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The Sorrows of Young Werther

First Preview: May 20, 2015
Opening Date: Jun 3, 2015
Closing Date: Jun 5, 2015
Running Time: 02:15
The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Playing @
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway, New York, NY 10023
An original, fully staged theatrical concert interweaving drama with the music of Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Pfitzner, based on Goethe’s tale of obsessive and unrequited love. 

Written feverishly in a white heat of autobiographical inspiration, “The Sorrows of Young Werther” turned the 24-year-old Goethe into one of the first international celebrities. Napoleon read the novel seven times and carried it with him during his Egyptian campaign and it started a "Werther Fever" throughout Europe, with young men dressing as the protagonist and committing copy-cat suicides.

Werther's obsessive love of Charlotte emerges with great pathos in a haunting and romantic evening featuring Schumann’s magnificent song cycle “Dichterliebe,” one of the most compelling musical depictions of unrequited love, as well as songs for mezzo-soprano and two pianists mirroring the two main characters.

Written by James Melo based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novella The Sorrows of Young Werther
Bobby Steggert, Werther
Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Eve Wolf &Max Barros, pianists


PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY @ 8 PM
Off BroadwayConcertPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: There will be a 7pm pre-show lecture on both days

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$19 - Students/Seniors

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Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Infrared hearing devices are offered that can be used in any seat during any performance in the Sharp or Thalia. The devices are free to use. To request an assisted listening device, patrons should see the House Manager
  • Curb Ramps

    Ramps are available on either side of our theater.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    The Thalia theatre is accessible via elevator from the main lobby or through the side entrance located on 95th
  • Parking

    Public Parking at 169 West 95th Street (special rate: $25 for 6 hours with your Symphony Space ticket stub) and Convenient Parking both provide easy and reasonably-priced access to our venue.
  • Restroom

    Restrooms with accessible features are located inside the Sharp theater and on the Thalia level.
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Visual Assistance

    Guide dogs accommodated. Please inquire when buying tickets.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Designated wheelchair-accessible seating as well as a ramp with access to the orchestra section

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