Chess: The Musical Reviews

Ears Ringing from Toronto

END GAME

Not very sound I am told is a UK expression, it sums up this production of chess its far Too busy, too many bodies on stage, too loud and the playing maybe 'live on stage' it;s not of a good quality, I don't understand the point of it employing people who can do lots of things adequately rather one thing well, the plot is lost in a mass of bodies, muttered dialogue and garbled lyrics, As for the dancing, that looks like everyone is loaded. Worse show I have ever seen

P.J. Bell from Toronto

INDECIPHERABLE PAINFUL NOISE

I was seated in the first row of the balcony. I could not decipher 90% of the words to any song. The music was too loud, and the individual songs were painfully loud and fuzzy. I wish I knew what the characters were saying! As a result, the ending made no sense. Everyone in the elevator on the way home felt the same. What a huge disappointment! However, the costumes were very interesting.

Nicola from Toronto

MINDNUMBINGLY AWFUL!

Like many other reviewers this is the first time i have left a show at the interval. I felt bad for the performers, who were all talented but having to perform drivel whilst dressed like display ads for adult S&M Halloween costumes. I hear the second half was better but i have no regrets about not staying to find out. The guy beside me was also unimpressed and commented"it's too loud to even sleep through." Save your money for whatever is coming next.

Craig Leyshon from Toronto

POOR

Poor writing. How many syllables can you really put in one beat of music and still understand the words? Poor direction. The cast sing, dance, act and play the entire score live, sometimes they even manage to look like they have a clue. Unfortunately they never quite pull it off. Impressed NO!

JessieLiu from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2 TAM HOT

i not know what it about even now 4 that to happen id have to know the songs b4 cos not able understand words dancin wos hugely lame. was sooo mega bored all nite :0( best part 4 me was after being allowed take photos / get sign stuff at the stage door that was awesome tam is soooooo hot ;0) star 4 him he my star now 4eva <3

Max Ewwww from Toronto

BOBBY'S FISSURE GOES RED

I must admit, I'm not a big musical goer, but it's hard to imagine anything worse. One star because it looked like the cast was trying fairly hard. And the theatre kept us dry from the rain. Terrible subject matter for a musical--might as well put music and lyrics to a vacuum cleaner manual. Was the music seriously written by the ABBA folk? Horrendous. There were times when I honestly wanted to cover my ears it was so cacophonous. I couldn't understand the words, which, in an action-less piece, is really all you have left to unravel the plot. No wonder they give you a synopsis of the plot as an insert. You couldn't understand it otherwise. It was a love triangle of sorts, but you didn't care one way or another. How did the lyric go: "Nobody's on nobody's side." Ya, that about sums it up. I've seen more interesting choreography on an actual chess board. And Jimmie Fox had the most annoying twang in his voice, like a cat in heat caught in a C-clamp. It was a train-wreck, couldn't leave.

A armstrong from Toronto

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Awful play we left at intermission also

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