"the singing of aaron tveit and lea michele is phenomenal, but the script is lackluster and trite. if you like a narrator interrupting every few minutes to explain what is happening, then you would enjoy it. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Mar 3, 2026
A lot of noise and a depressing storyline
"Great voices throughout the ast and ensemble, but absent of heart. Felt very “stagey” and overblown. I grew up during the Cold War, but felt a strong disconnect between the storyline and world events of the time. The only compassionate character was Anatoly's wife Svetlana. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Jan 4, 2026
Not worth it
"Nothing memorable, story is weak, can’t understand the chorus"
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Broadway.com Customer on Dec 28, 2025
Great singing. Terrible revision
"The singing was great. The revision of the story was a mess. They tried to make it a bit “camp” but also a new storyline. It didn’t work. And nobody cared about the character. Glad they could sing. And even worse. Not even 1980s dance moves. As if they couldn’t take the time to look back at earlier productions or the times. Just. Painful. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Jan 14, 2026
Sadly disappointed!
"Four of us went with great expectations. We didn't enjoy the score although Nicholas Christopher's performance was spectacular while Lea Michele's voice left us expecting goosebumps but feeling blah. The arbiter's attempt to update the story was flat and unnecessary. While others may have different views, it's certainly not a show that we will recommend to friends and family."
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Broadway.com Customer on Nov 21, 2025
Wish I had brought earplugs.
"I wanna begin by paying due respect to the entire cast, the band, and the production team… My critique of this performance should not be viewed as a commentary on their hard work and talent.
BUT…the music, to me, was boring and drab. I want to leave a Broadway musical trying to mediate the fight that the ear worms in my head are having as they are all trying to hum their favorite song….but I couldn’t remember one good song even two minutes after the show ended. (“Bangkok” doesn’t count as we’ve all been listening to that song for 30+ years.)
Just because it’s a musical, the producers and director shouldn’t feel the need to stuff 25 songs down our throats…. Ummm, ahem…ears! Truly, some of the songs were so fabricated it hurt to pay attention.
Final critique…it’s ok to send me home after 2 performance hours…. Stop insulting the audience with repeated plot themes and story-line conflicts. More is not more! The show was insufferably long.
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michael h from Katonah on Nov 17, 2025
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Chess
Chess is the iconic musical where power and passion collide, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s America versus Russia at the World Chess Championship, where the espionage and romance are as complicated and exhilarating as the game itself. For the two players and the woman torn between them, everything—personal, professional, and political—is at risk… and nobody’s rules are the same.
