Five Tony Nominations
including Best Play and Best Actress in a Play
JANE FONDA
IN
33 VARIATIONS
Final Week!
Written and Directed by Moisés Kaufman
Also starring
SAMANTHA MATHIS, COLIN HANKS, ZACH GRENIER
DON AMENDOLIA, SUSAN KELLERMANN, ERIK STEELE & DIANE WALSH
concludes its limited engagement Thursday, May 21st
“A compelling, intelligent and passionate evening of theater.
Jane Fonda heads a superb cast. Welcome back to Broadway!” –Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC
“An incredible play. Everybody in the cast is simply wonderful.
Fonda is elegant, glamorous and ultimately gallant. Get in line now!” –Liz Smith
On Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre
33 VARIATIONS will play its final performance on Thursday, May 21st at 8:00 PM. Jane Fonda stars with Samantha Mathis, Colin Hanks, Zach Grenier, Don Amendolia, Susan Kellermann, Erik Steele and Diane Walsh, written and directed by Moisés Kaufman at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street).
33 VARIATIONS began previews on February 9th and opened officially on March 9th, 2009. When the limited engagement ends on May 21st, it will have played 31 preview performances and 85 regular performances.
Remaining performance schedule is as follows:
Tonight, Monday, May 18th at 8pm
Tuesday, May 19th at 7PM
Wednesday, May 20th at 2PM – matinee
Wednesday, May 20th at 8PM
Thursday, May 21st at 8PM
The design team includes Derek McLane (Sets), Janice Pytel (Costumes), David C. Woolard (Additional Costumes), David Lander (Lights), André Pluess (Sound), Jeff Sugg (Projection Design), Charles LaPointe (Hair/Wig Design), Daniel Pelzig (Choreography) and Mark Bly (Dramaturg).
Jane Fonda heads a cast of eight in 33 VARIATIONS, a new American play written and directed by Moisés Kaufman. 33 VARIATIONS tells the story of Katherine Brandt (Jane Fonda) trying to solve a centuries-old mystery about the world’s greatest composer. Katherine’s obsession takes her from present-day New York to 19th century Austria. As the music that consumes Katherine comes to life on stage, she races against time to find common ground with her daughter and to embrace the legacy of her own life.
The Tectonic Theater Project’s production of 33 VARIATIONS is being produced on Broadway by David Binder, Ruth Hendel, Barbara Whitman, Goldberg/Mills, Latitude Link, Arielle Tepper Madover, Bill Resnick, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman and Willis/True Love Productions. Tectonic Theater Project is the award winning non-profit theater company behind such plays as The Laramie Project and Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, as well as nationally recognized arts education programs in high schools and universities around the country.
33 Variations was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Play, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Jane Fonda), Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Zach Grenier), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Derek McLane) and Best Lighting Design of a Play (David Lander); three Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Actress in a Play (Jane Fonda), Outstanding Set Design of a Play (Derek McLane), Outstanding Sound Design (André J. Pluess); five Outer Critic’s Circle Awards including Outstanding New Broadway Play (Moisés Kaufman), Outstanding Director of a Play (Moisés Kaufman), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Zach Grenier), Outstanding Set Design (Derek McLane), Outstanding Lighting Design (David Lander); two Drama League Awards including Distinguished Production of a Play (Moisés Kaufman) and Distinguished Performance Award (Jane Fonda). Colin Hanks received a Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for 33 VARIATIONS are currently on-sale to the general public and are available by visiting Telecharge.com, calling (212) 239-6200 and at the box office of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). Ticket prices range from $67.00 – $117.00.
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