#Svenska Chess is...so iconic.

[pureanonofficial]

CHESS PÅ SVENSKA (2003)

[alwaysbeyondhope]

All the odd numbers for the musical asks!

Thank you so much for this ask!! Sorry it took a little bit for me to respond!

1. guilty pleasure musical: Cats 3. favorite “iconic” musical theatre song: Memory from Cats 5. favorite song with a character’s name in the title: Lisa Carew from Jekyll and Hyde 7. favorite overture: Mamma Mia 9. favorite song that’s completely unnecessary to the show’s plot: U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. from Starlight Express 11. favorite broadway leading lady: Strictly Broadway? Carolee Carmello. Musical theater in general? Helen Sjöholm 13. your first broadway crush: very first? Michael Ball. Still lasting? Carolee Carmello 15. broadway actor you’re proud of: Jeremy Jordan. And he is just so stinking cute I just love him so much. 17. biggest “dream” role (a part you’ll probably never play because of gender, age, voice part, race, show rights, etc): Florence in Chess. Hands down. 19. two contrasting styles/genres you love: Not quite what it’s asking for but I like Nostalgic ones (ones I grew up listening to like Cats and Chess and Rent) and newer musicals now (Hamilton, Great Comet, SIX) 21. unsettling/dark musical you really like: Jekyll and Hyde (specifically the concept album) 23. show you really like that’s targeted at a kids audience: I feel like Mamma Mia is targeted as a “family show” but it’s one of my favorite musicals 25. show that shouldn’t have closed: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 27. favorite musical that integrates another language: Kristina från Duvemåla (which actually integrates English since it’s a Swedish musical) 29. favorite clever broadway rhyme: “I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion / the way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion” - Washington On Your Side from Hamilton 31. Jason Robert Brown or William Finn? Jason Robert Brown 33. Alan Menken or Jeanine Tesori? Alan Menken 35. two shows that are essentially the same: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar 37. musical movie you enjoy: Victor/Victoria 39. favorite broadway trope: witty leading lady that belts 41. show you thought was great, but the ending changed your mind: Dear Evan Hansen - but really, “ending” is anything after Requiem.  43. show you know the most random trivia about (and include a fun fact!): Chess. Fun fact: Chess på svenska (Chess in Swedish) was Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’s reimagining of the show. They reordered the numbers and kept more closely to the original concept album, but translated it all into Swedish and added two songs. And it was a huge success in Sweden. 45. show you keep meaning to listen to but haven’t gotten around to it: In The Heights 47. “school edition” musical you think is well done: Into The Woods 49. favorite side by side by susan blackwell guest star/episode: I do not know what this is, I’ll be honest 51. favorite show based on real events: Newsies

[pureanonofficial]

Pity the Child in Chess på svenska is so iconic. Freddie cries real tears on stage while the Most Bitching Guitar Solo In The History Of Chess plays over his anguish. I adore it.

(Plus, the guitarist is Lars-Ove "Lasse" Wallender, who was a guitarist for ABBA, and he also contributed iconic guitar parts to the concept album of Chess!)