Shows · Chess
Chess
Opened 2025
Revival, Contemporary
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.
Songs38 songs
The Story of Chess, Merano, Freddie's Entrance, Merano (Reprise), Commie Newspapers, Press Conference, Anatoly & Molokov, Diplomats, The Arbiter, Hymn to Chess, Merchandisers, Chess #1, The Arbiter (Reprise), Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility), Florence and Molokov, 1956 – Budapest is Rising, Nobody's Side, Der Kleine Franz, Mountain Duet, Chess #2, Florence Quits, Pity the Child, Defection Scene, Embassy Lament, Heaven Help My Heart, Anatoly and the Press, Anthem, Golden Bangkok, One More Opponent, The Soviet Machine, The Interview, Someone Else's Story, The Deal, I Know Him So Well, Talking Chess, Endgame, You and I (Reprise), Finale
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