“It’s kind of fascinating,” says Trevor Southworth, who is playing Russian chess champ Anatoly in a Florida Theatrical Association concert version. “It lives in its own place in musical theater.”
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It was the northern premiere of the musical and Barrow Amateur did the town proud. Because the show is nearly all sung, and there are very few spoken words, the actors had to put all their emotions across in song, stated the review. Kenny Smyth as the American world chess champion Frederick Trumper did this brilliantly. He had a strong rock voice and performed his songs really well, and his added dramatic dimension made him a force to be reckoned with, said the review. Sarah Flanaghan as Florence Vassey, Trumper s chess second and lover, gave a moving performance as the woman who kept putting love for the men in her life before her own interests.
Big names deliver vocal splendour in this preposterous musical
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Regent Theatre, April 22-24
Credit:Jeff Busby
A show for pop mavens rather than musical theatre nerds,
Chess is infinitely more famous as a soundtrack than a live event. ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus made liberal use of their talent for bangers â this is the musical that gave us
One Night In Bangkok and
I Know Him So Well â but the story is, and probably always will be, too convoluted to stage without looking preposterous.