Chess in Concert

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Call Number: DVD 781.66 Ch
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Widescreen.
Program notes and synopsis by Tim Rice ([16] p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Act 1. Merano, 1979. Prologue ; The story of chess. Merano ; What a scene! What a joy! ; Merano (reprise). Commie newspapers ; Press conference. Molokov and Anatoly ; Where I want to be. Difficult and dangerous times ; The arbiter ; Hymn to chess ; The merchandisers ; Chess game #1 ; The arbiter (reprise) ; Quartet (a model of decorum and tranquility). Florence and Molokov. 1956, Budapest is rising ; Nobody's side. Mountain duet. Chess game #2. Florence quits ; Pity the child #1. Embassy lament ; Heaven help my heart ; Anatoly and the press ; Anthem -- Act 2. Bangkok, 1980. Golden Bangkok ; One night in Bangkok. One more opponent ; You and I. The Soviet machine. The interview. Someone else's story. The deal ; Pity the child #2. I know him so well. Talking chess. Endgame. You and I (reprise) ; Walter and Florence ; Anthem.
Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Marti Pellow ; host, Tim Rice ; the City of London Philharmonic ; conductor, David Firman ; the West End Chorus ; the London Studio Centre Dancers.
The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital, surround stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

HILARIOUS Soap Opera-Musical about... CHESS. WHat's next, Einstein's theory of RElativity, the EFFING MUSICAL??? LOL!!!! submitted by Tassos on December 26, 2022, 8:15am As I love chess, I was curious to see this to the end, and put the subtitles on too, so I would not miss a word. But soon it DEGENERATED into a STUPID SOAP OPERA, and I lost interest.

BTW, Remember the two morons at SNL, a boy and girl cheerleaders, that went to the most inappropriate sports to cheer the players, including Swimming and... CHESS?

Here the idiotic principle came alive!!! THis STUPID opera had cheerleaders for chess!!! As if they were DUMB BALL GAMES!!!!