Performatist
    Musical
    Broadway

    Chess

    Illustration for Chess

    Thursday, May 21, 2026

    7:00 PM

    Imperial Theatre

    Broadway, NYC

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    The Imperial Theatre production of Chess features Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, Hannah Cruz, Bradley Dean and Sean Allan Krill. Tveit and Michele bring established Broadway credits and a focus on vocal storytelling; Cruz won a 2024 Clarence Derwent Award and has originated new roles, while Krill is a Tony-nominated performer and Dean offers a steady stage presence with an emerging recorded profile.

    About the Artists

    Lea Michele

    Lea Michele

    musicals

    Lea Michele is a New York–based stage performer and vocalist whose career began in childhood Broadway casts, including *Les Misérables*, *Ragtime*, *Fiddler on the Roof*, and later *Spring Awakening*. She became widely known to TV audiences through *Glee*, while continuing to work as a singer and songwriter.

    Hannah Cruz

    Hannah Cruz

    musicals

    Hannah Cruz is a New York–based actress and singer whose work centers on Broadway musicals. She drew attention for creating Inez Milholland in *Suffs* and for her work in the original company of *The Connector*, earning a 2024 Clarence Derwent Award for those performances.

    Bradley Dean

    Bradley Dean is a New York–based stage and screen performer whose work centers on Broadway and large-scale musicals. At the Imperial Theatre, he appears in *Chess* alongside Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, Hannah Cruz, and Sean Allan Krill, in a company that also includes Nicholas Christopher and Bryce Pinkham.