⭐ SIR TIM RICE TEASES POTENTIAL BROADWAY REVIVAL OF CHESS ⭐
Famed lyricist Sir Tim Rice has teased a potential Broadway revival of the musical Chess.
In a recent interview with Deadline, when discussing the show, he commented:
“… It was a complex show and a lot of people didn’t get it, I think. But it’s become a sort of cult thing. I think the score is as good as anything I’ve ever been involved with. I think with a little luck the show will resurface after all this is over. We were in the process of looking quite seriously at a return to Broadway before all this happened. It was done in the Coliseum in London not that long ago and it was a very big success…”
Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and a book by Rice.
Chess is set around a chess tournament between two grandmasters, one American, the other a Soviet. Between them, apart from a chess board, is a woman who manages one of the men, and who falls in love with the other.
The musical started life as a concept album recorded in 1984, and it featured Elaine Paige, Murray Head, Tommy Körberg and Denis Quilley. It introduced the world to songs such as “I Know Him So Well” and “One Night in Bangkok”.
The recent London Coliseum revival was directed by Laurence Connor, who directed both School of Rock and Miss Saigon on Broadway and in the West End, with choreography by Stephen Mear (Mary Poppins).
I was lucky enough to see the revival at the London Coliseum and absolutely loved it. Would be brilliant if it had a further life! ! !
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