When thinking about the Swedish pop scene or Broadway, one rarely conjures Chess. In New York City, it is currently hard to forget that Chess is on. The city billboards not occupied by Zohran Mamdani’s friendly smile are mostly selling passersby on the power trio of Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher. Aaron Tveit delivers a quintessential Aaron Tveit performance, truly shining in the second act. Like most Broadway shows, it is, undoubtedly, an evening well-spent, but, after all the choreography and costume work, it stops just short of transcendence.

Source: Daily Sun February 04, 2026 05:09 UTC