Lea Michele to Exit ‘Chess’ on Broadway in June

Lea Michele will end her run in Broadway’s “Chess” this summer. The “Glee” star will leave the production on June 21, 2026. Michele’s return to the stage has made “Chess” one of the season’s hottest ...
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Checkmate: Lea Michele Sets Final Performance Date in Chess on Broadway

Soon, it will be someone else's story. Lea Michele will play her final performance as Florence Vassy in Chess at Broadway’s ...

Medieval chess was more inclusive than the world around it

Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

Medieval chess promoted racial harmony and mutual respect, say historians

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...

Choreographer Lorin Latarro on Modernizing ‘Chess,’ Empowering Her Female Ensemble During ‘One Night in Bangkok’ and the Dance Move that Took Six Hours …

The show is set amid the Cold War and follows Freddie Trumper (Tveit) and a Soviet chess champion, Anatoly Sergievsky ...