It’ll be someone else’s story soon. Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele will depart Chess on Broadway on June 21. A replacement in her role of Florence Vassy will be announced at a later date.
Michele (Spring Awakening, Funny Girl on Broadway, Glee) currently stars opposite Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher in the musical about two world chess champions, who also battle off the chessboard for the woman caught between them.
“For those who go to Broadway musicals hoping to hear actors perform songs so powerfully you get goosebumps, you’ll find that three times over,” New York Theatre Guide’s Chess review reads.
The 1988 musical, now revived for the first time at the Imperial Theatre, features a new book by Danny Strong and a score by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, based on an idea by Rice. Michael Mayer directs.
A new block of Chess tickets will be released next week. The show was previously scheduled to play through June 21.
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Photo credit: Lea Michele in Chess on Broadway. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)