THE OPENING PLAYED ITS FINAL SHOW ON FEBRUARY 8th
Thank you to everyone who supported our 5 week off-broadway run!
IN THE PRESS
"NICK FLATTO'S DIRECTION ALWAYS MAKES THE RIGHT CHOICES"
Theatrescene
"Flatto’s direction is always deft particularly in the chess championship numbers (“Sixty-Four Squares,” “World Chess Champion,” “World Championship I and II” and “Black and White”)"
"NEW WRITERS BROOKE DI SPIRITO AND MATEO CHAVEZ LEWIS ARE TALENTED AND ORIGINAL"
THEATRESCENE
"...and we look forward to their future musicals"
"Di Spirito’s book is both humorous and raunchy...teenagers may find it hilarious. Chavez Lewis’ music is pulsating and melodic..."
"Their wittiest lyrics are written for Harrison O’Callaghan who gets to sing “I Can’t Lose” as Carson Marlsen and “My Queen” as Marx Clarkson, the entertainment at the prom. Both song numbers segue into patter with very clever rhymes."
"RYAN JACOBS (NEWTON) IS ENDEARING MUCH LIKE THE YOUNG DANIEL RADCLIFFE IN HIS HARRY POTTER DAYS"
THEATRESCENE
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"DOMINATING THE STAGE LIKE A BRUNETTE THOR IS HARRISON O'CALLAGHAN (CARSON MARLSEN)"
THE UNFORGETTABLE LINE
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LIMITED RUN
January 8th - February 8th
RUSH POLICY
$30 tickets 30 minutes before showtime (till sold out)
Come on down! Cash preferred.
30% off at box if you bring a playbill or ticket from Chess Broadway
(physical playbill or ticket)
Group / Student Discounts available
Starting at groups of 5. Email us theopeningoffbway@gmail.com and we'll hook you up
Bring your own buttplug!
And get in for free! Yes, really. One of our writers will pay for your ticket. While supplies last...
NORTHEASTERN GLOBAL NEWS
"Di Spirito describes “The Opening” as a “bro comedy meets Faustian bargain” story about a young chess player named Newton Anderson, who tries to cheat his way through the world championships — including in a match against the reigning chess No. 1 Carson Marlson. (Chess lovers out there might do a double-take at that name.)"
BROADWAY
WORLD
"When asked how they first came up with the idea to make this meme into a musical, the writing duo shared that they originally wrote up the pitch as a joke...but it got so many laughs in their writers' group, they knew they had to write it."
STAGE WHISPER PODCAST
Thanks to Stagewhisper for interviewing Brooke and Mateo - podcast everywhere you hear podcasts!
Woah!
OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT!
From the award-winning musical writing team Brooke Di Spirito and Mateo Chavez Lewis comes the Off-Broadway debut musical comedy, The Opening.
In this side-splitting new musical comedy, nothing is ever black and white.
Newton Anderson, a 17-year-old chess prodigy, is facing the greatest player in the world: Carson Marlsen. With international notoriety and $100,000 on the line, Newton and his clueless best friend, Jim, hatch an...unconventional...plan to cheat. For curious theatre-goers and chess fans alike, come on down to The Opening. Just maybe don't bring your kids.
(THE OPENING is not affiliated with Chess on Broadway, it's a coincidence of timing!)
WRITING TEAM
Brooke (left - book, lyrics) and Mateo (right - music, lyrics) playing chess as little kids!