Chess, The Musical
March 22-25 at 7:00pm
March 24-25 at 10:00pm
Produced in arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Sponsored by Playa Vista Development
Performed at The Robert Frost Auditorium

$15 General Admission
$13 ASB/Children/Seniors/Faculty

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Synopsis :

The collaborators on Chess are giants of rock music and rock musicals and they have created a complex rock opera that played to full Broadway houses and standing ovations. Here the ancient game becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competitive gamesmanship, super power politics and international intrigues. The pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American chess star, the earnest Russian champion and a Hungarian American female assistant who arrives at the international chess match in Bangkok with the American but falls for the Russian. From Bangkok to Budapest the players, lovers, politicians, and spies manipulate and are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score that includes "One Night in Bangkok" and "Heaven Help My Heart."

"One of the best rock scores ever produced. This is an angry, difficult, demanding and rewarding show."---Time.
"Worth seeing."---N.Y. Post.

For Information, call 310.842.4200 x3524, or email farhangpernoon@ccusd.org

Designers :

Music - Benny Anersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus
Lyrics - Tim Rice
Book - Richard Nelson
Director - Joseph Horn
Musical Director - Tony Spano, Jr.
Choreographer - Cari Ann Shim Sham*
Technical Director/Set Designer - Keith Mitchell
Lighting Designer - David Smith
Stage Manager - Anais Moore-Jaccard

Performers :

Jon B.
Gianna B.
Molly C.
Jackie E.
Libby G.
Micky L.
Dana Mo.
Dana Mu.
Connor N.
Chris N.
Ashley P.
Alexandria R.
Chris S.
Andrea S.
Ali S.
Clare S.
Brian S.
Brandon S.
Iman S.
Gal V.
Stefanie V.
Allegra W.
Lauren Y.
Penelope Y.