Cast and Creative Team Announced for Entertainment Community Fund's CHESS Benefit Concert

11/30/2022 12:30pm


Producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman, and the Entertainment Community Fund, formerly The Actors Fund, announced today the complete cast and creative team for the one-night-only benefit concert of the legendary musical "Chesson Mon Dec 12 at 7:30 pm ET at the Broadhurst. Joining the cast are Bradley Dean as “Ivan Molokov,” Tony  Sean Allan Krill as “Walter de Courcey,” and  Bryce Pinkham as “The Arbiter” with Kate Bailey, Joe Beauregard, Neal Benari, Brendon Chan, Nkrumah Gatling, Masumi Iwai, Nina Lafarga, Ross Lekites, Austin Lesch, Alicia Lundgren, Sean MacLaughlin, Robin Masella, Kaitlyn Mesh, Katerina Papacostas, Julius Rubio, Emily Stillings, Stephen Tewksbury, and Christopher Vo rounding out the ensemble. As previously announced, the concert will star Darren Criss as “Freddie Trumper”, Lena Hall as “Florence Vassey”, Ramin Karimloo as “Anatoly Sergievsky” and Solea Pfeiffer as “Svetlana Sergievsky”.  The concert celebrates the score by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and  Sir Tim Rice, and features a new book by Danny Strong. Joining previously announced Director Michael Mayer, the creative team consulting for the concert production will include Lorin Latarro (Movement), Kevin Adams (Lighting), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound), David Rockwell (Settings), Lisa Zinni (Costumes), Brian Usifer (Music Supervision, Additional Arrangements and Additional Orchestrations), Roberto Sinha (Music Direction), and Anders Eljas (Arrangements and Orchestrations). Casting is by Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA. Lisa Lacucci will serve as Production Stage Manager. "Chess" is a love story set against the historic Cold War chess battles between the United States and Russia where ideologies dangerously clash. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...