{"id":174612,"date":"2026-03-25T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174612\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:53:09","slug":"joanna-jojo-levesque-to-succeed-lea-michele-in-chess-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174612\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna “JoJo” Levesque to succeed Lea Michele in ‘Chess’ on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

She’s making her move. Joanna “JoJo” Levesque<\/a> will return to Broadway this summer in Chess, succeeding original cast member Lea Michele<\/a> as Florence Vassy from June 23 to September 13 only. As previously announced, Michele will play her final performance at the Imperial Theatre<\/a> on June 21.<\/p>\n

JoJo made her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/a> in 2023 and played a return engagement in 2024. She is best known, however, as the multi-platinum singer of hit songs like \u201cLeave (Get Out),\u201d “Too Little Too Late,” and “Say So” (with PJ Morton), which won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.<\/p>\n

In Chess, she will join a Broadway cast that currently includes Aaron Tveit<\/a> as Freddie Trumper, Nicholas Christopher<\/a> as Anatoly Sergievsky, Hannah Cruz<\/a>\u00a0as Svetlana,\u00a0Bradley Dean<\/a>\u00a0as Molokov,\u00a0Sean Allan Krill<\/a>\u00a0as Walter,\u00a0and Bryce Pinkham<\/a>\u00a0as The Arbiter.<\/p>\n

Chess follows the on- and off-board battles between an American and a Soviet chess champion and the woman caught between them. First seen on Broadway in 1988, the musical is now in its first revival, with a book by Danny Strong and a score by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus, based on an idea by Rice. Michael Mayer directs.<\/p>\n

Chess tickets are now available through September 13. Get Chess tickets<\/a> now.<\/p>\n

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