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How ‘Chess’ Went From Cult Fave to Broadway Breakout—With the Help of a Winning Score

By Gordon Cox Dec 4, 2025 | 12:42 PM

It was a heck of an opening gambit: In its first week on Broadway, the new revival of “Chess” earned more than $1.2 million from just four sold-out performances. A few weeks later, the show, headlined by stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, broke the house record at the Imperial Theatre for a […]