LUDWIG LIVE! Makes Philadelphia Debut, 1/12-29

The new musical stage comedy LUDWIG LIVE! will make its Philadelphia premiere for a limited engagement Jan. 12 – 29 at the Kimmel Center's Innovation Studio. Dressed in period regalia and esconsed behind a grand piano, Ludwig van Beethoven will entertain audiences with his swinging new 'lounge act.' The press opening will be Jan. 13 at 8:00 pm.

Tickets at $35 on Thursdays & Fridays, and $47 on Saturdays & Sundays are available by calling 215-731-3333, online at kimmelcenter.org/broadway or at the Kimmel Center box office, Broad & Spruce Sts. (open daily 10 am to 6 pm). Group discounts are available by calling 215-790-5883. Performances include: Thursday through Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm; Saturdays at 5:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm.

The two-person show features legendary New York pianist Charles Lindberg as 'Ludwig', and the critically acclaimed Katherin Pecevich, playing the 'Stage Manager' who pops on stage in wigs and costumes of the more than two dozen characters she portrays. Lindberg plays the piano from memory, performing the "best hits" of Beethoven, Johann Strauss, Joseph Haydn, John Philip Sousa and Barry Manilow. As his foil, Pecevich sings everything from rock to country music, playing characters from Janis Joplin and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to Napoleon and Ludwig's Yiddish Momma.

LUDWIG LIVE! is written by Emmy Award-winning writer/director/producer Nancy Holson and produced by Howard Perloff, producer of The Big Bang and Frank McCourt's The Irish and How They Got That Way.