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June 24th, 2009
Chess in Concert
Tim Rice on Chess for Theater Talk

In this episode of Theater Talk, Legendary lyricist Sir Tim Rice talks about his career and the revival of “Chess,” the musical he wrote with ABBA. He also discusses his musical King David, which he wrote for Disney with Alan Menken, and his collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber that produced the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and made the team legends of the musical theater.

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#1

GREAT SHOW . Missed the begining when will you air this show (Chess ) again ?

#2

Great concert (Chess) – I bought the CD – but missed the airing of concert this month (June) – will this concert be re-aired in the near future?
Thanks!

#3

I missed the whole thing! Please show it over again…and how can we find out when you might do that?

#4

Will the Music and the Brain program be shown again? My digital box wasn’t connected.
Thank you-
adrienne h.

#5

I, like others who have posted, missed a portion of the June ‘Chess’ airing and would like to see it broadcasted again.

#6

You advertised a way to purchase a DVD of the broadcast of CHESS. Where can I buy a copy. Your store says there is no such DVD.

#7

I only saw like the last 5 minutes of Chess and all that I have been hearing from my friends is that this is a must see. When will it be aired again in the Sacramento area?

#8

Love Josh groban and loved chess. when will it be aired again?

#9

If you follow this link,

http://chessinconcertdotcom/linksdothtml

to the Chess in Concert official website, there is another link that will direct you to purchasing the DVD and/or CD. (Replaces the [dot] with actual “.”)

They were at Overstock but the sold out. I hope this helps any onther fans looking to buy this astounding musical.

I can’t wait to see this.

#10

when will chess be on again in Omaha Nebraska?

#11

Perfectly dreadful. Hideous singing and the show seems even more pompous than it was on Broadway.

#12

SHAME! How do Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, and Josh Groban equate to hideous singing? And I didn’t think it was pompus, it was dramatic. You, sir, have very little (or no) taste/experience with musical theatre, as far as I can tell. This is my opinion, and I wish you a good day.

#13

for those who are still looking, chess in concert. both the 2 disc live cd and dvd can be purchased at amazon.com for about 20 bucks each. well worth it. one of the best theater scores ever.

#14

I really enjoyed the play. I want to see it again too. You should re-run this as often as you do those Wayne Dyer programs!

#15

For reruns of “Chess,” check your local PBS station office. They usually rerun things like this during pledge drives. (unless it is a Live From Lincol Center,” then it is NEVER rerun!) Keep pressuring your local affiliates to reair the show so they know what kind of programming we’d like to see on pbs! Enough of “This Old House, “Antiques Roadshow,” and “Across Indiana;” BRING ON MORE PROGRAMMING LIKE THIS EXCELLENT CONCERT VERSION OF “CHESS”!!!!!

#16

I loved Chess. Everyone raves about Josh Groban, who played the Russian, but the American was the star, in my opinion. The “other Russian”, who looked Indian in ancestry, was also fabulous. I’d like to know the entire cast roster. The women sang in a typical musical theatre style, but all the men were classically trained.

#17

Please re-show Chess!!! I missed it!

#18

My first visit to PBS web site is to find out how to get a copy of DVD “Chess”. My favorite song: One Night in Bangkok. Well done. Play it again, PBS.

#19

Did not know this was taped for airing -caught last half on 13 pbs nyc-on aug 2-pete seeger at 90 followed hoping for a repeat-Idina’s singing is very coarse -Josh plays it like an opera with great facial expressions-David Carroll and Kunn’s peformances cannot be matched by this staging -nice effort.

#20

please air again! i missed it the first time :(

#21

I, too, missed this broadcast in June and have been disappointed that it has not aired yet this summer. Please do so before the end of the summer.

#22

When will this be reshown? I missed it, love the soundtrack!

#23

I, too, am anxious to see this again. When will it be rebroadcast?

#24

Just caught most of this while working in the house, and LOVED IT!

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