The story of an American chess champion, his Russian opponent who defects to the west, and a Hungarian born American who transfers her affections from the American to the Russian without bringing happiness to anyone.
Performances in the next week
5/10/2008from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm no events in the next week
Tickets
Price range
$15 - $20
Seniors
$15
TPS
$18
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DESCRIPTION
Chess is a complex rock opera where the ancient game becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competitive gamesmanship, super power politics and international intrigues. The pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American chess star, the earnest Russian champion and a Hungarian American female assistant who arrives at the international chess match in Bangkok with the American but falls for the Russian. From Bangkok to Budapest the players, lovers, politicians, and spies manipulate and are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score that includes "One Night in Bangkok" and "Heaven Help My Heart."
CHESS the musical is Produced by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.