This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding show has endured all these years.

Chess,” with songs by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and “Evita” lyricist Tim Rice, is a two-hour-forty-five-minute slog through Siberia.

Chess is back on Broadway after 37 years, as big and weird as ever, with as much late-’80s bombast as a Claude Montana runway show, as much cheese as a charcuterie board. Let’s get the Five Ws out of ...

Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher lead a fruitlessly revamped version of the 1980s synth-pop extravaganza ...