Ageless Fonda Seeks Beethoven's Theme on Broadway: John Simon
Ending in a laughable pseudo-epiphany, "33 Variations" is really a charade in three parts: one part "Amadeus," one part Cliffs Notes, and one part "Lifetime Movie of the Week."
Today is Thursday, June 18, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Holly Cruikshank Kerry Butler Mara Hobel Juan Chioran Brian Benben Carol Kane Linda Thorson Paul McCartney Elizabeth Franz Jack O'Brien George Hearn Roger Mollien Michael Blakemore Ethel Winter Richard Boone Sammy Cahn Dick Foran Avon Long E. G. Marshall Ray Bauduc Keye Luke Louis Alter Dink Trout Philip Barry Maurice Schwartz Ernie Adams Mary Alden Thais Lawton Edmund Breese Erin Davie Marsha Garces Williams Mike Ockrent Irving Jacobson