to the theater? The evening is an anniversary treat for the parents, so nothing too funky or hole-in-the-wallish. Thanks."

There are a slew of Thai places on 9th avenue that are all pretty good. Obao, Elephant Ear, and Viv are all less than a 10 minute walk from the Imperial and are all elevated in terms of decor."

Thank You!  
Also, re "almost a concert", the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage (RIP) series where this version premiered a few years ago was "almost a concert" and hugely effective (of course on that occasion we were all expecting a semi-staged concert not a full-blown production.)