Wednesday, October 17, 2018
8:00 PM (ET)
Black Box Theater, Janet Kinghorn Bernard Theater
Event Type
Performance - Theater
Department
Theater
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=23019
Directed by,
Marie Glotzbach
Written by,
Moisés Kaufman
Performances:
October 12-14 and 16-19 at 8pm (Sunday matinee at 2pm)
Black Box
Theater, Janet Kinghorn Bernard Theater
Synopsis:
In
1819, fledging publisher Anton Diabelli commissioned 50 composers to write a
variation on a waltz he had created. Beethoven rejected the invitation,
dismissing Diabelli’s waltz as ordinary. He then changed his mind
and created not one but 33 variations on Diabelli’s theme.
Why? Why would a composer at the height of his powers become obsessed
with such an insignificant little waltz, and build a major work on it?
Kaufman’s play weaves Beethoven’s artistic journey with that of Katherine,
a contemporary musicologist wrestling to pin down the source of the
composer’s fascination with the simple waltz. Deciphering clues left
behind in Beethoven’s notebooks and letters, Katherine delves into his compositional process
and daily life, finding even greater insight into her own obsession with
genius.
Tickets: $12 general admission and $8 for
students and senior citizens. SEATING IS LIMITED.
To get tickets, visit our
website at theater.skidmore.edu, email our Box Office at boxoffice@skidmore.edu,
or call our Box Office at 518-580-5439. For group sales, please
contact Sarah Marlin at publicity@skidmore.edu.