Great Performances » Chess In Concert http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf The best in the performing arts from across America. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Chess in Concert: Tim Rice on Chess for Theater Talk http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/tim-rice-on-chess-for-theater-talk/791/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/tim-rice-on-chess-for-theater-talk/791/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:46:54 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=791 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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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/tim-rice-on-chess-for-theater-talk/791/feed/ 28 Chess in Concert: Interview with Josh Groban http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/interview-with-josh-groban/785/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/interview-with-josh-groban/785/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:34:30 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=785 Josh Groban, star of the Tim Rice musical “Chess in Concert,” speaks candidly to WNET/THIRTEEN about this passion project, his co-stars Idina Menzel (Wicked) and Adam Pascal (Rent), and the chart-topping music, created by ABBA composers Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Premiering in HD on THIRTEEN on June 17th at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings), Great Performances is proud to present “Chess in Concert,” taped at the Royal Albert Hall in London in May 2008. Click below to watch a preview of the show, as narrated by the “King of Chess” himself, Josh Groban.

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