Charlie Murphy & Friends to Perform on Sept. 30

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Charlie Murphy & Friends at 8 p.m. on Sept 30 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. This performance is sponsored by the undergraduate Student Association.

As a member of the supporting cast of Chappelle's Show, Charlie Murphy quickly emerged as its breakout star, largely thanks to his outrageously autobiographical stories about working as a bodyguard for his famous brother, Eddie in the 1980s.  Dubbed "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories," the recurring sketches were a highlight of the Comedy Central series' stellar second season.

Charlie has also achieved success in Hollywood as a screenwriter ("Vampire in Brooklyn," "Paper Soldiers"), and an actor in films (Snoop Dogg's "Murder Was the Case," "Jungle Fever," "Mo Better Blues," "Harlem Nights").

In recent months, Charlie Murphy has been profiled in such publications as Entertainment Weekly and TimeOut, as well as appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC).

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Tickets for Charlie Murphy & Friends are $20, Students $15. Tickets are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Center for the Arts Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations, including Kaufmann's. To charge tickets, call 852-5000; in Canada, call 1-416-870-8000. For group sales, call 645-6771. For more information, call 645-ARTS. The Center for the Arts is a Ticketfast location.