Shows · Chess
Chess
Opened 1988
68 performances
Musical, Megamusical
Chess is a 1986 musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and book by Rice. The story involves a politically charged, Cold War-era chess tournament between two grandmasters, one American and the other Soviet, and their fight over a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other.
"“We tried to build it around the U.S. vs. the U.S.S.R.—Gorbachev had just come in,” said ad executive Rick Elice.": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus
- Lyrics
- Tim Rice
- Book
- Richard Nelson; based on an idea by Tim Rice
Productions3 on Broadway
Songs12 songs
The Story of Chess, Quartet, Nobody’s Side, Terrace Duet, Pity the Child, Heaven Help My Heart, Anthem, One Night in Bangkok, You and I, I Know Him So Well, Someone Else’s Story, Endgame
Recordings 27 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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