Broadway’s Chess Extends Into Tony Season
Nicholas Christopher, Aaron Tveit, and Lea Michele star in the cult favorite musical at the Imperial.
Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele in Chess
Matthew Murphy
Broadway’s Chess revival has called overtime again, with a second extension that will see the production sticking around on Broadway for the entirety of Tony Awards season. The revival opened at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre November 16, 2025, where it’s been consistently one of Broadway’s top grossers as it breaks house records. The already extended run was most recently scheduled to end May 3, but performances are now set through June 14.
Nicholas Christopher is leading the musical’s Broadway return as Anatoly Sergievsky, with Tony winner Aaron Tveit as Freddie Trumper, Lea Michele as Florence Vassey, Hannah Cruz (Suffs) as Svetlana, Bradley Dean (The Phantom of the Opera) as Molokov, Sean Allan Krill (Jagged Little Pill) as Walter, and Bryce Pinkham (Holiday Inn) as The Arbiter.
The company also includes Kyla Louise Bartholomeusz, Daniel Beeman, Shavey Brown, Emma Degerstedt, Casey Garvin, Adam Halpin, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Michael Milkanin, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec, Aliah James, Sydney Jones, Sean MacLaughlin, Sarah Meahl, Ramone Nelson, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard, Michael Olaribigbe, Katerina Papacostas, Samantha Pollino, Regine Sophia, and Katie Webber. Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Jason Thinger.
With music from ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics by Tim Rice, this revival is refreshed with a new book by Emmy winner Danny Strong (Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2), and a creative team featuring director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) and choreographer Lorin Latarro (Waitress). Brian Usifer serves as music supervisor.
The creative team also includes scenic designer David Rockwell, costume designer Tom Broecker, lighting designer Kevin Adams, sound designer John Shivers, video designer Peter Nigrini, associate director Johanna McKeon, and associate choreographer Travis Waldschmidt.
Based on an idea by Rice (and originally featuring a book by Richard Nelson), Chess tells the story of American and Russian chess champions playing a match against each other—and competing for the same woman—at the height of the Cold War.
WATCH: Learn About Chess’ Complicated Journey Back to Broadway in New Streaming Documentary
Chess is produced by Tom Hulce, Robert Ahrens, and The Shubert Organization, along with Creative Partners Productions. The production is being presented by arrangement with Three Knights and Robert Fox Ltd.
Click here to buy tickets to Chess.
0
of
Photos: Chess on Broadway
Photos: Chess on Broadway
11 PHOTOS
Bryce Pinkham and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Nicholas Christopher and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Nicholas Christopher and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Lea Michele and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Bryce Pinkham and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Aaron Tveit and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher in Chess
Matthew Murphy
Aaron Tveit and company of Chess
Matthew Murphy
Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele in Chess
Matthew Murphy
