Selected Shorts: Murakami Madness!

(Past) Wed, Nov 2 at 7 pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space $27; Member $23; 30 & Under $15 literature Selected Shorts

In a mini marathon celebration of his long-awaited magnum opus 1Q84, actors Jane Curtin, Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show), Campbell Scott (Secret Lives of Dentists), Miriam Silverman (Septimus and Clarissa), Parker Posey (Best in Show) and others perform a selection from the new book as well as a variety of his hypnotic, funny, mysterious, far-out tales. The evening includes special guests super-fan Isaac Mizrahi and Murakami's friend John Wray (Lowboy), who interviewed him for The Paris Review. With Murakami-inspired musical accompaniment.

The evening will begin with a reading by Andre Holland of a brand-new short story by Ben Loory for the Selected Shorts Commissioning Project.