And in the end I could have played it differently...

I went to see Chess tonight, with ldot (who hasn't updated that journal for years). I am very, very fond of Chess, loving it since my days in high school.

Chess is a story about the cold war playing out in international chess tournaments. Unfortunately, shortly after it came out, the cold war was changing dramatically, what with Glasnost and all that, and it quickly felt a bit dated. I saw a production of it in Sydney, Oz, in 1990 -- the story had been retooled to seem more up-to-date, but that version of the story lost some of its edge, I felt.

This production (currently playing at the Princess of Wales Theater) was much closer to the original storyline. The first act takes place in 1979, and the cold war is in full force.

There was a lot to like about this production, but to be honest, I wanted to like it more than I actually did.

( lengthy opining about the production )