For the first time ever, Chess will be revived on Broadway this fall. The cult-favorite musical will star Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl), and Nicholas Christopher (Sweeney Todd) as Freddie Trumper, Florence Vassey, and Anatoly Sergievsky, respectively.
Opening in fall 2025 at a Shubert Theatre to be announced, Chess will feature a new book by Emmy Award winner Danny Strong. With music and lyrics by Emmy and Tony Award nominees ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner Tim Rice, and based on an idea by Tim Rice, this new production will be directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Lorin Latarro, with music supervision by Brian Usifer.
Chess is the iconic musical where power and passion collide, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s America versus Russia at the World Chess Championship, where the espionage and romance are as complicated and exhilarating as the game itself. For the two players and the woman torn between them, everything—personal, professional, and political—is at risk… and nobody’s rules are the same.
Dates, additional casting, creative team, along with ticket and theatre information, will be announced shortly.