Results tagged “almostanevening”

Besides winning an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1984 for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, F. Murray Abraham's long and distinguished career includes unforgettable performances in plays like Angels in America, Waiting for Godot, and the original Broadway production of Terrence McNally's The Ritz, to name just a few. You can currently catch the magnetic actor on stage in a trio of one act plays by Ethan Coen called Almost an Evening. The three short works explore existentialism, religion and homicide with Coen's trademark idiosyncratic humor, and Abraham's boffo third act performance of a splenetic God Who Judges is alone worth the cost of admission. Almost an Evening continues at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street through June 1st, following a sold out run at The Atlantic Theater Company. Ticket prices vary.

Filmmaker Ethan Coen has left his big brother behind and written three short plays all by himself. Called Almost an Evening, the triptych will be produced by the Atlantic Theater Company with a terrific cast that includes Elizabeth Marvel, who was riveting in Ivo van Hove’s unforgettable revival of Hedda Gabler, and Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham. The plays “unsuccessfully tackle important questions. In Waiting, someone waits somewhere for quite some time. In Four...