For those of you who missed the PBS broadcast of Chess In Concert, the DVD and CD have both been made available through various online vendors now like amazon.com (including a trailer on the page):
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Concert-Josh-G...46751869&sr=8-1

Interview with Josh Groban & Clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWWHSArn7hQ

Chess has always been a bit of a fragmented show, and there isn't one defining production (the same can be said of many of Wildhorn's shows). This concert version attempts to create somewhat finalized version. It boasts an all-star cast, including:

Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Kerry Ellis, Marti Pellow, David Bedella, and Clarke Peters.

For the most part, the performers do a good job in their roles. Josh Groban, who is not known for his musical theatre acting/singing, exceeded my expectations and Kerry Ellis steals the show in her AMAZING rendition of "Someone Else's Story." Idina and a few others failed to impress me too much, but this is still a GREAT DVD for fans of Chess. The show has been mutiliated into many different forms, but they've chosen to go back to the basics with this production. The story is complex and a bit hard to follow still, but it involves themes of political corruption and forbidden romances. The music is very captivating to me, but admittedly not for everyone.

I was able to catch the last half of thie concert on PBS. It was wonderful. I had to pull out my Chess CD and listen to it again. :D

I bought the two disc CD to download to my ipod but when I play it on my ipod it sounds like the disc is skipping? and the playback is really poor. Has anyone else had that trouble?