With music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the 1988 show revolves around rival American and Soviet chess wizards ...

This 'Chess' may still be a complicated game, but with singing this good, the production lands a decisive victory ...

Chess fans have been eagerly awaiting a Broadway revival for decades now, and you can tell exactly who those fans are in the ...

A fitfully rousing new revival, which opened at the Imperial Theatre Nov. 16, attempts to palliate audiences by making “Chess ...

As soon as the overture begins, this revival feels less like a Broadway production and more like City Center Encores! concert ...

This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding ...

Chess,’ starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, is the Broadway show of the fall that some will claim to ...

After years of hype and multiple workshops, the first major Broadway revival of the cult musical Chess officially opened this ...

For nearly two decades, she’s been one of entertainment’s most fascinating—and polarizing—figures. Ahead of her anticipated ...

The Broadway revival of Chess, starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher, is now officially open at the ...

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 ...

Washington Post theater critic Naveen Kumar unpacks ‘Chess,’ a musical about chess championships during the Cold War.