"For those who go to Broadway musicals hoping to hear actors perform songs so powerfully you get goosebumps, you’ll find that three times over."
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"has plenty of good moves...but no checkmate. Once again, the show blows its assets; shackled to storytelling that is arguably worse than ever, Chess goes down in forfeit."
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"But while the singing is always superb, one still wishes that the stars’ bark—and the show’s as a whole—had more dramatic bite."
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"This is the Broadway show of the fall that some will claim to dislike and yet most everyone will enjoy, even if that has to be in secret. "
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"Although this 'Chess' match may not have produced a new champion, there’s still some thrilling gameplay, especially from Michele and Christopher, who help provide insight into the magic of 'Chess' "
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"In the unending battle between sincerity and snark, I’m afraid I have to call this particular showdown a draw."
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"If the result is an unwieldy but rousing hot mess with outsize ambitions, maybe now we know how its chess prodigies feel."
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"The endless production becomes totally reliant on the amped-up singing of leads... I was board all right."
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