This article by Robert Loerzel originally appeared in Playbill magazine in March 2012. What are Ludwig van Beethoven and Quasimodo doing together on the same stage? Why are they sitting at a table with microphones? And why are they singing operatically about a stage direction written by Anton Chekhov? Audiences may well wonder about these… Continue reading Playbill feature: ‘The Hunchback Variations Opera’