The “Glee” and Broadway veteran, who got her professional start in “Les Misérables” at age 8, has returned, now a mother and a bankable star, to her old stomping grounds, which coincidentally is the very theater where “Chess” made its debut in 1988. “Chess,” which opens Nov. 16 and is set primarily in Bangkok and Budapest during the Cold War, tells the fictional story about two chess grandmasters — an American played by Aaron Tveit and a Soviet, portrayed by Nicholas Christopher — facing off to win for their respective nations, a task complicated by the appearance of a woman they both love, played by Michele. The show, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, originated as a concept album in 1984 and includes the goosebump-raising “Anthem,” the pop-pulsing “One Night in Bangkok”— which reached No.
Author: MARK KENNEDY AP entertainment writer
Published at: 2025-11-07 15:01:36
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