{"id":217921,"date":"2026-05-02T22:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217921\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:43:36","slug":"aaron-tveit-is-playing-to-win-in-broadways-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217921\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Tveit Is Playing to Win in Broadway\u2019s CHESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Video: Aaron Tveit Unpacks His Most Demanding Vocal Role Yet<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony winner Aaron Tveit returns to the stage this season in his seventh Broadway role- ‘Freddie Trumper’ in Michale Mayor’s acclaimed revival of Chess. It’s been almost four decades since the cult-favorite musical made its debut, and Tveit’s electrifying performance is one of the reasons fans have been flocking to the Imperial Theatre. Watch in this video as he chats more about the bond he has formed with his fierce costars, and talks more about what he loves about ‘Freddie.’<\/p>\n

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Video: Lea Michele Is Making All the Right Moves as the Queen of CHESS<\/a><\/p>\n

Somebody sure is on Lea Michele’s side this season. Not only did the stage and screen star make her triumphant return to Broadway in Chess (now running at the Imperial Theatre), but she just celebrated one of the ultimate Broadway honors- a portrait at the legendary Sardi’s.\u00a0Watch in this video as she chats more about the audience’s response at Chess, the joys of being back in a Broadway show, and so much more.<\/p>\n

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Video: CHESS Star Nicholas Christopher Stuns with ‘Endgame’ Finale<\/a><\/p>\n

Broadway’s newest heartthrob Nicholas Christopher is bringing the heat and winning hearts in the smash-hit revival of Chess. In newly released video from inside the Imperial Theatre, Nicholas proves his chops in the live setting, flawlessly executing the astonishing feat backed by the show’s company.\u00a0 \n<\/p>\n

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Video: Get to Know Her So Well- Meet CHESS Star Hannah Cruz<\/a><\/p>\n

Known for her stunning vocals and commanding presence, Chess star Hannah Cruz opens up about stepping into this iconic score, the emotional depth of the material, and what makes this production feel fresh, urgent, and completely of the moment. Watch in this video!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 Video: Aaron Tveit Unpacks His Most Demanding Vocal Role Yet Tony winner Aaron Tveit returns to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-217921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}