The Opening: Off-Broadway Premiere

The Opening: Off-Broadway Premiere A new Off-Broadway musical comedy! Runs for ONE MONTH ONLY
Jan 8th - Feb 8th 2026
at the Players Theatre NYC

Book & Lyrics by BROOKE DI SPIRITO

Music & Lyrics by MATEO CHAVEZ LEWIS

Directed by NICK FLATTO

Happy closing to The Opening! We have concluded our 5 week Off-Broadway run at . Thanks to all who joined us on the 64 S...
02/11/2026

Happy closing to The Opening! We have concluded our 5 week Off-Broadway run at . Thanks to all who joined us on the 64 Squares!

1. Signed poster from THE CAST OF CHESS BROADWAY yes it is real yes we freaked out THANK YOU it was all worth it for this moment
2. Bows!
3. Amazing cast and band and crew picture that definitely has everyone looking into the camera
4. One last hurrah for the 🍑🔌 shadow on the graphic

Goodbye & Thank You from all of us at The Opening.
The Opening
The Second Most Famous Musical about Chess
Written by Brooke Di Spirito & Mateo Chavez Lewis

02/05/2026

“I think that’s checkmate four ways”

Couldn’t resist a little prank on our vibrationist/guitarist . Thanks to US WOMEN’S CHAMPION Alexey Root for being such a good sport as our undercover grandmaster!!!!!!

THE OPENING plays just five more performances off-broadway, tix at our link in bio! 🍑🔌

02/04/2026

You guys can’t understand how bouncy this thing is

Shoutout to our talented PSM and ASM ! And of course can’t forget on the slide whistle!

The Opening, the second most famous musical about chess, has just FIVE PERFORMANCES this weekend. Grab your tix now before they sell out!

01/30/2026

Aside from this one line the show is pretty PG

The Opening (aka the 🍑🔌 musical) runs off-broadway for just 9 more performances. Link in bio for tickets to our final two weekends. And for our friends who don’t plan until the last minute (no shade we respect it) we’ve got $30 rush every day!

Featuring the serious onstage acting of , the serious offstage voice of , and the most serious of them all, in the pit.

01/29/2026

Sorry Mets fans 😬 the much requested lyric video to I Can’t Lose - the coda!

This song is about grandmaster Carson Marlsen who simply can’t lose. Unlike all these other losers 🤪 It’s from The Opening, the new off-broadway musical inspired the 2022 chess cheating scandal. Only TEN performances left!

Come on down to The Players Theatre Thursday-Sunday this week and next. Discounts on TDF, todaytix, our website, for students, and of course a limited number of free tickets if you bring your own 🍑🔌!

[The Opening was written by Brooke Di Spirito and Mateo Chavez Lewis, directed by Nick Flatto, and this video features .h as Carson!]

01/20/2026

It’s hard to open up about a big career change. But we’re so lucky to have J as our co-MD on The Opening (the new off-broadway musical). And to answer the number one question we’ve been getting, no, he doesn’t actually get recognized that much (he is facing the stage when he conducts)

01/17/2026

The Opening (the second most famous musical about chess) is playing off-broadway for four more weekends only. Critics are raving!

Simply look up “chess” on todaytix and click the second option. Or bring a 🍑🔌 and get in for free!

Shows Thurs-Sun (in person rush 30 mins before curtain)

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