{"id":169480,"date":"2026-03-20T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/169480\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:51:12","slug":"lea-michele-will-depart-chess-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/169480\/","title":{"rendered":"Lea Michele Will Depart CHESS in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele<\/a> will depart the twice-extended, record-breaking new\u00a0 production of Chess<\/a> on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at Broadway\u2019s Imperial Theatre.<\/p>\n

A new block of\u00a0tickets will go on sale next week and the new \u201cFlorence Vassy\u201d will be announced at a later date. Chess<\/a> marks Lea\u00a0 Michele\u2019s return to Broadway and to the Imperial Theatre, where she made her Broadway debut\u00a0 30 years ago in LES MIS\u00c9RABLES.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starring Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit<\/a>, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele<\/a> and Nicholas Christopher<\/a>, Chess<\/a> also\u00a0 features Hannah Cruz<\/a>, Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham<\/a>, Bradley Dean<\/a>, Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill<\/a> and an\u00a0 ensemble that includes Kyla Bartholomeusz<\/a>, Daniel Beeman<\/a>, Shavey Brown<\/a>, Emma Degerstedt<\/a>, Casey Garvin<\/a>, Adam\u00a0 Halpin, David Paul<\/a> Kidder, Sarah Michele Lindsey<\/a>, Michael Milkanin<\/a>, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec<\/a>, Aliah James<\/a>, Sydney Jones<\/a>,\u00a0 Sean MacLaughlin<\/a>, Sarah Meahl<\/a>, Ramone Nelson<\/a>, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard<\/a>, Michael Olaribigbe<\/a>, Katerina Papacostas<\/a>,\u00a0 Samantha Pollino<\/a>, Adam Roberts<\/a>, Regine Sophia<\/a> and Katie Webber<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Featuring a new book by Emmy Award winner Danny Strong<\/a> (\u201cDopesick\u201d), with music and lyrics by Emmy and Tony Award\u00a0 nominees ABBA\u2019s Benny Andersson<\/a> and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner Tim Rice<\/a>\u00a0 (Evita), based on an idea by Tim Rice<\/a>, this new production is directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer<\/a> (Spring\u00a0 Awakening) and choreographed by Drama Desk Award nominee Lorin Latarro<\/a> (Waitress) with original orchestrations by\u00a0 Anders Eljas<\/a>, orchestrations by Anders Eljas<\/a> and Brian Usifer<\/a> (Swept Away) and music supervision by Brian Usifer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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