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Chess Reviews

Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher star in the first-ever Broadway revival of this iconic musical.

4.5

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4.5

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"We found this show to be one of the worst we had seen yet on Broadway. We play chess and I was looking so forward to this show. There was a lot of needless swearing ‘f…..’ The singing was loud to the point of being deafening. Perhaps the acoustics need correction. People all around us were saying ‘average at best’. 100% do not recommend."

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Broadway.com Customer on May 20, 2026

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About 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.