On Buying Tickets for "Chess"

 I feel my old age most deeply when I'm standing in line for tickets to the revival of "Chess." All I want to do is complain about Lea Michele. 

The role of Florence once belonged to Judy Kuhn--possibly the greatest singer in Broadway history. Now, in 2025, the best we can do is Lea Michele?

A 7:30 pm start time means that I will be out past 11--but what can I do? Maybe I'll be able to sleep in the Uber.

In my younger and more impressionable era, I thought "Nobody's Side" was thrilling. Now all I can think about is scansion:

Everybody's PLAY-ING the GAME...

But nobody's rules ARE the SAME!

Who talks that way?

Enough already. I make the purchase. Time to think about a tall glass of Ovaltine.