
Last updated: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
JANE FONDA will return to Broadway for the first time in 46 years when she takes on a starring role in MOISES KAUFMAN's 33 VARIATIONS.
The movie great will play a modern-day musicologist attempting to unravel the mysteries of composer Beethoven's inspirations.
Fonda says, "I can't wait to get back on stage... in this role that I understand so well."
And thrilled Kaufman adds, "I am delighted to be working with one of America's greatest actresses, a performer of such insight, intellect and heart."
Fonda's last appearance on Broadway was in the 1963 drama Strange Interlude.
The play will open in New York this winter (08).
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Source: WENN
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