25th Anniversary Celebration of the legendary Musical Recorded Live at the Royal Albert Hall
featuring the London Philharmonic and a superstar international cast!
Territory rights: UK and Ireland, other selected territories on request.
Running Time: 2 hours 25 minutes exc intermission
The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. Set in the context of a Cold War struggle between the United States and Soviet Union during which both countries want to win international chess tournaments for propaganda purposes.
Cast List
Story and Lyrics: Tim Rice
Music: Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Josh Groban - Anatoly Sergievsky
Idina Menzel - Florence Vassy
Adam Pascal - Frederick Trumper
David Badella - Anatoly Molokov
Kerry Ellis - Svetlana Sergievsky
Clarke Peters - Walter de Courcy
Marti Pellow - The Arbiter
with
The West End Chorus
The London Studio Centre Dancers
The City of London Philharmonic
Stephen Disley (Organ)
