"Chess in Concert" - Wed, June 17 on PBS

All Things Chess
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On Wednesday, June 17th, PBS’ “Great Performances” airs Tim Rice’s musical “Chess”. In my local area, it airs 8:00-10:30PM E.T.

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I wonder which version of the score they’re using?

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Kera in North Texas = Dallas area.

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It’s the 2008 revival version.

My PBS stations are repeating it 12-2:30 AM and 2-4:30AM on Friday (Central time.) Which I’m more than glad for, since I came into it a half hour late… :slight_smile: Still time to fire up the DVR. :mrgreen:

Thanks Jim T.!!!

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I watched this last night and was amazed by it. Very well done and very moving.

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Grrrr! I knew about it, and then forgot to watch. I guess I’ll have to see if they’re rebroadcasting it.

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It’s also available on DVD. $14.99 from Amazon, for example.

Regards,
John

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I taped it for $0.

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I might have to see if my friend who works for PBS can score me a copy.

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Polly, I suspect it’ll be available as a premium on the next fund-raising drive at WNET.

Having watched it twice now, I still think this is a musical that ALMOST works, about a subject that just doesn’t excite people, which is probably why it’s never been a big commercial success, at least in the USA, despite the immensely talented team who created it. (It ran for 3 years in London, but only about 2 months in New York.)