Lea Michele Sets Departure Date From Chess on Broadway

Lea Michele will play her final performance as Florence Vassy in Chess at the Imperial Theatre on Sunday, June 21. A new actor for the role will be announced in the coming weeks.

Earlier this week, the first track from the show’s cast album was released. Listen to Michele sing “Nobody’s Side” below:

Chess stars Aaron Tveit, Michele, and Nicholas Christopher. The cast also features Hannah Cruz, Tony Award nominee Bryce Pinkham, Bradley Dean, and Tony Award nominee Sean Allan Krill. The ensemble includes Kyla Bartholomeusz, Daniel Beeman, Shavey Brown, Emma Degerstedt, Casey Garvin, Adam Halpin, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Michael Milkanin, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec, Aliah James, Sydney Jones, Sean MacLaughlin, Sarah Meahl, Chloé Nadon, Ramone Nelson, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard, Michael Olaribigbe, Katerina Papacostas, Samantha Pollino, Adam Roberts, Regine Sophia, Travis Ward-Osborne, and Katie Webber.

In Chess, featuring music and lyrics by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, based on an idea by Rice, two of the greatest chess players in the world compete for something beyond victory as the woman between them is caught in a high-stakes battle of desire and devotion.

This production directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Lorin Latarro has a new book by Danny Strong, orchestrations by Anders Eljas and Brian Usifer, music supervision by Brian Usifer, and music direction by Ian Weinberger.