WATCH: Bill Murray serenades onlookers in Washington Square Park. This week, Murray has been promoting 'New Worlds: The Cradle Of Civilization,' a documentary of his classical music collaboration with cellist Jan Vogler filmed at the Acropolis.
Bill Murray performing in Washington Square ParkNew Worlds: The Cradle Of Civilization
, a documentary of Murray's classical music collaboration with cellist Jan Vogler filmed at the Acropolis. The film is premiering at the Village East on Groundhog Day, but lucky onlookers got their own semi-private performance at Washington Square Park on Wednesday when Murray, Vogler and their collaborators performed a surprise set under the arch.
Murray and Vogler were joined by violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vanessa Perez for the short set of classical-and-spoken-word pieces, which included “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” Lawrence Ferlinghetti's “Dog," and two songs fromNew York Nico"I was told about it the night before," he said. A friend of Murray's reached out to him to ask him to document the surprise performance.
"Bill was as nice and down to Earth as you would expect," he added. "There are not many big time celebs that would be do something like that. People were so excited to see him."
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