Montreal’s Brave New Productions is proud to announce the run of Tony Award winning 33 Variations at Theatre Paradoxe (5959 Monk Boulevard) from May 13-24^th.

Written by Moises Kaufman (The Laramie Project), 33 Variations will be Brave New Productions 20th production and will be directed by Donald Rees and Tracy Allan.

A mother coming to terms with her daughter. A composer coming to terms with his genius. And, even though they’re separated by 200 years, these two people share an obsession that might, even just for a moment, make time stand still. Drama, memory and music combine to transport you from present-day New York to nineteenth-century Austria in this extraordinary American play about passion, parenthood and the moments of beauty that can transform a life.

33 Variations simultaneously examines the creative process behind Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and the journey of a musicologist, Katherine Brandt, to discover the meaning behind why Beethoven was compelled to write thirty-three distinct variations on a simple theme by a minor music publisher. The progression of her Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and her relationship with her daughter are also themes, as is Beethoven’s growing deafness.