Chess at Point Park Conservatory

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper: The '80s weren't a good time for anyone: the fashions, Reagan, big hair, etc. And in no area was the barrel's bottom scraped more than musical theater. We're talking Andrew Lloyd Webber, Les Miz, Miss Saigon, et al. By 1989, there were only three Tony nominees for Best Musical, two of which were revues and the third ran for only 60 performances. Point Park's Conservatory Theatre presents one of the loopiest productions from that era; Chess, with music by Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus (the guys from ABBA), lyrics by Tim Rice and book by Richard Nelson.