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Lea Michele will depart nan Broadway revival of Chess connected Sunday, June 21, finishing an engagement that began pinch nan show’s first preview past October.
Her replacement successful nan domiciled of Florence Vassy has not been announced.
Michele’s exit was announced coming by producers Tom Hulce, Robert Ahrens and The Shubert Organization on pinch Creative Partners Productions.
The erstwhile Glee and Funny Girl actor co-stars pinch Aaron Tveit, Nicholas Christopher, Hannah Cruz, Bryce Pinkham, Bradley Dean and Sean Allan Krill. She is nan first of nan main formed to denote a departure date.
Notably, Michele’s exit will hap aft this year’s Tony Awards connected June 7. A information and imaginable awards-show capacity look likely.
The revival opened November 16, 2025, astatine nan Imperial Theatre to mixed reviews, though astir critics praised nan vocal chops of Michele, Tveit and Christopher.
Chess features a caller book by Danny Strong, pinch euphony and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, based connected an thought by Rice. This caller accumulation is directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Lorin Latarro pinch original orchestrations by Anders Eljas, orchestrations by Anders Eljas and Brian Usifer and euphony supervision by Brian Usifer.
