When your hard-earned fame has been surpassed by a brilliantly gifted, potty-mouthed golden boy, what else can you do but smile to his face while secretly plotting his downfall? Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, winner of seven Tony Awards - including Best Play - and the Oscar for Best Picture, depicts the flamboyant genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as seen through the eyes of his desperately jealous contemporary, composer Antonio Salieri.

In the heat of Cold War tensions and the World Chess Championship, a Russian and an American face off, putting far more at stake than the title of Chess Champion. A love triangle forms when Florence, chess second to the American, Freddie, falls for the competition, Russian Anatoly, and all soon realize that chess isn’t the only game of strategy being played. Throughout Chess, a rock musical, the players, lovers, politicians, and spies all struggle to get the upper-hand, even if they must lie, cheat, or betray, proving that “everybody’s playing the game, but nobody’s rules are the same.”