NEW YORK — If you step on glass in Midtown Manhattan, consider that the stars of “Chess” may have shattered any in earshot of the Imperial Theatre. As sung by Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas ...

Over the years, “Chess” has acquired this reputation as a musical with a great score, by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that has been cursed by Rice’s problematic book. For the ...

Regardless of the version, there is a compelling human drama at the center of “Chess,” floating atop some killer songs and an often gorgeous score. In its sweeping musical moments (“Nobody’s Side,” ...

As lights flash, guitars wail and Jill Paice lifts her arms in triumph during the closing notes of her defiant ode to self-reliance, “Nobody’s Side,” one thing is clear: Signature Theatre’s bombastic ...

American Coast Theater Company presents Chess the Musical by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice. The production is presented in the Lyceum Theater on the Vanguard University campus, beginning ...