Listen: Lea Michele Previews Her 'Someone Else's Story' From Chess | Playbill

Video Listen: Lea Michele Previews Her 'Someone Else's Story' From Chess

The Glee and Funny Girl star is leading the upcoming Broadway revival with Tony winner Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher.

We've got more song previews from Broadway's upcoming revival of Chess. Hear Lea Michele take on the score's "Someone Else's Story" above. The production also previously released previews of Nicholas Christopher's "Where I Want to Be" and Tony winner Aaron Tveit's "One Night in Bangkok."

Previews begin at the Imperial Theatre October 15 ahead of a November 16 opening night, with the run currently scheduled to continue through March 15, 2026.

Michele is leading the musical's Broadway return as Florence Vassey, with Christopher as Anatoly Sergievsky, Tveit as Freddie Trumper, 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 will also include 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.

READ: Lea Michele Says the Chess Score Is a 'New Anthem' for Her

With music from ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics by Tim Rice, this revival will be 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 will serve 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 being 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.

Visit ChessBroadway.com.

Photos: Rehearsals for Chess on Broadway

 
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