James O'Hagan Murphy on playing Robert F. Kennedy in RFK

Danyelle C. Overbo May 7, 2014 11:12AM

James O'Hagan Murphy didn't set out to specialize in playing members of the Kennedy family. But he's currently portraying Robert F. Kennedy in the one-man show RFK at the Avenue Theater, a role for which he won our Best Actor in a Drama in the Best of Denver 2013. He got that part after playing Joe Kennedy Jr. in Grey Gardens, also he's also been cast as Torvald in A Doll's House and Dieter in Iddo Netanyahu's A Happy End. Before this RFK run ends on Sunday, we caught up with Murphy to talk about the challenges of playing a Kennedy. See also: Best Actor in a Drama 2013 -- James O'Hagan Murphy in RFK

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