Things better left unsaid

PBS to Air Chess in Concert, with Menzel, Pascal and Groban, in 2009

By Andrew Gans
June 6, 2008

Chess in Concert, the two-night, star-studded event that was presented at London's Royal Albert Hall May 12-13, will be aired on PBS stations across the country in 2009.

The concert will air as part of the 2008-2009 Thirteen/WNET NY's "Great Performances" season. A spokesperson for "Great Performances" told Playbill.com that the concert of the Benny Anderson-Tim Rice-Björn Ulvaeus musical will air in 2009. BBC-TV is also expected to broadcast the program.

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So half of the AFA Benefit Concert can be reprised, while two Elphaba's take the stage opposite each other...

Pascal and Ellis Will Join Menzel and Groban in London Chess Concerts

By Andrew Gans
04 Feb 2008

Additional casting has been announced for the upcoming Chess concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall.

According to the official Royal Albert Hall website, Broadway favorite Adam Pascal, who starred in the Actors Fund of America's Chess benefit concert, will repeat his work as Frederick Trumper for London audiences, and British actress Kerry Ellis — of Wicked fame — will play Svetlana. Pascal and Ellis join the previously announced Idina Menzel and international recording artist Josh Groban, who will play, respectively, Florence and the Russian.

The concerts, scheduled for May 12 and 13 at the famed London venue, will be introduced by Chess co-creator Tim Rice. Show time is 8 PM.

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Well.

This is a general post of music stuff that I've loaded. There will probably be a few more posts of this nature up until the weekend of the 22^nd.

Or else, if people have specific requests coming from the (as yet to be updated) list here, you can make requests... :)

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