About This Show:
33 Variations, with Jane Fonda returning to Broadway, tells a story with words and music of genius and obsession.
As failing hearing and finances plague composer Ludvig Van Beethoven, he begins obsessively writing 33 variations on a nondescript waltz by a second-rate composer.
Simultaneously on stage, yet almost 200 years later, as she faces the prospect of physical deterioration from a terminal illness, Beethoven scholar Katherine Brandt avoids emotional entanglement with her daughter by obsessing on Beethoven’s obsession.
To the background of Beethoven’s music, these characters form a variation of their own.
Who’s Who and What’s What:
33 Variations marks the return of Academy Award-winner Fonda (as Katherine) to Broadway for the first time since 1963. The play also stars Colin Hanks, Samantha Mathis, and Zack Greiner, as Beethoven.
33 Variations was written and is being directed by Moises Kaufman, who was Tony-nominated for directing I Am My Own Wife.
Where and When:
- Eugene O'Neill Theatre
230 West 49th Street
- Show Times and Tickets
- Previews Start: February 9, 2009
- Opening: March 9, 2009
- Closing: May 24, 2009
- Run Time: 2 hours, 50 minutes (including one intermission)