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Chess

First Preview: Apr 11, 2018
Opening Date: Apr 11, 2018
Closing Date: May 13, 2018
Running Time: 02:15
Chess
http://galleryplayers.com/musicals/chess/
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199 14th St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Chess - an epic story set at the height of the Cold War, where two great chess masters — an American and a Russian — meet in Bangkok to battle for the world championship… but their greatest contest is for the love of one woman.

Before Mamma Mia!, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of the pop group ABBA, fashioned this daring musical from an idea by lyricist Tim Rice. Originally satirizing the hostility of the international political atmosphere of the 1980s, Chess could very well have been written today, as politics, espionage and intrigue collides with love and chess. It features the Top 40 hit “One Night in Bangkok” along with “Heaven Help My Heart” and the stirring “Anthem.”
RegionalMusicalRegional
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Music
  • Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Lyrics
  • Tim Rice
Book
  • Richard Nelson
Director
  • Mark Harborth

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    Wheelchair seating available. For wheelchair access, please alert the house manager upon arrival or by calling 718-832-0617 24 hrs. in advance

  • Seating

    Seats 99.

  • Elevator/Escalator

    elevator is available

  • Entrance

    Three steps to enter the building from the sidewalk. The theatre is located one floor down, and is accessible by elevator or stairs. The staff can provide full access for all handicapped or wheelchair patrons.

  • Restroom

    Located one flight up from the main level

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    Concessions are available on the same level as the theatre.

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