Chess (musical)

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Broadway musical West End musical stage musical

Chess is a 1980s stage musical with music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, centered on Cold War tensions played out through a world chess championship.

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Label Occurrences
Chess (musical) canonical 4
Chess (original concept album) 1
Chess Original London Cast Recording 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
West End musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1988 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre ⓘ
composer Benny Andersson ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
conceptAlbumReleaseDate 1984 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Anatoly Sergievsky ⓘ
Florence Vassy ⓘ
Freddie Trumper ⓘ
Svetlana ⓘ
the American chess champion ⓘ
the Soviet chess champion ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasPart Act I ⓘ
Act II ⓘ
hasTheme East–West rivalry ⓘ
defection ⓘ
personal vs professional conflict ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
inspiredBy Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Tim Rice ⓘ
lyricsBy Tim Rice ⓘ
musicBy Benny Andersson ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
notableSong Anthem ⓘ
Heaven Help My Heart ⓘ
I Know Him So Well ⓘ
Merano ⓘ
Nobody’s Side ⓘ
One Night in Bangkok ⓘ
Pity the Child ⓘ
The Arbiter ⓘ
You and I ⓘ
orchestrator Anders Eljas ⓘ
premiereDate 1984 ⓘ
premiereLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
premiereTheatre Prince Edward Theatre ⓘ
producedAs concept album ⓘ
producerOfConceptAlbum Benny Andersson ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
Tim Rice ⓘ
setting Cold War ⓘ
World Chess Championship ⓘ
surface form: world chess championship
subject Chess ⓘ
surface form: chess

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Björn Ulvaeus → notableWork → Chess (musical) ⓘ
I Know Him So Well → includedOnAlbum → Chess (musical) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chess (original concept album)
Trevor Nunn → notableWork → Chess (musical) ⓘ
Murray Head → performedIn → Chess (musical) ⓘ
Chess → hasRecording → Chess (musical) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chess Original London Cast Recording
Alexandra Burke → notableWork → Chess (musical) ⓘ