Posted: 6/10/25 at 11:10am
From what I’m hearing (and I could be 100% wrong) I’m guessing this will take The Imperial. And I hope Solea gets a staring role in whatever she does next. She deserves nothing less than top billing in a musical.
Posted: 6/10/25 at 2:45pm
In a strangely timely fashion, Wait in the Wings over on YT just dropped a doc on the OG Chess.
I always have loved the music of Chess from the concert recording but never knew what when down to make it flop so hard back in the 80s. Dang. What a mess. But now it kinda gives me a bar that has been set (in my own mind) for this revival. The original ORIGINAL vision sounded amazing to me. So now... can/will this revival fix what got broken between London and Broadway back then? Do we know yet who the choreographer on the revival is? I'm curious if movement is going to be a big part of it or not now.
Posted: 6/10/25 at 2:54pm
Scarlet Leigh said: "Do we know yet who the choreographer on the revival is? I'm curious if movement is going to be a big part of it or not now."
The choreographer is Lorin Latarro.
Posted: 6/10/25 at 3:18pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "The choreographer is Lorin Latarro."
I LOVED her work on Tommy and Heart of Rock and Roll so that's really promising in my eyes.
Posted: 6/10/25 at 6:03pm
Scarlet Leigh said: "In a strangely timely fashion, Wait in the Wings over on YT just dropped a doc on the OG Chess.
I always have loved the music of Chess from the concert recording butnever knew what when down to make it flop so hard back in the 80s. Dang. What a mess. But now it kinda gives me a bar that has been set (in my own mind)for this revival. The original ORIGINAL vision soundedamazing to me. So now... can/will this revival fix what got broken between London and Broadway back then? Do we know yet who the choreographer on the revival is? I'm curious if movement is going to be a big part of it or not now.
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I watched that Chess documentary yesterday and some of the things that happened were insane. My take away from that was Trevor Nunn can take a lot of the blame for Chess flopping on Broadway as he removed everything that Michael Bennett had contributed to the show and to me it sounded from what the ensemble members said he pretty much removed all colour and movement from the show.
Posted: 6/13/25 at 3:10pm
Test page for Chess is up, under the pseudonym Flahooley. Seems to confirm it’ll be taking the Imperial.
Posted: 6/13/25 at 3:40pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Test page forChessis up, under the pseudonymFlahooley. Seems to confirm it’ll be taking the Imperial."
Hopefully it will break the curse but I’d rather not sit in those musty seats many more times before the renovation. I guess it hasn’t been approved yet.
Posted: 6/13/25 at 3:50pm
Can't believe they are taking the Imperial AGAIN.
Posted: 6/13/25 at 4:50pm
Any guesses (or insider intel) about when tix will be on sale?
Posted: 6/13/25 at 4:56pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Test page forChessis up, under the pseudonymFlahooley. Seems to confirm it’ll be taking the Imperial."
At least we know now that Flahooley is a code name. Last year when a test page went up under that name, folks were trying to figure out if it really was a revival of Flahooley. (It wasn't. Looking back, I think it turned out to be McNeal at the Beaumont.)
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/FLAHOOLEY-Revival
Posted: 6/13/25 at 9:20pm
Why do you think the Flahooley page is for Chess, and not some other future show?
Posted: 6/13/25 at 11:29pm
CJRochester said: "Why do you think the Flahooleypage is for Chess, and not some other future show?"
Here are lists of (maybe) upcoming shows. Look for the ones with no venue announced. Note that plays will not go to the Imperial which has ~1450 seats. Unless we overlooked something there's only one candidate.
Furthermore, the Imperial is a Shubert venue and they are co-producers of Chess. I'm not sure these lists are complete but it seems a good bet.
I'm a bit surprised because most people thought they would go for a somewhat smaller place like the Broadhurst to mitigate the risk but it seems with Lea and Aaron on board they can't be too shy.
https://playbill.com/article/schedule-of-upcoming-and-announced-broadway-shows
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/2025-2026-Broadway-Season
Updated On: 6/13/25 at 11:29 PM
Posted: 6/19/25 at 9:31am
Learn About Chess' Complicated Journey Back to Broadway in New Streaming Documentary
https://playbill.com/article/learn-about-chesss-complicated-journey-back-to-broadway-in-new-streaming-documentary
Posted: 6/23/25 at 9:58am
Do we think this is waiting for the Broadhurst?
Posted: 6/23/25 at 10:07am
inception said: "Do we think this is waiting for the Broadhurst?"
I assume so. If they wanted the imperial I think they would have announced it after Smash announced closing.
Posted: 6/23/25 at 10:41am
Really hope they announce onsale ticket dates soon.
Posted: 6/23/25 at 3:18pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Really hope they announce onsale ticket dates soon."
Seriously. Got my next trip already booked and need to slot this in somewhere already
Posted: 6/23/25 at 3:29pm
If they were smart, they’d wait for July 20 to launch a presale (International Chess Day), general onsale later that week plus a music video.
Posted: 6/23/25 at 4:49pm
Bwaygurl2 said: "inception said: "Do we think this is waiting for the Broadhurst?"
I assume so. If they wanted the imperial I think they would have announced it after Smash announced closing."
Is the Imperial even going to be available, what with the construction on The Torch? I also thought the theater was getting an overhaul.
Posted: 6/24/25 at 6:12pm
Whoever made the shows website and overall graphic design needs to be taken out back…
Posted: 6/24/25 at 6:36pm
The combo of red and magenta font is really strange. You can have one or the other, but they do not go together well at all.
Posted: 6/24/25 at 10:50pm
CHESS performances begin October 15, 2025 at the Imperial Theatre with opening night set for November 16.
FIRST ACCESS PRE-SALEJUNE 25 AT 11AM ET
GENERAL ON-SALEJUNE 26 AT 11AM ET
https://chessbroadway.com/
Updated On: 6/24/25 at 10:50 PM
Posted: 6/25/25 at 12:17am
Do we know who the design team is on this?
Posted: 6/25/25 at 9:40am
Robbie2 said: "
BOOP won't be open in July and CHESS is taking the Broadhurst!"
This hasn't aged well.
Posted: 6/25/25 at 10:21am
Currently in the queue on Telecharge. Let's hope that the access code from the Chess website that you had to sign up for, will be sent out on time. And, not land in our in boxes hours later.
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