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Sweeney Hyde
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
Joined: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:46 pm
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Location: Brigadoon
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 I KNOW NOTHING! I just want to say that I've seen a ton of shows, watched most of the movie musicals out there, and heard most of the cast recordings out there. However, I know relatively nothing about this show. I really don't care to either. It's not that I'm purposely avoiding knowledge about Chess, I just don't care. No one has to respond. I just wanted to get that off my chest. *Breathes HUGE sigh of relief*
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Slaine
Supporting Player
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:54 am
Posts: 107
Location: Camberley, England
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Don't feed the troll.
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Salome
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
Joined: Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:07 pm
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Main Role: Performer
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Chess is such a wonderful show. the charaters,the music,the plot..granted its flawed..but I consider it a flawed masterpiece. My finest moment on stage in a musical was playing Florence..i was emotionally a wreck by the end of each performance.
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superdave
Off-Broadway Lead
Joined: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:48 pm
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I hate Chess. You are not missing much. ABBA shouldnt be allowed to do theatre- yet they did it twice...dammit.
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West Side Story-A-rab
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A Christmas Carol-Bob Crachit
Narnia-Mr. Beaver
La Cage Aux Folles-Hercule
Fiddler on the Roof-Sasha/Dancer
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Jenko
Tony Winner
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:21 am
Posts: 378
Location: London, UK
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im not a fan at all but the performances i saw at gsa were incredible
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Previous: Lincoln Centre's South Pacific at Barbican and UK Tour
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Salome
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
Joined: Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:07 pm
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Main Role: Performer
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If you only heard the concept recording..you havent heard Chess..the broadway version is much better actinbg andvocal wise.and the saubsequent concert versions are wonderful ass well. Chess also offers one of the meatiest women's roles in all musical theatre.
and ABBA didnt write CHess 2 members of ABBA did the music and Tim Rice did the lyrics.
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Mademoiselle Lanoire
Tony Winner
Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:56 am
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Location: Paris
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superdave
Off-Broadway Lead
Joined: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:48 pm
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I have the Broadway Recording... still junk in my eyes.
I have the Concept Recording...Junk.
And being that all of ABBA's songs were written by the two male members of ABBA. Essentially, ABBA wrote the music to Chess. And I know Tim Rice wrote the lyrics. I love Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's work, dearly. It's the only ALW shows, I am crazy about.
But thats my opinion of it. To each its own...we all like different things.
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Guys and Dolls- Benny Southstreet
West Side Story-A-rab
Forum- Hero
A Christmas Carol-Bob Crachit
Narnia-Mr. Beaver
La Cage Aux Folles-Hercule
Fiddler on the Roof-Sasha/Dancer
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