CANCELED: Roll Over Beethoven

This performance has been canceled due to scheduling conflicts on the artist’s end. CU Presents is working to bring John Malkovich to Boulder in a future season. Ticket purchases will be automatically credited to purchasers’ CU Presents accounts. For questions or to request a refund, please call the ticket office at 303-492-8008 by Dec. 15, 2026.

Internationally acclaimed actor John Malkovich brings his charismatic stage presence to this vivid theatrical portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven. Roll Over Beethoven draws on the emotional force of the composer’s letters to reveal a man caught between resignation and rebellion, love and fury. Across eight psychologically driven episodes, Malkovich gives voice to a Beethoven who moves between eruptive anger, biting wit, intimate reflection and yearning lyricism. Martin Haselböck and the period‑instrument Orchester Wiener Akademie heighten every emotional turn with musical excerpts from Egmont, The Creatures of Prometheus and Beethoven’s symphonies.