Watching a game of chess play out isn’t exactly the most exciting way to spend a night out — let alone playing one. Learning which piece is which and how they move across the board is already a chore ...

Nicholas Christopher, Aaron Tveit, and Lea Michele star in the cult favorite musical at the Imperial.

Over the years, "Chess" has acquired this reputation as a musical with a great score, by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that has been cursed by Rice's problematic book. For the ...