What is Signature Theatre’s new production of Chess about?
Jill: It’s really centered on the character of Florence. She is the American chess player’s (Freddie Trumper) ‘second’. They have a torrid love affair and have been together for 7 years. When they arrive at the World Chess Championship, she finds herself falling in love with the Russian (Anatoly Sergievsky), who is opposing the American. Joel: How would you describe director Eric Schaeffer’s vision for the show? Jill: In my opinion, Eric’s vision is dead-on! Eric has given us a clear story and great motivation as to where we are going with the story. The set – which I am sure he advised on – is very clean. There’s not a lot of distraction, and we have our beautiful lights – it’s fantastic to look at! We have narrowed down all the elements of storytelling. From the moment the show begins – it takes off. It’s like being on a train and you just go. I can tell from the four weeks we have been onstage that the audience comes right along with us. I have never been in a show where the audienc
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