Mar 18, 2026 1:27pm PT

Choreographer Lorin Latarro on Modernizing ‘Chess,’ Empowering Her Female Ensemble During ‘One Night in Bangkok’ and the Dance Move that Took Six Hours of Prep

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Choreographer Lorin Latarro is no stranger to the musical “Chess.” Aside from listening to the cast recording on repeat as a theater kid, she worked on the 2019 revival at the Kennedy Center.

This time around, she’s back on Broadway and curated the moves for the revival with Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher.

The show is set amid the Cold War and follows Freddie Trumper (Tveit) and a Soviet chess champion, Anatoly Sergievsky (Christopher). Caught in the middle of the competition and these two men is Michele’s Florence Vassy. She’s dating Freddie, but finds herself falling in love with Anatoly.

Choreographer Lorin Latarro on Modernizing 'Chess,' Empowering Her Female Ensemble During 'One Night in Bangkok' and the Dance Move that Took Six Hours of Prep