Editing F. Murray Abraham (section)

=== 1989–1998: Established actor ===
After the release of ''The Name of the Rose'', Abraham tired of appearing as villains and wanted to return to his background in comedy.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stark |first=John |date=6 October 1986 |title=An Evil F. Murray Abraham Fights Friar Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose |url=http://people.com/archive/an-evil-f-murray-abraham-fights-friar-sean-connery-in-the-name-of-the-rose-vol-26-no-14/ |magazine=People |volume=26 |issue=14 |page=112 |access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> From May 10 through July 14, 1991, Abraham  portrayed King Lear in American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) production of ''[[King Lear]]'', directed by Adrian Hall, Cambridge, MA.<ref>{{cite web |title=King Lear at American Repertory Theater Loeb Drama Center 1991 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/80896-king-lear-at-american-repertory-theater-loeb-drama-center-1991 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref> In 1994, Abraham portrayed [[Roy Cohn]] in the first Broadway production of [[Tony Kushner]]'s ''[[Angels in America]]'' at the [[Walter Kerr Theater]], replacing [[Ron Leibman]] in the role.

Over the next decade or so, Abraham had fewer prominent roles, but he did have substantial supporting roles in [[Peter Yates]]' ''[[An Innocent Man (film)|An Innocent Man]]'' (1989), [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]'' (1995), Ahdar Ru'afo in ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' (1998) and [[Gus Van Sant]]'s ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' (2000), where he again played the nemesis to Connery. He had a significant role in [[Brian De Palma]]'s adaptation of ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' (1990), but chose not to be credited due to a contract dispute.<ref name="Abraham1"/> He continued his association with classical music by narrating the plot summaries of the operas of Wagner's ''[[Ring Cycle]]'' in the 1990 PBS broadcast from the [[Metropolitan Opera]], to the largest viewing audience of the ''Ring Cycle'' in history, conducted by [[James Levine]].

In the 1997/98 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] season, he starred in the new chamber musical ''[[Triumph of Love (musical)|Triumph of Love]]'' opposite [[Betty Buckley]], based on [[Marivaux]]'s classic comedy. The production did not find a large audience, running 85 performances after its pre-opening preview period.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4756 The official source for Broadway Information]. IBDB. Retrieved on 2012-10-15.</ref> He has also taught theater at [[Brooklyn College]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Span|first1=Paula|title=F. Murray Abraham, Take 1|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/09/29/f-murray-abraham-take-1/81b65f1d-71e0-42eb-adc5-bc605af5cd7d/|access-date=17 June 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 September 1986}}</ref>