The event in question will be a benefit for Kaufman's company, Tectonic Theater Project. Past Tectonic shows include Gross Indecency and The Laramie Project.
33 is about the process behind Beethoven's composing of "The Diabelli Variations," which the classical composer wrote after he had gone deaf. Interestingly, it was reported in 2002 that Kaufman was developing Apollo Et Hyacinthus, a play about the first musical composition written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, when a child prodigy of 11.
Mary Beth Piel, Kelli Simpkins, Grant James Varjas, David Chandler and Ming Nu will appear in the performance, Variety reported. The evening will take place at Playwrights Horizons, where Wife began its New York life.
