Aaron Tveit will likely be again on Broadway this fall in a revival of the basic musical Chess and he’s teasing the brand new method they’re taking with this manufacturing.

Chess, which options music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and EGOT winner Tim Rice, is the enduring musical the place energy and keenness collide, and the stakes couldn’t be larger. It’s America versus Russia on the World Chess Championship, the place the espionage and romance are as difficult and exhilarating as the sport itself. For the 2 gamers and the lady torn between them, every thing—private, skilled, and political—is in danger… and no person’s guidelines are the identical.

Aaron is starring reverse Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher within the musical, which begins performances on October 15.

“It’s being introduced as nearly a live performance night,” Aaron advised Leisure Weekly. “There’s actual e book scenes and every thing, but it surely’s within the sense that we’re all gamers placing ahead this piece and everybody can come and exit of scenes. Lots of people are going to be on stage on the identical time. They’re attempting to arrange the political period between 1979 and 1983 and deal with the geopolitical tensions between Russia and the U.S. The music is so superb, and if it was solely that, I’d say, come sit within the seats since you’re going to have an excellent night time. However hopefully we’ll pull this little magic trick the place we’re additionally speaking about issues politically that holds a mirror as much as our society at present.”

Aaron will get to carry out the hit track “One Night time in Bangkok,” which turned a Billboard pop hit again within the Nineteen Eighties.

Hearken to a snippet of his rendition now!