Classic Conversations
with Michael Kahn
featuring F. Murray Abraham
7:30 p.m
Oct 16 2012
Classic Conversations
In the Sidney Harman Hall
Our Classic Conversation's series with Michael Kahn invites some of the world's
most renowned classical actors to talk about their craft and how the art of
classical theatre has contributed to their career. Think "Inside the Actor's
Studio" at
our very own Sidney Haman Hall!
F. Murray Abraham won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio
Salieri in Amadeus. He has appeared in numerous other feature films
including All The President’s Men, Scarface, Mighty
Aphrodite and Finding Forrester. Recently, he was seen on the
small screen in Louie, The Good Wife, Law & Order:
CI and Saving Grace. Abraham has focused on classical theatre
throughout his career, most recently portraying Shylock in the critically
acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice for the Off-Broadway
Theatre for a New Audience. In 2011, the production mounted a national tour,
starring Abraham, after the sold-out run in New York and at the Royal Shakespeare
Company’s Complete Works Festival. Murray has also starred in many Shakespearean
productions as well as classic plays by Samuel Beckett, Gilbert and Sullivan
and Chekhov. His Broadway credits include Mauritius, Triumph
of Love, A Month in the Country, Angels in America: Perestroika, Angels
in America: Millennium Approaches and Macbeth.
Tickets; $15
