Come see Chess in Concert live!
Chess is a stunning musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (formerly of ABBA). During the backdrop of a Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union a romantic triangle between an a American and a Russian in a world chess championship who find a whole new set of rules when a woman who manages one competitor falls in love with the other.
Broadway’s legendary musical has been specially adapted to meet the needs of young performers. This author-approved edition has been abridged to a running time of just over two hours, while carefully maintaining the integrity of one the greatest musicals ever written.
Based on the novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film which tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls in Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial.
This witty tongue-in-cheek retelling of a perennial favorite gives us a possessive mother who happens to be a witch, a tentative young man who happens to be a prince and a strong-willed but naïve young girl with the longest hair you're ever likely to come across. With book and lyrics by two creators of the hit television show Friends, rest assured this fairy tale isn't going to be business as usual!