The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of “Fugue”

LOS ANGELES - Jan. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- How can composers Piotr Tchaikovsky, Arnold Schoenberg and Carlo Gesualdo balance the chaos of their creativity with their need for love? Playwright Tommy Smith and director Chris Fields (the team behind last season’s Firemen, named one of the “Best Stage Plays of 2014” by Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty) trace three real-life love triangles in a passionate tale of intrigue, jealousy and music.

Set simultaneously in 20th century Austria, 18th century Russia and 17th century Italy,Fugue interlaces three tales of ill-fated romance in counterpoint, a polyphonic telling that reveals each composer’s breathtaking genius — as well as the demons that drive his creativity.

“Tommy has woven together a fascinating story about creativity, sex and violence,” says Fields. “Each of these men is dealing with an obsessive inner chaos that at once fuels his genius and destroys him. In the end the chaos wins.”

Fugue runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.and Sundays at 7 p.m.,Feb. 14 through March 22. There will be one preview performance on Friday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.All tickets are $25.Atwater Village Theatre is located at 3269 Casitas Ave in Los Angeles,CA 90039. On-site parking is free. For reservations and information, call (310)307-3753.