The musical Chess premiered in London in 1986 and then on Broadway two years later. Despite its gorgeous score with music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, audiences weren’t enamored of the story. They didn’t flo …Read more

Photos by Julieta Cervantes Today most celebrities are on social media, so everything they do is shared with the public. It was quite different years ago when celebrities like Neil Diamond performed. If they chose to keep their lives private, they st …Read more

The infectious punk-pop sounds of The Go-Go’s and the Renaissance poetry of Sir Philip Sidney come together in the new musical Head Over Heels, running at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre through May 6th, before its transfer to Broadway. Fast-paced, of …Read more

Even the most devoted fans of Chess, the Cold War rock musical by Tim Rice, and Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, know that the book has more issues than a king trapped in a corner next to two bishops. With a convoluted plot involving Russ …Read more